[AT] Windbreaker out of storage

[Ralph Goff]

John, this one was a Heat Houser brand, constructed of green canvas. Heres 
how it looked in the mid seventies.
http://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=64220
The removable windshield was not installed at the time of this photo. The 
plastic (plexiglass?) was not the greatest for visibility due to scratches 
and distortion.

Ralph in Sask.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
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Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Windbreaker out of storage


> I'm pretty sure the one on the 4020 is a generic/aftermarket. It is made 
> of
> a canvas type matl.  We do have one for our IH 454 that was put out by IH. 
> I
> haven't looked at it for 20+ years but it may have been a vinyl type matl. 
> I
> do know that on that particular tractor you would wind up shedding coat 
> and
> coveralls if it is much over 45 degrees.
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 5:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Windbreaker out of storage
>
>
>> John, that windbreaker of yours is what we called here a "heat houser". 
>> In
>> fact that was a brand name which became kind of generic. My Dad had one 
>> on
>> the Cockshutt 50 for all the years he used it in cold weather and he 
>> would
>> not go without it in winter. That big Buda six cylinder blew a lot of 
>> warm
>> air back to the driver's area which made all the difference between being
>> able to work or freezing to death in winter. Just being out of the wind
>> was
>> the biggest benefit. The engine heat was just a bonus effect.
>> That heat houser was actually designed for the smaller model 30 tractor
>> but
>> Dad extended it using a few pieces of old binder canvas.
>> I believe he also used binder canvas to construct a makeshift wind break
>> on
>> the old Massey 60 combine. Those machines had almost no protection for 
>> the
>> driver from wind, dust or rain. When it came to late fall harvesting that
>> was one of the coldest places on the farm, sitting out on the platform of
>> the old combine in cold windy conditions. I think the coldest he ever
>> experienced was running a neighbour's 542 Cockshutt in the fall of 69.
>> Straight cutting wheat on Nov. 10. The ground was already frozen and he
>> worked til about 3:00 in the morning to finish that field of wheat. They
>> really earned their money in those days.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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