[AT] Windbreaker out of storage

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Mon Nov 24 05:01:50 PST 2008


When I was a kid on the farm I guess the men must have been to poor or maybe 
it was too tough for heat housers.
We just put on lots of clothes and went for it.  Of course around here most 
of the farmers (not my dad but most) worked the farm on the nice days and 
deer hunted on the bad days..... Or was it the other way around.  LOL.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Windbreaker out of storage


> Never have seen them.  Seems like they were popular around here on 
> tractors
> in the early 80's and prior but you don't see them anymore....must have 
> all
> gone to cabs!
>
> Al
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Date: 11/23/2008 7:33:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Windbreaker out of storage
>>
>> Have you seen the ones they make for construction equipment?  Most of the
>> dozers these days have radiator fans that blow forward and the "heat
> houser"
>> fits over the radiator and has a fabric duct that takes that hot air from
>> the radiator and carries it back to the operator.  I've never used one or
>> even seen one other than in pictures but it looks like it would 
>> work/help.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 6:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Windbreaker out of storage
>>
>>
>> >I did some chisel plowing on the 4255 yesterday afternoon.  The temp
> never
>> > got out of the mid 40's which is pretty cold around here, coupled with
> the
>> > wind.  The cab sure felt GOOD!
>> >
>> > When we bought our 2940 JD new, (I was in the first or second grade) it
>> > came with a heat houser on it.  It didn't stay on long.  It was bulky
> and
>> > clumsy and generally got in the way.
>> >
>> > Al
>> >
>> >
>> >> [Original Message]
>> >> From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
>> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >> Date: 11/23/2008 5:23:34 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.
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
>> >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 7:01 AM
>> >> Subject: [AT] Windbreaker out of storage
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Windbreakers have been mentioned a few times on the list over the
> past
>> >> > winters. There a 4 of them here and none have been used since around
>> >> > '90---until now. The real farming shut down on our place in '91 and
> we
>> >> > just
>> >> > haven't had to spend extended periods outside where a windbreaker
> would
>> > be
>> >> > an advantage, until this week. Soybeans were really late this year 
>> >> > so
>> > we
>> >> > are
>> >> > late planting wheat. With temps around 40 and 30mph wind gusts it 
>> >> > has
>> > been
>> >> > downright miserable. (if you are north of the Mason-Dixon line that
> is
>> >> > probably a heat wave). Anyway, we dug out the windbreaker for the JD
>> > 4020
>> >> > and away we went. I never realized until now that you actually get a
>> > LOT
>> >> > of
>> >> > warm air from the engine. I thought those things only kept the wind
> off
>> > of
>> >> > you. Since the tractor ran pretty much "cool" (not a lot of load
>> > pulling a
>> >> > drill) and we only tached out around 1500, it never got hot. But I
>> >> > could
>> >> > definetly see where under tillage it could get almost hot riding the
>> >> > tractor. I also learned no-till drills don't work worth a cuss if 
>> >> > the
>> >> > gound
>> >> > is slightly frozen--the dirt breaks in chunks. We pretty much only
> get
>> > 5-6
>> >> > hours of drilling time due to this.
>> >> >
>> >> > Wonder if anyone ever made windbreakers for combines with no cabs?
>> >> >
>> >> > John Hall
>> >> >
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