[AT] Windbreaker out of storage

John Hall jthall at worldnet.att.net
Mon Nov 24 16:56:35 PST 2008


That is similar to ours. You can only mount the tractor from the left--no 
provision for a door on the right.
I may look into getting some Lexan film and replacing the side windows as 
they are scratched badly.

John
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From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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> 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.
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> From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
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>
>> 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>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> 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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