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Thanks for the compliment, John T! And thanks for looking! David

After the Race Now that this winter front setup has been in use for over a month of varying temps its performance has met the goals hoped for earlier. Maybe even exceeded them. Depending on the temps and how the pieces are used together the preferred operating temperature can be maintained just...

Lap #7 In the coming weeks it snowed a few times, was very cold, and even warmed up a little for perfect testing conditions. When it was extremely cold, well below 0° F, all 4 pieces installed worked as intended and the operating temp showed midrange when blowing at a casual pace. With the 3...

Lap #6 Off to the surplus store and found waiting on a roll was a nice soft black almost satiny looking piece of Naugahyde. After figuring out the economies of scale prior to the purchases I bought the black fabric and ordered the other materials needed. This would either allow for some...

Lap #5 I hoped the easy on/off requirement could be met by using magnets sewn within the hems of the individual pieces. More beer said this will work. I decided on 3 patterns to separately cover the front and two sides of the hood. This would allow four items (when including the plastic insert)...

Lap #4 Now it was time to ponder a final solution for these cold weather operations. The “solution” should let the engine warm up nicely in the starting gate. It also should be flexible enough to allow for the temperature swings up here in the north’s winter which range from colder than -20°...

Lap #3 Looking for something readily available to partially block off the front grill a scrap piece of plastic window vinyl was taped to the grill’s outside surface. So now we have the complete plastic carboard insert in the radiator screen slot and the front of the grill area blocked off...

Lap #2 On my old JD750 I had made a complete hood and grill shroud out of carpeting that was used as a complete cover for the wintertime. The only openings were to the underside of the engine half of the tractor. Already knowing these smaller diesel engines are so efficient and don’t waste...

Lap #1 The temperature gauge on this one has a 7segment digital display with no segments displayed being cold (I’d guess) and too Hot being at or above the 7th segment. At my location “cold” in the outside temperature usually means anything below 0° F. (My definition, anyway.) With these...

The Kubota Derby: The Engine Temperature Competition & Making of My Winter Front Covers Before the Race There might be enough "saddle time" accumulated to now post the findings and fixes for operating in subzero temps and above with my new B2650. It may also apply to or help any other smaller...

Just for an FYI I'll throw in these two pics in case anyone might be interested. The first is of my older Lorenz snowblower purchased new in '91 or '92. Originally it was hooked up to the JD750MFWD and with only 17 HP at the PTO it was a little underpowered. But inside the trees here the snow...

In looking through the pics it appears I neglected to include some pics about closing up some gaps and adding just a bit of insulation to the inside lower cab areas. From some foam “headliner” type insulation that was ¾ inch thick (gray in color) I made pieces that fit into the lower door...

Your most welcome! He, or anyone else can certainly email or PM me (if I can figure out how that works one day) for any more detailed pics, info, help, etc. It's sure is nice to be sitting inside, out of the cold, while taking care of snow. And there's no mosquitos to contend with......yet...

Now THAT'S FUNNY! Everybody likes pics, I hear. So I'll start. Here's a pic of me in my swimsuit (not a speedo though) while blowing snow in -20 degrees F

Here's an example of the vinyl window material I used: Flexa® Clear Marine Vinyl This double polished clear marine vinyl has incredible clarity This UV Treated clear marine vinyl is perfect for the outdoors (200+ Hours) Sold By The Yard: 1 Yard = 36" (length) x 54" (width), 2 Yards = 72"x54"...

Well, I'm not that short either. After a few lumps on the head it becomes quite natural to stick your head in first as your getting in! :D The main reason though is it gave a minimum amount (about 10 inches) of framework to have for bolting the two halves together at that point and keeping...

There wasn't any doubt about it.....pretty darn funny.....and accurate too!:D Again, thanks for the welcome, RCW. I don't know why I waited so long to sign up. I see you have a MM tractor. I grew up on Dad's old "U" plowing on our vast 160 acres way back when. Dad would get quite mad when he'd...

I'd still apply for the position, Ping. The boss I work for in my one man show can be the same way, too. Good to know there's others out there whose projects sometimes hit a snag or two. I though it only happened to me.....at least it always seems that way! :) A door opening "limiter" of...

I've heard there is something like an enforceable "unwritten" rule on this site that says if there's no pics it didn't happen. So I did some digging and come up with these old pics of my old JD750MFWD and the first cab I built for it back in '95 or '96. Bear in mind that I was younger then, a...

Thanks, Ping! Yes, you can't beat the price for the return on investment. And a quick easy build, too, that is still quite presentable in the end. Especially if one doesn't mind riding around in a "orange snow pushing Pope-mobile"! That comment still cracks me up and it's a very good...