MF 550 cab

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renewablejohn

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Location

lancs

• Dec 2, 2018

• #1

Well I have finally got fed up with a single door MF550 tractor
cab. Anyone know of any more modern 2 door cabs that can be easily made to fit.

 

rob h

Member

Location

east yorkshire

• Dec 2, 2018

• #2

Yes a red 2 door cab don't know when they started using them but we had a 1981 565 with a red cab with 2 doors

 

Kevtherev

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Location

Welshpool Powys

• Dec 2, 2018

• #3

There is a firm In Ireland making them to fit 240 and other MF models.
@REStracTORATION

 

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speedy

Member

Location

Warwicks/Northants border

• Dec 2, 2018

• #4

The two door models were the last ones and I think were around x redge. I'm not aware of any cabs that would fit unless the export dealers send them abroad without cabs

 

MF-ANDY

Member

Location

s.e cambs

• Dec 2, 2018

• #5

Dont forget if you try to source one from a breaker it must be from a 550. A 565. 575. 590 wont fit

 

REStracTORATION

Member

• Dec 2, 2018

• #6

550 cabs are scarce and good ones too

Good luck with it keep us posted...

 

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renewablejohn

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Location

lancs

• Dec 2, 2018

• #7

REStracTORATION said:

550 cabs are scarce and good ones too

Good luck with it keep us posted...

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Thats why I am asking if any later models will fit as all the 550 cabs I have seen s/h are rubbish.

 

REStracTORATION

Member

• Dec 3, 2018

• #8

renewablejohn said:

Thats why I am asking if any later models will fit as all the 550 cabs I have seen s/h are rubbish.

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Ok sorry.

 

mar

Member

Location

Ulster (Rep of Irl)

• Dec 3, 2018

• #9

Kevtherev said:

There is a firm In Ireland making them to fit 240 and other MF models.
@REStracTORATION

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https://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/tractor-cab-amp-cab-parts/19912669 are these the cabs you are thinking on

 

Mursal

Member

• Dec 3, 2018

• #10

Not sure about fitting them to a 500 series, others will know more ...........

New cabs click for advert

Also you could try C&G cabs click

 

Thomas5060

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Larne, Northern Ireland

• Dec 4, 2018

• #11

Surely for the price of a new cab and the hassle of trying to get it to fit etc, would it not be cheaper or less hassle to restore the existing one?

 

timff

Member

• Dec 4, 2018

• #12

Agree with Thomas...renovate the old if at all possible, must be the way to go...

 

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Paul E

Member

Location

Boggy.

• Dec 4, 2018

• #13

but then he's still only got 1 door.
Might need a gas axe and some initiative......

 

multi power

Member

Location

pembrokeshire

• Dec 5, 2018

• #14

Mystery to me why anone cannot cope with one door, I mean there is only one of me, I can't get in through 2 doors at once

 

rob h

Member

Location

east yorkshire

• Dec 5, 2018

• #15

I can't remember the last time I used the right hand door on any of our tractors.it just seems more natural to use the left hand door

 

oakleaf

Member

Location

South coast of Ireland

• Dec 5, 2018

• #16

multi power said:

Mystery to me why anone cannot cope with one door, I mean there is only one of me, I can't get in through 2 doors at once

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It just makes life more awkward.
Small jobs such as working on the dash or brakes or throttle linkage become a pain with no RHS access.
Even sweeping out the cab its a nuisance.
At least JD SG2 had an opening lower window.
And while l appreciate there wont be many MF 500s on hedgecutters these days , nipping out to open gates or wires through the right is much safer.
I like and still have use for my 575 but regularly wish it was a later 2 door model.

 

Mursal

Member

• Dec 5, 2018

• #17

multi power said:

I can't get in through 2 doors at once

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rob h said:

I can't remember the last time I used the right hand door

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Yes but when you haven't got a second door, nothing else matters.
A bit like metallic paint ..........

 

multi power

Member

Location

pembrokeshire

• Dec 5, 2018

• #18

I only ever use my right hand door if the passenger seat is in use

 

Mursal

Member

• Dec 5, 2018

• #19

Never like using the right side after I took the handbrake lock off a Massey T20 brake pedal many many years ago, as I dismounted. If you remember the lock was instead of a handbrake ..........

 

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essexpete

Member

Location

Essex

• Dec 6, 2018

• #20

oakleaf said:

It just makes life more awkward.
Small jobs such as working on the dash or brakes or throttle linkage become a pain with no RHS access.
Even sweeping out the cab its a nuisance.
At least JD SG2 had an opening lower window.
And while l appreciate there wont be many MF 500s on hedgecutters these days , nipping out to open gates or wires through the right is much safer.
I like and still have use for my 575 but regularly wish it was a later 2 door model.

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Turn off before getting off tractor?