- Location
- Cropton, North Yorkshire
Indeed you have.
Classics Earning their keep.
- Thread starter Tha Ulsterscot
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DeeGee
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- Location
- North East Wales
You were lucky!
When we was young we had to clean out pigs before us breakfast.
Then at half five we had to go out again ‘n pull up mangels int snow with nowt on us feet but wrapped up old newspapers!
And thankful for it we was, the family next door only had one turnip to eat between thirteen of ‘em: and it ‘ad to last ‘em for two weeks!
So donst thy go on moaning about thy poncey sheaves up int roof: some of us never even ‘ad a roof to sleep under. So think on…..
- Location
- South lakes
It is pictured!
- Location
- Northumberland
complete with 3 cyl exhaust
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- Location
- Cropton, North Yorkshire
I now know as I wasn't paying attention to the first post! Foolish of me wasn't it?!
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Yes thats what was used for the first ones that needed to be quiet, (1976) later they fitted a more basic one the AP cab, the Q cab was the best ever fitted to a 4600.
Speedstar
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
Fendt 515C
Doing a bit of tedding and rowing up
Doing a bit of tedding and rowing up
- Location
- Cropton, North Yorkshire
So the 7A2 Q Cabbed tractors had a lot less sound in the cab than a Safety Cabbed Ford tractor like my 1975 7A1 Ford 4600 Safety Cab.
- Location
- North West Wales
Though it would be better here that the TAW!! Combined age of ……..
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Way less... a revolution in cab comfort.
- Location
- Northumberland
The Lambourne cab wasn't a bad middle ground - a fair bit quieter, if you needed low profile. I thought LP/AP didn't appear until 10 Series?
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
It’s funny how opinions differ. Whilst it may have been reasonably quiet, I always think the early bubble cabs were the most horrendous cabs I’ve ever had the misfortune to drive in.
Whoever thought the spool lever was well placed under the seat needed it pushing somewhere sensitive to make them think about it.
Yes definitely!
We had a 600 series MF, and our neighbour a 6600 with the Q cab, he also had an IH 956with the XL cab.
To me both the MF and IH cabs were far nicer places to work in for a day and to get in and out of.
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
Compared with anything available at the time they were pretty good. I’ve still got a 4600 with the bubble cab and it still pretty good drive for a 43 year old tractor. The sun roof on the John Deere OPU was a cool thing but in 1976 the Ford cab was luxurious.
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- Location
- North West Wales
We had a q cabed, rubix cube 6610 with dealer added extra double acting spool so one either side of seat, pto on handbrake side, 3rd gear was nearer to the front weights than the driver seat and if you didn’t break your ribs or remove some skin on the side lights bracket you would trip on the clutch pedal on way in!! With a slurry guzzler on the back needing the two spools and pto used nearly at same time you would replicate a gymnast in the cab and just leave the steering to sort itself!!! Then you would have warm days……
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
I thought the gearbox was a step backwards too. I drove several 5000 and a couple of 7000 tractors and the gears were a snip, but in 6600 and 7600 tractors I could never change down very well at all.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
We had both cabs at the time, the bubble cab was light years ahead, car like solid shutting doors that even glass only ones cannot match nowadays.
The spool lever was the same in both cabs.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I think your right, and the super Q cab was never fitted to a 3 cylinder that i remember?
- Location
- Larne, Northern Ireland
out with the 135, not always plain sailing 
