930 gets a sun shade

Bruce from Can. · Jun 30, 2018

Last time I was out turning windrows of hay with the
930, I felt like a fried egg must feel time I was done.
Bought this sun shade for $210. Fooled around
about 45 minuets putting it on this morning. Now I
am out turning hay 85 F , and feel fair comfortable.
here?s hoping those clouds and this heat don?t bring
on a thunderstorm. Bruce

grayrider · Jun 30, 2018

Looks good on the tractor

Tractorcedric · Jun 30, 2018

I have found you just gotta have some shade! Looks good!

SVcummins · Jun 30, 2018

That is nice I?ve been debating putting em on my tractors . I wonder if they would have any value in the winter keeping wind off?

55 50 Ron · Jun 30, 2018

Looks like the right tractor tires are running right on the windrow, but that's not likely. Probably angle of camera makes it look that way.

SARG · Jun 30, 2018

I put a "TuffTop" on both tractors & the ZTR ....... My bald spot thanks me all summer long.

FinnMD · Jun 30, 2018

Yep, nice. I also got shade on both my tractors. Absolutely money well spent. No way I'd farm hay without after enjoying shade

Kansas4010 · Jun 30, 2018

It's worth it. In my younger years I didn't believe in one. I ended up getting so hot hauling hay once I almost passed out and wrecked my tractor. I've been to hot enough times now I can't seem to stand the heat nowhere like I used to. I get almost instant migraines. I take mine off in the winter. That's the time of year you want the sun to shine on you.

Bret4207 · Jun 30, 2018

I much prefer that type to the single post umbrella type. My wife got me an umbrella type and it works okay, but I can't keep it in one spot no matter how tight I tighten it or how many hay twine guy wires I run. Just the nature of the beast I guess.

Bruce from Can. · Jun 30, 2018

I have had a single post umbrella on my JD swather
for a few years, and it gave me the same kind of
problems. Bobing up and down, spinning off to one
side, and turning inside out in strong winds. I ended
up braiding bale strings into rope for tying all four
corners, that helped a lot. Here is an old picture of
the umbrella when it was still new, and not yet tied
down.

JD Seller · Jun 30, 2018

SVcummins: Any sun shade or canopy by there selves,will make it colder in the winter. There is about always a breeze under them. I had a Duetz-Alis 6275 that came from the factory with a canopy top. The first fall I drilled wheat I stop and took the time to unbolt it and store it for winter. Now I have two JD 4020s that have the factory roll guard and steel canopy. I have the Front window glass and side curtains for them and the top makes it almost like a heated cab inside. Even a wind directly in the back still kind of goes around.

JD Seller · Jun 30, 2018

Bruce I really like those type if sun shades. If you don't mind where did you find one for $210???

Bruce from Can. · Jun 30, 2018

There is a short line supplie company called Farm Fleet. Local New Holland Dealer gets there stuff in. Farm fleet offers a wide range of items from things like this shade , to small equipment like mowers, disc and cultivation tools. Probably find them online

used red MN · Jun 30, 2018

Gemplers shows them from $57 to $167...see link. One possible issue is they are all yellow. If I would have known they were that cheap when I was a kid and the old man put me out on cabless tractors in the hot Kansas sun, I would have lobbied him to install one.
Sun shade link

NEKS · Jun 30, 2018

Put a sun shade on my tractor one summer. When winter come put on the heater house and left the sun shade on. Taking a big bale down a dirt road it sucked the dirt right up where I was. Took the sun shade off.

Texasmark1 · Jul 1, 2018

They are out there....just run the subject on the www. I bought a couple for 2 Fords (narrow ones, forget the dimensions....46-48 range) in blue. Yellow is usually there if any color JD so you shouldn't have a problem......Both widths are available. Wide is like 52 as I recall. I have been using the Tuff Top for tractors/mowers with a (2x2, 2x3) ROPS bar. They come in right at $200 for the 48 wide and I buy the 52 under $250. They are www available also. I bought a newer Ford recently and the ROPS was too big so I made a 2x2 bracket, attached it to the rops and put the TT on that.

Brown Swiss · Jul 1, 2018

Are you liking the inline wrapper?

Bruce from Can. · Jul 1, 2018

Yes sir! Next test , let?s see the feed quality that comes out of it .

super99 · Jul 1, 2018

I bought a 48" with fender brackets from Shoup for $184 delivered. Chris

Leroy · Jul 1, 2018

I ran the single post umbrellas for years, both the type with a strait mounting stick, the offeset mounting stick and also the type that hangs from the top on an offset mount and never had a problem like that. I have also used them with a heat houser in winter just setting them directly on top of the windshield with no problen there either.

Leroy · Jul 1, 2018

You had either a bad post or bad mounting bracket as that is not normal, ran them for years with no problems.

DoubleO7 · Jul 1, 2018

For those wanting a do it yourself canopy.................
Go visit your local golf cart customizer and pick up a golf cart roof.
They go for $20 bucks down here.

SVcummins · Jul 1, 2018

Bomgarrs has em for 180$

SVcummins · Jul 1, 2018

That?s what I wondered about . I guess i need to find a heat houser or a cab

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