Swamp cooler for cab

dhermesc · Sep 28, 2022

Anyone seen one of these? When I was a kid dad had an old Gleaner F combine with with a swamp cooler on top of the cab. I only remember that it seemed to work pretty good compared to being in the 100 degree heat - although I'm sure it was poor substitute for a real AC unit. Has anyone seen these for sale in the last 20 or 30 years? As I recall (child memory) this seemed pretty self contained - a couple holes cut through the cab top and a power source for the fan. I have one cabbed tractor I'd love to put one on as the AC unit was ripped out by the roots but the green house effect of the cab lives on.

Johnhof · Sep 28, 2022

Not in my humid part of the country but seems like a great idea for hotter and drier. Son had a whole house cooler in Colorado and worked well. Would be a whole lot cheaper than trying to install a complete compressor AC.

Angle Iron · Sep 28, 2022

www.turbocool.com I did not go to the site but this came up on a google search. Should have been wwwturbokool.com around $600.00 per the site

This post was edited by Angle Iron on 09/29/2022 at 03:36 am.

warbaby · Sep 28, 2022

I had a Thermador swamp cooler attached to a VW beetle. It was about as cooling as having your passenger eat a popsicle and randomly breathe on you!

Bob Harvey · Sep 28, 2022

Like the color of that unit.

MarkB_MI · Sep 28, 2022

Those units were popular on combines back in the seventies. After a few days of cutting, you'd have to flush them out good, as the dust and wheat chaff in the reservoir would start to ferment.

Tony in SD · Sep 28, 2022

We had one on our combine in the 70s. If the field was ruff you would get wet from the water splashing over the rim.

dhermesc · Sep 28, 2022

I recall the one on the cab of the Gleaner being almost as big as the top of the cab. With the cooler about 5X bigger and the cab about 1/4 the size of the interior of the car the cooling effect is probably a lot better.

Geo-TH,In · Sep 29, 2022

Swamp coolers won't work in a humid environment.
They will add moisture to your cab. Possible causing rust issues and electrical issues.
All swamp coolers I've seen work best if the air is hot and dry.
In a dusty environment you would have to filter the air before sending it through the wet material inside a swamp cooler. The water inside swamp coolers is recycled.
All kinds of bacteria/mold could exist in the dirty air around a combine. The swamp cooler may be a breeding ground for many things.
Histoplasmosis exists in the dirt in my area. I had histo once and never want to get it again..

Ask the people that live in Arizona about swamp coolers.
I haven't seen any swamp coolers in Indiana.

I would replace the AC in the combine.
Or remove all the windows.

wore out · Sep 29, 2022

(quoted from post at 12:18:42 09/29/22) Swamp coolers won't work in a humid environment.
They will add moisture to your cab. Possible causing rust issues and electrical issues.
All swamp coolers I've seen work best if the air is hot and dry.
In a dusty environment you would have to filter the air before sending it through the wet material inside a swamp cooler. The water inside swamp coolers is recycled.
All kinds of bacteria/mold could exist in the dirty air around a combine. The swamp cooler may be a breeding ground for many things.
Histoplasmosis exists in the dirt in my area. I had histo once and never want to get it again..

Ask the people that live in Arizona about swamp coolers.
I haven't seen any swamp coolers in Indiana.

I would replace the AC in the combine.
Or remove all the windows.

Despite all that bla bla bla and well-meaning comments on why NOT to use them, they were VERY popular at one time on aftermarket and home-made cabs on tractors, combines and construction equipment.

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