Safety Glass, not PlexiGlass

[500K_773]

I found out this evening that the front window of my 773 is safety glass, I had always thought it was polycarbonate or PlexiGlass. I was lifting a large stump when a big root sprung back and whacked the glass. I was immediately showered with little pieces of glass. Man, there was a lot of glass in that windshield. It ended up everywhere in the cab and all over me. I had it down the back of my jacket and shirt also, so I called it quits early and went home to change.
I'll find out in the morning how much a new piece of glass costs. When I bought the machine, I thought they told me about $150, but that was over 2 years ago. I'll also have to take the shop vac out and clean out the cab of the loader. There goes any profit from that job.

 

[Tigerotor77W]

I'm glad you're all right. Hope the price doesn't turn out too bad. Yeah... I was wondering the same thing when the G-series came out in 1999. Bobcat doesn't seem to offer that Lexan glass anymore, so I assumed that the cab door became safety glass. Guess it didn't.

 

[500K_773]

I'm glad you're all right. Hope the price doesn't turn out too bad. Yeah... I was wondering the same thing when the G-series came out in 1999. Bobcat doesn't seem to offer that Lexan glass anymore, so I assumed that the cab door became safety glass. Guess it didn't.

$154.24 for the new cab window. My windshield wiper has a different size sleeve, so they have to order me a $2.50 bushing before I can mount the wiper unit. Should have the new glass installed shortly.