ROPS mod?

[Bigshooter]

Just brought home my new L2501 and needed to fold down the ROPS to get it put away in the garage.

Pulling the threaded pins was a pain...... anyone do a quick pin mod?

Seems like making it such a PITA would encourage people just to leave it down?

Thinking about drilling out the threads and adding a couple grade 70 quick pins.

 

[85Hokie]

Hey Shooter,

can you upload a picture of this "threaded pin?" I would think it would be a PITA too. I would not think on a newer tractor it would have a threaded system of release.
On the BX25 series there is what you describe - a quick pin with key to hold it in place.

I built a whole new "garage" for my 'bota so I would NOT have to take the ROPS down every single time......and I agree the breaking down leads to it being down more so.

 

[Deesil]

At the risk of waking up the safety nazis.... I cut 6 inches off the top section of the rops and welded the mounts back on it, primed and painted it and it looks like factory, just shorter

I know cardinal sin, warranty Blau blah blah

Reality is I never put it up especially for short operations and I hit my head on it folded down when messin with the 3 pt. I had enough so I modified it. Could buy the top section and put it on if I ever sell it which isn't likely anyway.

Imo it's safer always up, just shorter, then always folded down. Not saying it's the best idea for everyone but it was by far the best for me.

Oh and for the safety nazis (just to finish you off if your head hasn't exploded yet) I also bypassed the seat belt switch, never wear that either.

 

[gunrunner]

At the risk of waking up the safety nazis.... I cut 6 inches off the top section of the rops and welded the mounts back on it, primed and painted it and it looks like factory, just shorter

I know cardinal sin, warranty Blau blah blah

Reality is I never put it up especially for short operations and I hit my head on it folded down when messin with the 3 pt. I had enough so I modified it. Could buy the top section and put it on if I ever sell it which isn't likely anyway.

Imo it's safer always up, just shorter, then always folded down. Not saying it's the best idea for everyone but it was by far the best for me.

Oh and for the safety nazis (just to finish you off if your head hasn't exploded yet) I also bypassed the seat belt switch, never wear that either.

I did the same except I cut off 12 in.

 

[PHPaul]

You guys do know that unauthorized modifications to the ROPS will cause all your chirren to be born nekkid, don't you?

 

[skeets]

I aint sayin a word, I just give up

 

[gunrunner]

I aint sayin a word, I just give up

At least your learning.

 

[Orangeglow]

To keep it simple, when I traded in my BX2350 for a BX2370, part of the deal was I got to keep my old roll bar.
Anyone know why they had to increase the height of the roll bar, and then make it foldable to be able to fit in a regular height garage door ?

 

[85Hokie]

To keep it simple, when I traded in my BX2350 for a BX2370, part of the deal was I got to keep my old roll bar.
Anyone know why they had to increase the height of the roll bar, and then make it foldable to be able to fit in a regular height garage door ?

I am sure it is all about the angle of the dangle, ifn you turn one of these things over, lets say on a hill side, the height is directly proportional to the height of a human sitting in the seat strapped in. And another piece of the engineering puzzle, the longer the rops - the less likely it is to roll past 90°.

I hated mine so much that I had to build a shed around it with a header at 7' 6" !!!! I did not want to fold and unfold that sucker every time going in the other shed!

 

[D2Cat]

To keep it simple, when I traded in my BX2350 for a BX2370, part of the deal was I got to keep my old roll bar.
Anyone know why they had to increase the height of the roll bar, and then make it foldable to be able to fit in a regular height garage door ?

Maybe there were so many law suits from injuries a new study was made. And the determination was made humans are taller then their earlier studies, therefore the ROPS had to be taller for their protection!

I'd bet if you could get the data, if you took all the accidents from roll-overs from the time the first Kubota was imported to the USA until the first ROPS was attached the number would be very low. Those machines had no front end loaders!

Those attachments (FEL), and an over abundance of law school graduates precipitated ROPS.

And ROPS were heightened because there were even more law school graduates needing boat payments and students loans paid off!!!!!

 

[skeets]

Nope I aint never learned, I just give up,,,I have investigated to many deaths and accidents because ROPS have been modified,, but I guess a man is gona do what he is gona to do regardless of the potential outcome

 

[Grouse Feathers]

At the risk of waking up the safety nazis.... I cut 6 inches off the top section of the rops and welded the mounts back on it, primed and painted it and it looks like factory, just shorter

I know cardinal sin, warranty Blau blah blah

Reality is I never put it up especially for short operations and I hit my head on it folded down when messin with the 3 pt. I had enough so I modified it. Could buy the top section and put it on if I ever sell it which isn't likely anyway.

Imo it's safer always up, just shorter, then always folded down. Not saying it's the best idea for everyone but it was by far the best for me.

Oh and for the safety nazis (just to finish you off if your head hasn't exploded yet) I also bypassed the seat belt switch, never wear that either.

Some of the members of OTT have or had jobs in industries where we supervised or managed workers. Over 37 years there were several serious injuries and one death where I worked. You never wanted the less than the whole crew to go home to their families safely every day. Safety was also important to the company, and we had monthly organized safety meeting, daily tailgate safety discussions, and even with slogans like “Safety is #One”. This could be enforced with discipline of offenders and their supervisors for violations. If someone was seriously injured the level of discipline increased and the plant was usually visited by OSHA. You did not want to be part of an OSHA investigation!
When a large part of your career included responsibility for the safety of others it stays with you, and you continue to care about the safety of others. To call people who are concerned about the safety of others “safety nazis” is an insult and does not belong on OTT. We are here to help each other, and you can take the help or not, but the insults are not needed.

 

[RCW]

“safety nazis” is an insult and does not belong on OTT. We are here to help each other, and you can take the help or not, but the insults are not needed.

Larry - well said.

 

[olthumpa]

I aint sayin a word, I just give up

Larry - well said.

X3 - already seen and said enough

 

[Tooljunkie]

What olthumpa says. Replace nazi with guru and now we got something.
Seeing what some think is an acceptable home made bar, one used in a godvernment setting, i know i could do better if i had to. I dont need one, but have seen mowers stopped dead when snagging an overhead branch.

Those rops are seriously tough for a reason.