L175 Canopy... Suggestions?

[buffumjr]

Response By Email (R G) (05/17/2019 12:00 PM)
Mr. Buffum,

Thank you for contacting Kubota Customer Satisfaction regarding ROPS for your L175. We were unable to pull up your unit with the serial number provided. However, if you are interested in ordering ROPS, your dealer would need to place a request to Kubota for a new ROPS. They would be able to access a part number that way.

Regards,

Ruth G.
Kubota Customer Satisfaction
Customer By Service Web (John Buffum) (05/16/2019 11:45 AM)
My local dealership does not have a part number for a ROPS for my L175. I am interested. Can you give me an orderable part number?
Question Reference # 190516-000097
Date Created: 05/16/2019 11:45 AM
Date Last Updated: 05/17/2019 12:00 PM
Status: Open

Official Kubota email.

Have already talked to te dealership, as previously mentioned. Looks like the build is ON! Yay!

 

[Raymo853]

Do you have a ROPS on the L175? You can get one through Kubota fairly cheap and not have to manufacture uprights, plus it gives you that rollover protection. There's a number of threads on here about the safety program.

I am about to buy a L175 without a ROPS. Glad to read you can still get them.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Checked out the ads.

Canopy, $150 - $400+
ROPS less canopy, $440 and up.

It all costs money, son. Just how safe do you want to be?

You can also get enclosed cabs. Stereo. A/C. Digitized dashboards. GPS. GPS powered autopilot. Work lights. Strobes.

Nah.

OK. I already own all the steel. From building a 3,000 lb trailer, earlier, I have left over yellow marker lights, and lots of scrap wire. All I need to buy is a bag of grommets, to run the wire inside the tube.

From the ads, I saw them as small as 2' x 2', and as big as 4' x 6'. Got an idea of the necessary strutting. Mine will be 3' x 3', with additional 3" on front and back bent down 45°.

I'd like to find welting of some sort, for that professional look.

Will finish with orange Rustoleum on the top, black on the tubes.

Yeah, I know, NOT rollover certified.

This is going to be fun.

Mill Auto Supply or JC Whitney.

 

[buffumjr]

I am about to buy a L175 without a ROPS. Glad to read you can still get them.

Uh, best to do your research. Get those email addresses, URLs, and snail mail addresses, and research them. Be sure to let us know if you really CAN get one.

I just laid in the steel to make mine. 2x2x1/8 square tubing. I have lots of 1/4" steel plate for the bases, and a plastic golf cart top for the roof. I have the marker lights in stock, and may install a blinker option. Knuckle down, buckle down, an' do it, do it, do it.

Being able, or not being able to get ROPS shouldn't be a reason to or not to get the L175. It's a great little tractor. I made a 60" box blade for it, and successfully maintain our dirt road. Lots of power.

I've seen pictures of an L175 WITH A BELLY MOWER! A bit gigantic for my lawn, but if you had an acre, it would really help.

This fall, it gets an end loader attachment. I've been studying the options, and you can get away with three hydraulic cylinders. That's a $140 savings oiff the full plan. There are two reinforcement options, fore and aft. Haven't decided which I'll do.