New BX2370 ROPS Issue

[flati]

Make yourself a "Remove before flight" sign that you can hang off the ROPS when in the garage and then hang it on the door when you take it out. Your bound to see it when you come back as a reminder.

That's probably exactly what I'll do!

 

[dwk121]

dkw121 that is a nice garage. That is just what I need. FLATI, I am all for the idea of just smashing it and getting it over with. In my younger days I probably would have done that myself. However, that is probably not the smartest idea. Is the garage itself too low or just the garage doors? If it is the door, look to see if it can be adjusted to lift higher. Some have an optional high lift kit that opens it more so it lays flat up in the track. The other option would be to see if you could put in a little bigger door if the garage itself is high enough. What ever you do, keep your ROPS on, and upright when using the tractor. I to have seen the dangerous consequences of somebody rolling a tractor without a ROPS.

BAP Thank you very much. I also agree do not modify the Rops bar. I to remember back in middle school I had a friend running an old Massey with disc in tow and went up to steep of a hill and flipped back, needless to say no Rops and it crushed him atop the disc. Lost a buddy that way. DO NOT MODIFY.

 

[Steamguy]

Lmao.....You know what, I'm gonna just get up tomorrow morning and smash it into the garage door just to get it over with!

Well, last fall I did that for you. So now you don't have to worry about it ever again. Put a real good crack in the door header in the barn.

Gotta say though, I do like the 'Remove Before Flight' sign idea. I'll get something like that together in the spring when I go wake up the tractor.

 

[Football Batt]

That's probably exactly what I'll do!

They even sell them on Ebay in Kubota Orange

 

[flati]

I like the idea, will check ebay soon!

 

[flati]

Too late! Pulled in the garage today and guess what? Yep, I hit the garage....

 

[BotaDriver]

Just hang a cow bell or something on an extension sticking out about 3' from the door entrance so it will hit the ROPS. That way when you hear it tinkle, you will have 3' to stop and lower your ROPS. That would sure beat you hitting the door frame and taking a tinkle in your pants.;-)

Worked in a warehouse many years ago and we had high-lifts that were taller than some of the openings. They installed 3" steel pipes hanging from chains about 8' from the opening to clank the lifts. Well one day after a 16hr shift I got side-tracked by an urgent task and was running the 12k lb lift at full speed forgetting I couldn't fit through the door. Well the clank snapped me back to reality rather quickly and I let off the dead man and stood up just in time to be thrown from the machine flying about 16' some how landing on my feet running. The upper part of the machine stopped while the rest of it came through the door way wedging the feet in the crack between slabs. It was rotated a good 25 degrees or so wedged in the opening.

After that incident all of the door ways were raised to accommodate the tall lifts. Noting was hurt except my pride and 10 or so cinder blocks that were turned into dust. Had it not been for the steel reinforcement supporting the blocks, I may have just heard a thud and kept on truckin.

 

[BotaDriver]

Too late! Pulled in the garage today and guess what? Yep, I hit the garage....

DOH! That didn't take long

 

[Dan_R_42]

I do like the 'Remove Before Flight' sign idea. I'll get something like that together in the spring when I go wake up the tractor.

Exactly where my thoughts went when I read your OP. Welcome Aboard...


I have used flags like this often to jog my memory.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/pages/cs/aircraftcovers_remove/removestreamer.php

 

[flati]

DOH! That didn't take long

I just brought the new B2320 home yesterday and decided I'd take a picture before immediately leaving for work afterwards. I put the ROPS in the up position because I thought it looked better for the picture and jumped back on the machine to put it back into the garage and leave for work.

Anyone have an aluminum brake I can borrow?

 

[RDR]

I read a few posts on the 1st page and last page. Got a few laughs. I grew up on tractors before the rops. I started cultivating a vineyard on a sidehill in Upstate N.Y. on a 2N at the age of 12. A dangerous tractor used in dangerous conditions. I'm still here 50 years later.

I couldn't go through the garage doors on my new barn with my mini excavator. A few years ago I caught the rops on a tree limb and almost tipped it over at my sister's. I took it off last year and feel more comfortable. I can also take the easiest way into the barn now.

I look at the rops as a false sense of security. I guess I need to update the pic of my avatar.