Big Bri
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- Joined
- Jun 9, 2009
- Messages
- 936
- Tractor
- Kubota MX5100
So for the past few days its been 95 to 100 out side and i've got one heck of a sunburn sitting on the tractor.
Priced a canopy at the kubota shop. . . i don't think so.
so i made one and i have Just over $60 in it.
I wanted this thing to come off easy, because when the rops are up my tractor will not fit in the door.
so i welded a 10" long x 1 1/2" tube to a 6" wide x 12" flat plate. I then used u bolts and bolted it to the ROPS.
Then i made a frame out of 1 1/4" box tube. it was 3' X 2' 10" . On one end i welded a 10" 1 1/4" down leg on both corners and the welded on a 7" angle brace to the down leg and the frame.
The down legs slip into the 1 1/2" tube that i bolted on the rops.
next i bolted a used Golf cart top to the frame with 5/16 stainless bolts.
$18 steel
$25 used golf cart top
$20 in u bolts stainless bolts and rattle can of black paint
i do wish is was a little bigger but for the price couldn't pass it up.
once i pop off the canopy i can still fold the rops and get in the shed
I plan to add some lights to the other end of the plate (the ones in front of the tractor get blocked by the bucket.
Priced a canopy at the kubota shop. . . i don't think so.
so i made one and i have Just over $60 in it.
I wanted this thing to come off easy, because when the rops are up my tractor will not fit in the door.
so i welded a 10" long x 1 1/2" tube to a 6" wide x 12" flat plate. I then used u bolts and bolted it to the ROPS.
Then i made a frame out of 1 1/4" box tube. it was 3' X 2' 10" . On one end i welded a 10" 1 1/4" down leg on both corners and the welded on a 7" angle brace to the down leg and the frame.
The down legs slip into the 1 1/2" tube that i bolted on the rops.
next i bolted a used Golf cart top to the frame with 5/16 stainless bolts.
$18 steel
$25 used golf cart top
$20 in u bolts stainless bolts and rattle can of black paint
i do wish is was a little bigger but for the price couldn't pass it up.
once i pop off the canopy i can still fold the rops and get in the shed
I plan to add some lights to the other end of the plate (the ones in front of the tractor get blocked by the bucket.