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I would check the mounting plates and bolts. Unless you really were moving doubt you did any real damage to it.
Went over everything. It all appears in tact.
I would check the mounting plates and bolts. Unless you really were moving doubt you did any real damage to it.
Are you sure it bent back? Many ROPS come sightly leaned back from the factory. They're really sturdy- thick wall large diameter tubing and thick mounting plates that tie into the axle or transmission. They're designed to support the entire back half of the tractor when it rolls over, with a significant overbuilt safety factor. It'd take a real hard hit to bend one.
If it was bent, it'd be bent more on one side than the other. From that pic I don't see that, but it's just one pic.
It very well may have been like that from the factory but I don't know for sure because I never really checked until now. It definitely flexed backward because I could see it flex forward when I reversed away from the board. I was hoping others would chime in saying theirs looks the same