bcarter
Silver Member
I have seen several posts in the past regarding damage to the door frame of garages/sheds caused by attempting to fit a an unfolded folding ROPS through an opening that was too short...
In the first couple of months that I owned my tractor I had this problem twice and finally decided to hang a bright red piece of cloth from one of the hinge pins of the garage door so that it would hang down when the door was open and I would see it. It was supposed to remind me to check that the ROPS was folded before driving into the garage.
This seems to have worked OK until earlier this spring when I rammed the garage door frame twice on two consecutive tractor outings. Apparently my absentmindedness had finally overcome my friendly reminder flag. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
So, I had to come up with a better solution... My new sign hangs from the ROPS bolts when folded and reminds me to put hte ROPS up when I drive out of the garage. It then hangs from a cleat on the inside of the garage door frame to keep me from driving into the garage with the ROPS up. So far it has worked well and there has been no (aditional) damage to the trim on the garage door.
In the first couple of months that I owned my tractor I had this problem twice and finally decided to hang a bright red piece of cloth from one of the hinge pins of the garage door so that it would hang down when the door was open and I would see it. It was supposed to remind me to check that the ROPS was folded before driving into the garage.
This seems to have worked OK until earlier this spring when I rammed the garage door frame twice on two consecutive tractor outings. Apparently my absentmindedness had finally overcome my friendly reminder flag. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
So, I had to come up with a better solution... My new sign hangs from the ROPS bolts when folded and reminds me to put hte ROPS up when I drive out of the garage. It then hangs from a cleat on the inside of the garage door frame to keep me from driving into the garage with the ROPS up. So far it has worked well and there has been no (aditional) damage to the trim on the garage door.