JoeL4330
Platinum Member
Consider getting a canopy ...brings the ROPS height into your forward field of vision (and keeps off the rain/sun)
Close call--almost tipped over!
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JoeL4330
Platinum Member
Consider getting a canopy ...brings the ROPS height into your forward field of vision (and keeps off the rain/sun)
JoeL4330
Platinum Member
[I was cursing because I could have put my foot out to stop the roll and couldn't get my feet out from the pedals and transmission hump ]
Perhaps you were luckier than you know ...a slow roll of a heavy object can fool you ...lots and lots of momentum ...not uncommon for race car driver to break an arm when instinctively putting it out the window to stop a rollover ...reason for the netting on the window
Perhaps you were luckier than you know ...a slow roll of a heavy object can fool you ...lots and lots of momentum ...not uncommon for race car driver to break an arm when instinctively putting it out the window to stop a rollover ...reason for the netting on the window
JoeL4330
Platinum Member
[I was cursing because I could have put my foot out to stop the roll and couldn't get my feet out from the pedals and transmission hump ]
Perhaps you were luckier than you know ...a slow roll of a heavy object can fool you ...lots and lots of momentum ...not uncommon for race car driver to break an arm when instinctively putting it out the window to stop a rollover ...reason for the netting on the window
Perhaps you were luckier than you know ...a slow roll of a heavy object can fool you ...lots and lots of momentum ...not uncommon for race car driver to break an arm when instinctively putting it out the window to stop a rollover ...reason for the netting on the window
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proudestmonkey
Gold Member
Man you are lucky. Whew!
Hey, in your avatar pic, is that a Kubota without a ROPS?
Hey, in your avatar pic, is that a Kubota without a ROPS?
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proudestmonkey
Gold Member
Man you are lucky. Whew!
Hey, in your avatar pic, is that a Kubota without a ROPS?
Hey, in your avatar pic, is that a Kubota without a ROPS?
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proudestmonkey
Gold Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Great post and appreciate the responses too.
Note- When I first got my BX2200 in 2003, I took off the ROPS because it got in the way, in my view anyway. In an offhand comment by my favorite Kubota shop foreman, he said that;
"Kubota has told them that they are forbidden from working on tractors that do not have the factory ROPS on".
I put mine back on as soon as I got home. It is no problem after all.
JBX )</font>
Thanks. I can tell you that taking the picture and posting it here was a heck of a lot more fun than having instant thoughts of being crippled for life, or even worse, wrecking my Kubota (kidding).
One of the reasons I wanted to get rid of my JD is that after using it for a year and having a few close calls, I wanted something that had a ROPS. There is no way to put a ROPS on my JD because it had plastic fenders and no frame above the rear tires to bolt it to. So, I feel much safer now, and figure the ROPS hitting things is a learning curve well worth the added safety.
Note- When I first got my BX2200 in 2003, I took off the ROPS because it got in the way, in my view anyway. In an offhand comment by my favorite Kubota shop foreman, he said that;
"Kubota has told them that they are forbidden from working on tractors that do not have the factory ROPS on".
I put mine back on as soon as I got home. It is no problem after all.
JBX )</font>
Thanks. I can tell you that taking the picture and posting it here was a heck of a lot more fun than having instant thoughts of being crippled for life, or even worse, wrecking my Kubota (kidding).
One of the reasons I wanted to get rid of my JD is that after using it for a year and having a few close calls, I wanted something that had a ROPS. There is no way to put a ROPS on my JD because it had plastic fenders and no frame above the rear tires to bolt it to. So, I feel much safer now, and figure the ROPS hitting things is a learning curve well worth the added safety.
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proudestmonkey
Gold Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Great post and appreciate the responses too.
Note- When I first got my BX2200 in 2003, I took off the ROPS because it got in the way, in my view anyway. In an offhand comment by my favorite Kubota shop foreman, he said that;
"Kubota has told them that they are forbidden from working on tractors that do not have the factory ROPS on".
I put mine back on as soon as I got home. It is no problem after all.
JBX )</font>
Thanks. I can tell you that taking the picture and posting it here was a heck of a lot more fun than having instant thoughts of being crippled for life, or even worse, wrecking my Kubota (kidding).
One of the reasons I wanted to get rid of my JD is that after using it for a year and having a few close calls, I wanted something that had a ROPS. There is no way to put a ROPS on my JD because it had plastic fenders and no frame above the rear tires to bolt it to. So, I feel much safer now, and figure the ROPS hitting things is a learning curve well worth the added safety.
Note- When I first got my BX2200 in 2003, I took off the ROPS because it got in the way, in my view anyway. In an offhand comment by my favorite Kubota shop foreman, he said that;
"Kubota has told them that they are forbidden from working on tractors that do not have the factory ROPS on".
I put mine back on as soon as I got home. It is no problem after all.
JBX )</font>
Thanks. I can tell you that taking the picture and posting it here was a heck of a lot more fun than having instant thoughts of being crippled for life, or even worse, wrecking my Kubota (kidding).
One of the reasons I wanted to get rid of my JD is that after using it for a year and having a few close calls, I wanted something that had a ROPS. There is no way to put a ROPS on my JD because it had plastic fenders and no frame above the rear tires to bolt it to. So, I feel much safer now, and figure the ROPS hitting things is a learning curve well worth the added safety.
Stef
Platinum Member
So you have to choose: rops or clothesline!
Just kidding. Take care lucky man
Just kidding. Take care lucky man
Stef
Platinum Member
So you have to choose: rops or clothesline!
Just kidding. Take care lucky man
Just kidding. Take care lucky man