B2650 Roof Blew OFF

[Mike0616]

Yeah, 110km/hr

Or ~70 MPH

 

[JBacon52]

Hey, I purchased a B2650 and while I was towing it home the cab roof blew off on the highway. Luckily the roof never hit another car or caused an accident. While loading the tractor and attachments onto the trailer and truck I never thought that I should have strapped my roof down to keep it from blowing off. The wind must have caught the roof and ripped all ten of the nutserts out of the plastic roof. I priced a new roof, and it is around $1,500 Canadian, I think I can fix it though. Has anyone else heard of this happening, the dealers I spoke to have not and I have never noticed tractors being towed on the highway with their cabs strapped down.

That's why KTAC is so nice! Stuff happens.....

 

[5030]

That's why KTAC is so nice! Stuff happens.....

KTAC is nice but so is any carrier that will insure tractors. I have never used them and have no need as I insure with a company that insure farm equipment as well as all my buildings and the cars and trucks on one blanket policy and here in Michigan under RTF (right to farm) mandates, I'm not cancelable no matter how many claims I file and I just filed a huge one (over 12 grand) for storm damage to the roof of one of my buildings). I have to pay the first thousand (deductible) but that is chump change today and our premiums are pretty reasonable as well.

 

[phk_xb]

Here are some pictures.

 

[5030]

You got a problem grasshopper.

 

[dstig1]

That will be a challenge to fix... Curious to see what you do

 

[5030]

That roof and mine are 2 distinctly different in the way they secure to the top of the ROPS structure. My roof has Rivnuts in it and the roof is secured with Phillips head machine screws that thread into those Rivnuts, whereas yours are set in plastic (I don't care for that actually) and it don't appear to have a sealing gasket either (like mine does). It appears to me that the only solution is to relace the failed plastic part with a new one, but then I'm not even sure about that as like I said, yours and mine are distinctly different.

 

[kthompson]

I think, you need to be talking with a shop manager on thoughts. If you are not pleased with local shop manager let us know for there are some so to call regional dealerships that have great reputations.

 

[phk_xb]

That roof and mine are 2 distinctly different in the way they secure to the top of the ROPS structure. My roof has Rivnuts in it and the roof is secured with Phillips head machine screws that thread into those Rivnuts, whereas yours are set in plastic (I don't care for that actually) and it don't appear to have a sealing gasket either (like mine does). It appears to me that the only solution is to relace the failed plastic part with a new one, but then I'm not even sure about that as like I said, yours and mine are distinctly different.

I think it is similar to yours, all my rivnuts pulled out of the plastic roof. The rivnuts are all still attached to the machine screws and I do have a gasket, just not in the pictures. If I can get the rivnuts secured back in the holes they pulled out of with fibreglass or epoxy I think that might work. It’s $2000 for a new roof so I’ll try my best to fix it.

 

[5030]

Look at my posted pictures and proceed accordingly. Those Rivnuts in your picture don't look at all like mine. Fiberglass resin and mat is your friend. Epoxy isn't.