Am I The Only One?

[DickS]

In spite of my own admonitions against a 'senior moment', I failed.

When I first purchased the BX-24, I measured to see if it would fit in the garage with the ROPS extended. The 7' door opening was about 2" too low so I promised myself to always make sure the ROPS was down when putting it away. Normally I use the tractor with the ROPS down because the ground is generally flat. However, I got tired of banging my head on it while installing the 3PT hitch. Sure enough, forgot to put it back down and drove into the garage. Damage to the garage and overhead door was minor and easily repaired. Had I simply raised the ROPS to the up position and used the friction knobs to hold it out of the way, there would have been sufficient clearance. But not superdunce. I had to insert the pins also to guarantee maximum height.

I just wondered if there are any companions in misery out there who made the same mistake

 

[Steve02]

Fortunatly, no I have not (knocks on wood desk). I too measured the height with the ROPS up and am also about 2-3" to tall. I've left mine down recently because I've not done anything that could come close to resulting in a roll-over. However in the Spring when I put it up to mow on some slopes then I too may whack the garage door.

Luckily there wasn't a lot of damage to your door (and hopefully tractor as well).

 

[Jimbrown]

yep me

 

[eanjay]

Never admit to 'senior moments' - that's when they think they should take the car keys away!

EanJay

 

[Ken_CT]

They other day I was rolling the lawn (I hate moles) and drove close to a tree. I wasn't paying attention to the fact that the tree had quite a lean to it. The tires made it by fine but when the ROPS hit it- wow. Those ROPS are pretty sturdy, I'm supprised it didn't take the tree down. Pucker factor = 10 .

Ken

 

[JJT]

I have 8' garage doors, but a few years ago I backed my L3710 into the garage with the bucket in the up position..... Needless to say I needed to install some new cedar trim. I then installed some decent lights on the ROPS, the bucket was up because the snow was too deep to drive with the bucket down and get any light from the headlights.

 

[spk64]

Been there twice I hate to admit. I am a new BX24 owner and really enjoy it so far. Now I just need to do something to remind me to lower the ROPS before pulling it into the garage. Lots of slopes so I really need it up most of the time.

 

[Dusty]

You are not the first, and you won't be the last. I have been careful and thought that it wouldn't happen to me, but it did. Realized that it was up as I was entering, but by the time that I stopped, I had kissed it. Now, I use the 9' door and don't have that problem. I am in the process of cleaning the garage, so when I am finished, I can enter from the rear of the garage and out the front. A drive through garage is a great idea if you don't put stuff in the middle to block it. Dusty..

 

[goaliedad]

This may be a very worthless idea, but it won't be my first....
we use to have a full size van and I found it hard to park it right in our garage- I hung a tennis ball from the rafters so that when the van was in the right spot the tennis ball hit the windsheild right on the rear view mirror mount. Worked like a charm. How about hanging a ball so that it is "in your face" as a reminder?

just a thought.....

 

[cabinfever]

I hate to admit it but I've been in a hurry and backed my pickup into the garage door ............twice. Once I completely forgot to open the door, the second the door was not all the way up and I clipped it with the topper. Fortunately neither incident caused major damage.
Everybody make mistakes, you just hope it's never you. The wife sure gets a kick out of harassing me about it though!
So far so good with not wrecking anything with the BX2350...where's that wood I can knock on?