Forgot to fold the ROPS!!!! %$@*

[JPinnell]

A tip to remember: Letting the air out of the rear tires makes the tractor 5" shorter. Pulling the valve stem cores makes the air down go quicker.

After a lovely afternoon/evening of digging it was dark and I was tired, hungry, and ready to knockoff for the day. I had the ROPS up and wasn't paying any attention. Since I was digging I had the B7800 in Lo whereas usually it's in Med. Lo has plenty of torque My ROPS is about 4" to tall and I somehow managed to wedge it under the header for the 7' garage door on the Shop. I tried raising the front end by dropping the loader thinking I could pivot the ROPs out of the way but that didn't work as it was wedged really good. I will say I'm impressed with the build quality of the B7800 and the header in my shop, neither one budged

 

[vrman]

lol! Been there, done that a few times with my BX23. Letting the air out was the easiest/quickest way out of that "jamb".

 

[thatguy]

lol! Been there, done that a few times with my BX23. Letting the air out was the easiest/quickest way out of that "jamb".

<Insert drum shot here> How do you spell the sound of the drum at the punchline of a joke?

 

[fschukar]

If you've got calcium chloride in the tires you'll likely have a mess.

 

[crazyal]

A co-worker who just build a nice new barn for his TC33 made a mistake in measuring and his header is a few inches too low. He's forgot to fold his ROPS three times now after mowing and has done the same thing. I think the two or three "mowing sodas" he drinks has had a hand in the forgetting part.

 

[8561]

There are two types of tractor owners who've hit the garage with the ROPS up: Those who've done it and will admit it, and those who've done it and won't admit it.

I've done it.

 

[sqidget]

The second day I had my machine I tried to outrun a downpour and stuffed my garage. That is how I discovered that my garage had extreme termite damage!! I wish I only had to deflate the tires!
have fun , Dave

 

[DickS]

Welcome to the club, the exclusivity of which continues to diminish. Been there. Done that. Did it.

 

[rickster]

When you get good at it you can make it all the way into the garage
with out getting stuck The wife said the house shook!

 

[638]

Been there, done that.

ron

 

[jbrumberg]

All I do is knock off my hazard lights . If I had a tractor shed things would be different . Jay

 

[john_bud]

It happens with backhoes too...

(don't ask)

jb

 

[Jaybr]

I got lucky, purchased a new Kioti 2 weeks ago and when I pulled it into the barn last week the ROPS scraped the rubber seal that hangs down from the header, but cleared the header by less than 1/2".

Haven't tried with the backhoe on yet.

 

[hazmat]

My TC18 will clear with the turf tires on. With the R4s on it interferes by about 1/8 inch - it will go thru, but makes a racket. I've got the paint scratches to prove it . I've had to nail the trim piece back on the garage a couple times

 

[Jibber]

Did it very early on... tore the **** out of the door sill pulling it out of there. An excuse to buy a table saw to make the proper repairs.

I also poked the Backhoe boom through the drywall ceiling of my garage one time shortly after I'd gotten it.

Really felt like a dumb**** so it's comforting to know I'm not alone..

 

[Jim Nelson]

My shop/tractor storage building is a 14x34 Arrow shed with the typical 7'door which we all know just doesn't work.I just left my ROPS down most of the time until I got a backhoe then things changed real soon.After two days and two collisions I looked it over and cut the top section of the ROPS down 2" and it works great.This wont work if you are tall but I'm only 5'11" so I can still fit under it while using the hoe without banging my gourd.
Jim

 

[DanR67]

I think the two or three "mowing sodas" he drinks has had a hand in the forgetting part.

- Gotta keep "ALL" fluids topped up when you're out tractoring...heh!

There are two types of tractor owners who've hit the garage with the ROPS up: Those who've done it and will admit it, and those who've done it and won't admit it.

I've done it.

"I was driving along - minding my own business - then WHAM! Out of nowhere - my garage jumped ONTO my tractor! Luckily - I had the ROPS up - else I would've been crushed!"

Yeah - yeah. We ALL have done it....

Did it very early on... tore the **** out of the door sill pulling it out of there. An excuse to buy a table saw to make the proper repairs.

I also poked the Backhoe boom through the drywall ceiling of my garage one time shortly after I'd gotten it.

Jibber: what additional tool(s) did you "have to buy to make the proper repairs" after the backhoe mishap? (I think tractor owners could single-handedly keep the economy going if we were only permitted to buy the proper tools to fix all the small "whoopsies....")

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You'd think the guys who write the building codes for garages would take a minute and research the average height of a tractor ROPS....