Is the ROPS really needed?

[Thomas]

Only takes one roll good chance one will have ROPS.

 

[taborekle]

Raise your hand if you have tipped your Kubota over?

Not many will respond.

You decide.

Well, those that rolled it over without a ROPES probably are dead, so I wouldn't expect THEM to respond.

 

[taborekle]

Ropes is completely and untterly usless, until you need it, and then it's invaluable and it's worth can't be stated in saved 'peaches'.

It can't be THAT much in the way, goodness it's just a few inches higher then your head.

Larry

 

[radioman]

well - I dont care if you removed yours. I have one of those so called folding rops, they just come out to a wing instead on the BX's. Its a wonderful noggin ringer :laughing:.
I had top half removed for awhile since it was too dangerous to have it on when I was mowing on trees and it would get caught on limbs. Getting hung up on a tree branch is not my idea of entertainment for my neighbors. Over time I pruned the tree branches to a point where its safe now to have rops on and up.:thumbsup:

 

[Danner]

I know we all know this, but remember what would happen without it.


Tractor Rollovers - YouTube

Hmmm. Not sure about that. If you weren't wearing the seat belt, and the tractor rolled, you could simply step away as it went over.

I'm pretty sure the ROPS is a .gov overkill deal.

 

[Big Wave D]

For everyone talking about keeping the ROPS on, you also ALWAYS wear your seat belt right?

It's your tractor and therefore your choice about how it should be used.

In spite of roll over safety equipment being standard equipment for some time now. We still have people posting threads regularly about people getting killed while operating a tractor.

The best safety 'equipment' is using one's equipment in a way that doesn't ever put you in a situation that any form of ROPS is necessary.

Practice safe tractor usage whatever you do and take responsibility for that choice.

I wish you many years of safe and fun usage.

 

[drssg]

I'm finding the ROPS sure hits a lot of limbs ...

That's a feature. I can mow and prune at the same time!

Of course, it's your call. I vote for leaving it on. Before I had the ROPS, I sometimes felt like Joe Frazier, ducking and weaving to get past all the branches. I appreciate the added safety of a seat belt and ROPS. Branches shouldn't be that low, anyway.

 

[MasseyWV]

If you weren't wearing the seat belt, and the tractor rolled, you could simply step away as it went over.

That may sound great in theory, but in reality it's not quite so simple. A rollover can happen in the blink of an eye, plus you could easily get tangled up as you tried to step off the tractor, not to mention a miriad of other things which could go wrong.

 

[RoyJackson]

It's your decision to remove the ROPS...your risk.
Since there is no loader on the tractor...well, that lessens your risk, IMHO.

If you pull the ROPS, remember, you don't use a seatbelt without a ROPS!

And, don't discard the ROPS or attaching hardware. If you sell the tractor, you'll need the ROPS.

 

[kcender]

As Roy stated,don't use the seatbelt if you are not going to use the ROPS.They are designed to be used together or not at all,you shouldn't use one without the other.

 

[copperhead1967]

Yes, you need the ROPS. Even folded down and pinned is better than nothing. MAYBE, actually could it crush you easier with it folded and no seat belt ??
(If your tractor has a foldable ROPS.)

I second the keeping it to reinstall if you sell the tractor someday if you do remove it. I'd hate to see someone get hurt and spend their handicapped years living in the house I used to own before I sold that dang tractor to them.
Yes, they can come back after you if you modify a safety feature.
In this case I'd think real hard about letting anyone else even operate the machine if I was the one who removed the ROPS. Buddy, best friend , family relation...... your opening yourself up to alot of risk. People got to eat and pay the hospital bills, someone is going to pony up.

 

[copperhead1967]

It's Louisiana, I don't think they have hills



(yes, I'm joking - lived in Pineville, la for a while).

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Maybe put on pontoons?
Sorry not ment to offend anyone who was lost anything due to the floods. I even spent time in Mississippi helping a old friend gut his place out after Katrina.

I'm from western PA "hills" here are mountains to some folks.

 

[Evil the Weasel]

How are you supposed to smash your garage door header without it? :laughing:

 

[WaxMan]

Rops!! try doing something in a cab with lights, mirrors, backup camera. Working over my mothers house this past month clearing brush moving dirt etc. Ouch every day I watch a stick, limb, tree brush across something.

 

[yelbike]

Are the ROPS folding on the BX? My jd 2305 did not have folding ROPS. I had it modified by a certified welder in town so it could fold. My problem was it wouldn't fit in the garage when it was loaded on the trailer.

I never use it the folded position and I live in the prairies. We have ditches.

I do my best to wear my belt.

Funny thing about the ROPS, when they're folded you don't need them. But when you need them you won't have time to put them up.

Think about your grand kids or your wife. Don't make them deal with the aftermath of an accident.

 

[thavil]

How are you supposed to smash your garage door header without it? :laughing:

Now who would do something like that?

 

[yelbike]

Now who would do something like that?

:laughing::laughing::laughing::cool2::laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[bcp]

On second thought,

 

[carlav1410]

I sure hope my post doesn't incite the wrath of the safety police, but I would like to get a few thoughts on removing the ROPS. Here is my situation; I have a Grand L with FEL that I wouldn't dream of removing the ROPS from. However, I recently acquired a BX2200 strictly for mowing. During routine maintenance this weekend, I even removed the lift arms, and toplink.

I'm finding the ROPS sure hits a lot of limbs mostly on fruit trees, and even creates a situation causing more trim work. Have also lost a number of peaches recently from the ROPS hitting them.

I know the BX is considered a tractor, and is equipped just like it's big brothers, but, on the other hand, it's not much larger than the JD riding mower I have, which did not even come with a ROPS.

In short, I'm thinking of taking it off. Give me a good reason why I shouldn't.

K

Hello all

Here is my ANSWER to your QUESTION

BE SAFE Carl

 

[Danner]

On second thought,

Ha! Good one :laughing: