New Purchase

[dodge man]

Nice looking property and equipment. I think you chose wisely. One thing I’m not clear on, do you live on the property? I’m thinking no.

 

[blue9steel]

Nice looking property and equipment. I think you chose wisely. One thing I’m not clear on, do you live on the property? I’m thinking no.

Oh yes, we definitely live there.

 

[rbstern]

A belated Happy New Tractor Day!

Hope you have many happy, safe, productive hours aboard.

 

[MESSMAKER]

L is the minimum I'd go with.

Good point. It is hard to do tractor things without a bit of weight. Always buy one size bigger than you think you need.

 

[2manyrocks]

I agree that they evidently make folding the ROPS difficult to keep us from doing it, but that could be turned against them. By making it difficult, my argument would be that the end user is more likely to leave it down than put it back up when actually needed.

I'd suggest that you double check your fluid levels to be sure the dealer didn't overlook anything.

 

[blue9steel]

I agree that they evidently make folding the ROPS difficult to keep us from doing it, but that could be turned against them. By making it difficult, my argument would be that the end user is more likely to leave it down than put it back up when actually needed.

I'd suggest that you double check your fluid levels to be sure the dealer didn't overlook anything.

Yeah, I actually want the ROPS up the majority of the time but in the current configuration it's like a 10 min job to switch so if I took it down the temptation would always be "well, I'm not really doing that much maybe I don't need it this time". I'll have to think about swapping out the stock bolts so I can use a socket & impact driver to quickly change over.

Checking the fluid levels is a good idea, I'll do that.

 

[blue9steel]

Good point. It is hard to do tractor things without a bit of weight. Always buy one size bigger than you think you need.

You're a bit late on that comment but the good news is that I went with an L3302 so the advice was listened to.

 

[azbinder]

The "pivot" bolts may be too tight. The dealer installs the ROPS on the tractor. I would always install the two uprights snuggly and then set the top half in place, tightening the bolts to the spec provided in the assembly manual. Then torquing the uptight bolts while making sure that the upper half would pivot with out too much effort. It may take both hands to "fold" it, but you should NOT have to struggle to do it.

 

[blue9steel]

The "pivot" bolts may be too tight. The dealer installs the ROPS on the tractor. I would always install the two uprights snuggly and then set the top half in place, tightening the bolts to the spec provided in the assembly manual. Then torquing the uptight bolts while making sure that the upper half would pivot with out too much effort. It may take both hands to "fold" it, but you should NOT have to struggle to do it.

In this case it's not the pivot bolts, it's the ones that look like they're supposed to be "hand loosened". They're impossible to turn by hand and even with a large wrench were annoying to remove. I don't know, maybe I'm supposed to take them out and put 4in1 oil on them or something? With the finger knobs welded on top I can't even use a socket wrench.

 

[IndyJay]

In this case it's not the pivot bolts, it's the ones that look like they're supposed to be "hand loosened". They're impossible to turn by hand and even with a large wrench were annoying to remove. I don't know, maybe I'm supposed to take them out and put 4in1 oil on them or something? With the finger knobs welded on top I can't even use a socket wrench.

My tractor was delivered with the bolts and pins reversed. I had to swap them. Look to see if the nuts have nylon inserts. If so, they aren't meant to be craned tight. That way you just pull the pins and pivot the ROPS down and reinsert the pins for the down position.