ROPS

cappys tractor · Sep 24, 2008

anyone got info on whether kubota still is 'giving' a defrayed cost on rops for older tractors?

my 34 yr old b6000 really needs one, and 500 seems like alot to pay (i know, what is my life worth) but i heard kubota had some sort of rebate/incentive program out there. the local dealer is mum on the subject.

thanks

Sherweld · Sep 24, 2008

Kubota does have such a program as of a couple of months ago when I got mine. (B7100) Kubota Tractor Corporation - Equipment Safety

A couple of points;

The tractor must not be grey market (confirm by SN),

The dealer I dealt with jacked me around for a couple of months finally telling me there were no more available.
As a last resort I emailed an inquiry to Kubota USA asking what was up and a very nice lady got back to me right away telling me that were plenty available, and what was the name and location of the dealer for her to contact to make arrangements for shipping. As I recall there was $90 shipping from GA to WA state. (Also the dealer didn't follow up even then until I contacted him a couple of weeks later to find the status!) (he probably won't be my dealer in the future)

The moral, don't give up, apparently Kubota really wants to get ROPS on all their older tractors even though some of the dealers might not be as interested.

Regards and good luck
Sherweld

Barrys_Toys · Sep 24, 2008

Yes, the ROPS are still available at a discounted price for the older Kubota tractors.
This summer, I bought a B26TLB and a ROPS for my 1983 B7200D tractor.
The price for the ROPS was $148 and shipping was $70. My dealer told me, that I
get the ROPS at his price (he makes no profit on it!)

Barry