Before I put on the FOPS canopy, I just left the ROPS folded down all the time. I could move the tractor in and out of the garage just the way it was. Now that I've installed the FOPS canopy on the ROPS, I put the ROPS up and down each time I go in and out of the garage. When I fold the ROPS back down, I pull the pins on the ROPS and grab the ROPS from behind the tractor and slowly pull the whole thing back until the the canopy is upside down over the backhoe. In order to keep the canopy top from laying on the backhoe controls, I have to put a 6"-6" piece of wood across the back of the verticle ROPS part and let the top part of the ROPS fold back down against it. The 6"-6" piece of wood is secured at the same level as the toolbox mounted behind the tractor seat. I made a couple simple brackets to hold the 6"-6" pice of wood while I pull down the ROPS and canopy. It maybe a little easier for me. I'm 6'6" and about 270lbs.. I don't know if I could do it if I didn't have the height and leverage to pull the whole thing down. If I didn't do some part time commercial work on the weekends, I'd pull the canopy off and leave it off. That way I could leave the ROPS in the folded down position and pull in and out of the garage without doing anything.
Howard
Howard