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jaybird-oh

11-21-2005 17:05:03




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Been toying with the idea of hinging the rops on my Ford 3600 about 10 inches down from the top,so to get access to low clearance areas.I see that most of the rops on new models are hinged using pins or bolts to lock them in position when either up or down. Any comments or ideas appreciated.




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Martin Cooper

04-05-2006 23:59:48




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 Re: modifying rops in reply to jaybird-oh, 11-21-2005 17:05:03  
I agree with all those saying, "Don't do it!"

If your ROPS is certified, any structural modification whatsoever will void the certification and pose all sorts legal ramifications as mentioned by other posters. However, the biggest concern is your life. As a ROPS manufacturer, we hear of the tragic consequences of fitting homemade ROPS. Please have a look at the link below, to see what I mean...
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JDB

11-22-2005 14:45:16




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 Re: modifying rops in reply to jaybird-oh, 11-21-2005 17:05:03  
If you modify the ROPS, you will be taking on full liability for yourself and anyone else who operates the tractor..... even if you sell it. Not a problem till someone gets hurt then they could come back on you. Funny how the laws work.



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Hugh MacKay

11-22-2005 11:16:13




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 Re: modifying rops in reply to jaybird-oh, 11-21-2005 17:05:03  
Save yourself some cost, just take it off, throw it in a scrap pile. You may as well just be pinned under the tractor as twisted up in a ROPS that doesn't hold. Without the modified ROPS you may be quick enough to jump clear.



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paul

11-22-2005 09:35:11




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 Re: modifying rops in reply to jaybird-oh, 11-21-2005 17:05:03  
The problem is how do you test out if your fabrication skills are good enough? :)

There get to be some very thorny issues on liability & so on if you sell the tractor, or someone else is operating it & gets hurt. Only a 1 in several million chance, but the point is there.

The latch will need to handle all the forces of a roll over in all directions, and the current roll bar will need to be able to handle being cut & having that soft point in it.

Just idle thoughts, likely you can do it if you plan out the different stresses & all. A lawyer would tell you no way..... . ;)

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Martin Cooper

04-06-2006 00:30:46




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 Re: modifying rops in reply to paul, 11-22-2005 09:35:11  
Indeed! About 250 rollover crush deaths per year in the USA.
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Kirk Grau

11-22-2005 07:11:26




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 Re: modifying rops in reply to jaybird-oh, 11-21-2005 17:05:03  
I can't help you on this one, but if you come up with a good design/procedure I would sure like to hear about it. I have the same tractor and I can get into/under only 2 of our 3 run-in sheds. Of course that give me an excuse to fire up the 9N occasionally, but life would be easier if I could fold the ROPS. It also would allow me to store tractor more conveniently in garage instead of the new building which does not have power yet. Not sure how winter starting is going to go yet without a way to plug it in.

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BBx

11-22-2005 04:28:26




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 Re: modifying rops in reply to jaybird-oh, 11-21-2005 17:05:03  
Don't do it unless you know what you are doing. There are a lot of engineering design calculations goes into making those hinged fittings to withstand the stresses of rolling over.



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rotten robert

11-22-2005 04:01:18




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 Re: modifying rops in reply to jaybird-oh, 11-21-2005 17:05:03  
Go fo it! Should help mowing under low branches.



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