I added a ROPS to the 135 this summer. The belt attachment kit Bare-Co sent has U-bolts that are too small to fit around the frame of the ROPS. Is there a way to attached them to the seat? I'd rather have them there anyway, due to the spring. I prefer the standard seat over an aftermarket because I feel more like I'm sitting in the tractor, rather than on top of it. If it's not possible, I suppose I can bite the bullet and get a "universal" one.
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Jim.ME
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The 135 parts book shows the State of Missouri had a seatbelt on some they ordered. The parts book doesn't show a part number for the kit, just some of the parts. A dealer might be able to find out more about it.
Many suspension seats use a couple short fixed length straps to come from a hard mounting spot up to the points where the belt ends anchor to the seat. They don't rely on the suspension alone to hold the operator in a roll over. The short straps allow the suspension to travel through its full range, while the belt itself is tight around the operator. The straps will be tight when upward travel of the suspension is at its maximum.
lugnuts2030
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Why not get the u-bolts that fit. The seat is flip up style and a belt attached to it would do no good in a rollover. I don't like those aftermarket seats either, I think they make the tractor look junky.
The side of hill with various ditches and what my neighbor calls dikes. They were designed to prevent erosion when the place was a tobacco farm. There are plenty of holes hidden in the weeds that can cause a sudden shift in the tractor stability, not to mention the stream with steep banks. I've had my JD 310 backhoe at a side angle that would have rolled it if the suspension wasn't really good.
Jim.ME
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Sounds like he is following the recommendation. Seat belt used with a ROPS, no ROPS = no seatbelt. Risk of being trapped in a roll over without seatbelt use is higher when there is a ROPS than when there is no ROPS. People are more likely to get trapped by the ROPS when they try to jump clear in those rollovers, better to stay in the seat and let the belt and ROPS work together to protect you.
Armymutt,
Here are a couple pictures of tether strap set ups on truck suspension seats, which I mentioned in a previous post. They get anchored to a solid point, the other end attached to the same point the belt anchor attaches to the seat, then adjusted for length to allow seat suspension travel.
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