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Re: Anyone ever build their own ROPS
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Posted by jdemaris on December 23, 2005 at 06:05:56 from (69.67.230.159):
In Reply to: Anyone ever build their own ROPS posted by TomNTex on December 23, 2005 at 05:49:54:
I've built plenty of them for my own equipment, and we built many at the Deere dealerships I've worked at - years ago. I suspect today - it would be too risky with the possibily of a law-suit. When they are factory built, they are tested to withstand rollovers with the weight of the machine they go on taken into consideration. None of mine have ever been put to the test - i.e. I've never had a roll-over. Roll-over protection wasn't my intention anyway. I like having them for sun shade, rain protection, to keep tree limbs from falling on head, to keep the bush-hog from throwing "spears" at me, etc. I usually use heavy wall round tubing. I've got one of those $100 pipe benders that work with a hydraulic bottle jack. It works great. My HD6 and HD4 have expanded metal on the back, but the roofs are solid plate. Expanded metal doesn't stop the sun and rain very well. My Cletrac and my 1010 Deere crawler-loader both have round tubing for ROPS and a sheet of easily removed 3/4" pressure-treated plywood for a "ceiling." Sounds silly perhaps - but it works nice, it's cheap and easy, and light.
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