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Re: Tapered box steel for ROPS
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Posted by JDknut on August 15, 2006 at 09:06:48 from (152.119.204.78):
In Reply to: Tapered box steel for ROPS posted by Josh in Pa on August 15, 2006 at 07:29:32:
I designed and had fabricated one for my White 2-85 out of rectangular tubular stuctural steel, A500 grade, yield ~50,000 PSI. All welding was ultrasonic grade full-penetration, low hydrogen. You need it for the low temperature toughness. It wasn't worth it to mess with tapering it and all that jaxx. Total cost about $550 in 2000, plus a few bucks for my fire chief to help me set it on my White with his Deere 7210.
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