The ROPS is coming off this winter...

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When I refurbish the sheet metal on my F series front mount deck Kubota F series, the ROPS is coming off and staying off.

It's a royal PITA when mowing under trees, always catching on branches so I'm gonna remove it. If I ever sell it, I'll have to put it back on but until then, it's coming off. Candidly, I really see no need for it anyway.
 
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Last year young man 20's mowing flat ground ROPS caught maple limb, spun zero turn into tree with front wheels up, he fell off and darn lucky he was hurt.
 
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And I went and bought one after I bought my F2000 because it didn't have one. Also a nice place for the canopy to mount too. I have a lot of side slopes and hills.
 
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And I went and bought one after I bought my F2000 because it didn't have one. Also a nice place for the canopy to mount too. I have a lot of side slopes and hills.
It's flat here and unexpectedly when the upper ROPS is folded down, I cannot open the bonnet either, Real PITA. Just gonna remove it. Really has no use in my operation anyway.
 
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it's the lawyers again.
 
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It's flat here and unexpectedly when the upper ROPS is folded down, I cannot open the bonnet either, Real PITA. Just gonna remove it. Really has no use in my operation anyway.
I thought you had a canopy attached to your ROPs? I enjoy the ROPs for that reason.
 
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I'd just trim the tree limbs higher?
Same here. I hate low hanging limbs affecting my view off this hill.

I cut every limb on my property up 25ft high.
 

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