Anyone experienced problems with sun roof?

Dodgeram · Jan 24, 2007

gordon21 said:
Do you guys name your tractors? If so, is the most common name Wiley??

I have a little (25hp) "green" lawn mower and I think I'm gonna get Wiley to write a "Deere John" letter this spring

I may just give it to my daughter to play with.

Tom

NOTE to Mods: This is all in fun.

wallace · Jan 24, 2007

Now you need to replace it with one of these..

gordon21 · Jan 24, 2007

Now that is a truck you could really tailgate with. Very nice.

PaPaGus · Jan 24, 2007

Nice rig, compliments the load...

grizer · Jan 24, 2007

bullebak, go back and get the braces that belong with your sun roof!!
Dealers should respond to this and tell him what he's missing.
My DK65 has two braces from rops to top support beams.

wallace · Jan 25, 2007

grizer said:
bullebak, go back and get the braces that belong with your sun roof!!
Dealers should respond to this and tell him what he's missing.
My DK65 has two braces from rops to top support beams.

This is a different canopy.
The 65 has a much larger canopy

MotorSeven · Jan 25, 2007

tractorhill said:
No Deere. but 2 nice size trees, but look at 4th pic and You see what happen
and as for Todd we do have blocks on pedels for him

Sheese, and it wasn't even a Firestone

Gordon....."they" will never get ME.....i never take off the foil hat on account of constantly being bombarded with "Their" radio waves...........

RD

tractorhill · Jan 25, 2007

Rick
This is my replacement.

wallace · Jan 25, 2007

Holy smokes are you hiring?

gordon21 · Jan 25, 2007

Tractorhill: That's a big 550. You fit a whole house on the flatbed and still have capacity to haul a tractor on a trailer. Fords sure are powerful!!!

Motorseven: Check the foil carefully for tiny hidden transmitters.

tractorhill · Jan 25, 2007

wallace said:
Holy smokes are you hiring?

What can You do

RedRocker · Jan 26, 2007

Here's how you brace the canopy.

PaPaGus · Jan 26, 2007

RedRocker said:
Here's how you brace the canopy.

I really like the looks of that. Did you buy the canopy or Fab it yourself?

MrsTractor · Jan 26, 2007

tractorhill said:
What can You do

You don't want Rick to work for you...pick me, pick me.

Superduper · Jan 26, 2007

bullebak said:
My wife always worries that this heavy sunroof might collapse one day and fall on my head (the black steel tubes alone weigh 7kg (14lbs) due to faillure of the U-bolts to the ROPS - and off course it lifts the centre of gravity increasing the risk of rollover under critical circumstances.

I was thinking of replacing the steel tubes with aluminium ones. Any comments would be appreciated.

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I don't think the benefit of weight savings between the aluminum and steel tubes would justify the trouble. The aluminum will need to be thicker than the steel to have same strength. If the fear is the ubolts failing, replace them with higher grade units (grade 8 or better). As far as center of gravity issue, it may be worth looking into. I have seen canopies weight 20 lbs, I have seen them weight 200 lbs. 20 lbs on a 4000lb tractor won't shift the COG anything worth mentioning. 200 could make a difference in marginal situations.

RedRocker · Jan 26, 2007

PaPaGus said:
I really like the looks of that. Did you buy the canopy or Fab it yourself?

I built it myself, I've got a lot of trees to deal with.

tractorhill · Jan 26, 2007

MrsTractor said:
You don't want Rick to work for you...pick me, pick me.

You got the Job,Work starts 7

o am saturday morning

grizer · Jan 26, 2007

Wallace tractor, sorry about mistake on braces, his worries about sun roof are approching rediculous anyway.

bullebak · Jan 27, 2007

grizer said:
Wallace tractor, sorry about mistake on braces, his worries about sun roof are approching rediculous anyway.

My wife worried more than me... but to call it rediculous isn't right. One just does not redicule a safety concern! And in the case of a rollover, who knows how the sunroof might cave in (on the driver).

SuperDuper: The sunroof support doesn't need the strength of those 2 heavy steel tubes, the roof itself is quite light.

RedRocker did it right! I'll copy his design (with permission?) as soon as I have the shed up for the tractor and some equipment installed.

rback33 · Feb 2, 2007

I must admit to being late reading this thread. I have a few comments and questions though....

1) Rick... It sure looks like that their isn't much room to slide the 5th wheel on that W9. Is that just because it has such a huge sleeper or is the wheel base a little shorter than most?

2) Is Todd really that short? I mean heck.. I have talked to him many times...whodathunkit? BTW How is Todd since he never calls me anymore?

3) Wow... that must been a scary ride when that blew out. Were u hauling anything? Boy I hate seeing things like that.