narcnh
Silver Member
Greetings,
First, thanks to everyone, who provides such useful information in this and other forums. Surfing, I found this site invaluable in assessing my options for upgrading my tractor. I've joined in the hope that I might, eventually, be able to help someone else in their decision making process or in solving some problem with their tractor. And, I do have a question.
In the end I traded in my old 1750 for a new 7800, which I've had for about two weeks. It is an awesome tractor, and I highly recommend it to anyone even remotely considering it. I've ditched and graded my driveway with it with a Woods RB72, moved sand from the sand pit on the back 40 (I've always wanted to say that), to fill potholes in my farm road, and hauled split wood for the past couple of weekends from timber pile to wood crib. The power this tractor has in such a small frame is amazing. I could never have ditched with the old tractor (about 500 foot of driveway up a steep hill). In the spring I'll be mowing and brushhogging with it. Some guys go middle age crazy and buy Harleys. Others buy Kubotas. But, on a crisp, fall day, tooling down the farm road with a loaded bucket, in my insulated Carhartts and with a cigar in my mouth, I'm an Easy Rider.
Anyway, on to my question. I have to drop the ROPS to fit the 7800 into my barn. So, every time I take it out I rescrew the ROPS into position. When I'm done playing, I mean, working and have to drop the ROPS, the right screw is always jammed solid and can't be budged by hand. I have to use a small piece of angle iron through the top hole on the screw to loosen it. It is always the right screw and it does it no matter how tightly or loosely I set both screws. I can live with it, but it is a mystery to me why it happens. Any ideas?
Again, thanks!
First, thanks to everyone, who provides such useful information in this and other forums. Surfing, I found this site invaluable in assessing my options for upgrading my tractor. I've joined in the hope that I might, eventually, be able to help someone else in their decision making process or in solving some problem with their tractor. And, I do have a question.
In the end I traded in my old 1750 for a new 7800, which I've had for about two weeks. It is an awesome tractor, and I highly recommend it to anyone even remotely considering it. I've ditched and graded my driveway with it with a Woods RB72, moved sand from the sand pit on the back 40 (I've always wanted to say that), to fill potholes in my farm road, and hauled split wood for the past couple of weekends from timber pile to wood crib. The power this tractor has in such a small frame is amazing. I could never have ditched with the old tractor (about 500 foot of driveway up a steep hill). In the spring I'll be mowing and brushhogging with it. Some guys go middle age crazy and buy Harleys. Others buy Kubotas. But, on a crisp, fall day, tooling down the farm road with a loaded bucket, in my insulated Carhartts and with a cigar in my mouth, I'm an Easy Rider.
Anyway, on to my question. I have to drop the ROPS to fit the 7800 into my barn. So, every time I take it out I rescrew the ROPS into position. When I'm done playing, I mean, working and have to drop the ROPS, the right screw is always jammed solid and can't be budged by hand. I have to use a small piece of angle iron through the top hole on the screw to loosen it. It is always the right screw and it does it no matter how tightly or loosely I set both screws. I can live with it, but it is a mystery to me why it happens. Any ideas?
Again, thanks!
