RidgeHiker
Gold Member
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2011
- Messages
- 390
- Location
- Upper California Mountains
- Tractor
- Kioti DK5010 with KL5510 Loader & 72" Bucket. Kawasaki Mule Pro MX SE with 66" snow plow.
Thanks for your reply Peter. The distance from the floor to the lowest point on the canopy is 60.5" which is to the light bar that is mounted underneath part way back from the front. I'm thinking that the light bar & canopy combo may be a problem. The canopy may interfere with the light and the light bar heat may damage the canopy - I'll need to see how much heat it produces.
The download measurement doc on the site shows 64.25" from the bottom to the top in the front area. Does the bottom overhang your floor? Since it has a back measurement of 45" from the fender to the top in the back I will measure that as well. Seems like so much of what I am doing lately gets unexpectedly complicated.
As far as complicated goes I will tell you about a recent experience I had with changing the hydro fluid as a heads up. We refilled and checked the fluid level carefully several times. Shortly thereafter we noticed hydro fluid leaking from the the transmission. It pooled in the protection plate and spilled out in turns. Turned out there is a small flexible boot covering where the shift lever enters the transmission which it was leaking from. If the transmission is overfilled it can blow out the boot. I was later told that it is important to check the fluid level when it is hot since it expands which we did not do. The boot is not expensive but it required removing the floor and dash area to get to which is expensive labor wise.
I also looked at the Cover My Tractor soft cabs but they cost $1569 without extras and would not fit over my size of canopy. Would require buying one of their canopies for another $432 plus shipping, wipers, etc. along with having to remount light bars. Would rather be open cab at this point. We have also been getting less snow in recent years. They looked nice having solid polycarbonate windows, etc.
Yes, a beast.
The download measurement doc on the site shows 64.25" from the bottom to the top in the front area. Does the bottom overhang your floor? Since it has a back measurement of 45" from the fender to the top in the back I will measure that as well. Seems like so much of what I am doing lately gets unexpectedly complicated.
As far as complicated goes I will tell you about a recent experience I had with changing the hydro fluid as a heads up. We refilled and checked the fluid level carefully several times. Shortly thereafter we noticed hydro fluid leaking from the the transmission. It pooled in the protection plate and spilled out in turns. Turned out there is a small flexible boot covering where the shift lever enters the transmission which it was leaking from. If the transmission is overfilled it can blow out the boot. I was later told that it is important to check the fluid level when it is hot since it expands which we did not do. The boot is not expensive but it required removing the floor and dash area to get to which is expensive labor wise.
I also looked at the Cover My Tractor soft cabs but they cost $1569 without extras and would not fit over my size of canopy. Would require buying one of their canopies for another $432 plus shipping, wipers, etc. along with having to remount light bars. Would rather be open cab at this point. We have also been getting less snow in recent years. They looked nice having solid polycarbonate windows, etc.
Yes, a beast.
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