L275 ROPS

[Alpha Dog]

I picked up another Kubota over the weekend, to supplement my newer Kubota and backhoe, we bought my wife a used L275 for helping to clear our new land. The guy who sold it to us had a ROPS and seatbelt, but had never installed them. I've never seen how the "retro-fit" ROPS fits on the Kubota L275, but it looks like the bolt holes (no bolts) of course in both the flat plate and on the halves of the ROPS match up with the bolt holes for the top-link brackets on the 3 point. However, I'm not sure, and it looks like the extended lower part of the ROPS will make the PTO hard to reach. Does anyone have the Kubota supplied ROPS installed on an L275 or maybe L235? (multiple models listed on the ROPS, which has a Kubota sticker). If anyone can supply a photo of the installed ROPS from the back of the tractor, I think that would be enough, but if anyone knows the bolt size (length) used, that would also be a big help, (instead of "experimenting" at the hardware store.)

Thanks,

 

[rbargeron]

Hi - I have that setup on my L345. It came with a hardware & bolt kit - which you should order from a Kubota dealer because they are odd-length, have fine metric threads, some are studs & nuts, 2 big ones with a special threaded piece for the top splice, coarse threads for the center bolted section, etc. I could take some pics but without taking my rig all apart and measuring everything I'd just be guessing. Kubota has a program for supplying the ROPS kit cheap for older tractors - maybe your dealer could get you the hardware kit at a reasonable price.