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lawnandplow42 · #1 06-11-2005, 09:08 PM

Can you take off or fold down the ROPS bar on the new scags?

TURF DOCTOR · #2 06-11-2005, 10:35 PM

took ours off

shortgut · #3 06-12-2005, 12:42 AM

The one on our Turf Tiger does not fold down but looks like you can unbolt it Been tossing around the idea of putting a canopy on the mower but have not made up mind yet guess I am waiting to se if we get any rain or not if we do not it will be a short season for sure

lawnandplow42 · #4 06-12-2005, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Turf Docter

took ours off

why did you take yours off? j/w, thats probably what i'd do when i buy a new one.

chuckers · #5 06-12-2005, 06:35 PM

ROPS sucks it catches low tree branches and wants to take you backwards.

scottishmaximus · #6 06-12-2005, 10:09 PM

I agree ROPS is a PITA and, I believe, makes the equipment more dangerous.

ALarsh · #7 06-12-2005, 10:10 PM

I took mine off.

soccerlawn · #8 06-13-2005, 03:44 PM

Does it void the warranty if you take them off?

Pro-Scapes · #9 06-13-2005, 04:09 PM

left mine on the new z master we just got. I mow alot of steep slopes tho. Stays up on slopes and down around trees. I really wish it was hinged lower though. Lower than my head when folded but can still snag a branch that can come back at you and whack you in the head. If mine was unfoldable like scag I would yank it tho.

ALarsh · #10 06-13-2005, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by soccerlawn

Does it void the warranty if you take them off?

I just took my machine in for clutch work under warranty. The did the work and asked about the ROPS. I told them I took down too many trees and damaged too many swingsets. He said, "Thats fine, just as long as you did it and not me". You will not win a law suit against a manufacture if you take it down & you get killed on the mower.