Anyone done this before, I need to take them off, anything I should know? Just unbolt right? They dont seve as any sort of structural support for any other components right?
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not sure if its the same, but all i did was unbolt mine on my Toro z master, mower still works fine.
Just took mine off this weekend. When you take the ROPS out you really need to put another piece of square tubing back in the slot that the roll bar came out of. I took a piece of square tubing and welded caps on the ends and painted it red to match my Ferris and it looked great. If you have any questions feel free to let me know. Good luck
you will need something to replace the bars down where they bolt in. I took mine off it runs better without them.
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:Is it really worth getting caught under the mower? Put them at the 45 degree angle and go to work. (SAFELY)
whats the point if your not wearing the seatbelt? and it isnt going to do you any good at 45 degree angle!
I'm guessing that the ROPS is required by OSHA. I'm guessing that the ROPS was invented because people have been severly injured and killed because of equipment rollovers. If you remove it, you can probably be fined. If someone is hurt while operating it, you could be sued. I know someone that rolled a JD tractor w/ a 6ft bellymower back in 1982. The blades turned him into mulch.
i had the on a new machine.
That was until i went under a tree and the ROPS caught a branch and flipped the mower onto it back.
That was until i went under a tree and the ROPS caught a branch and flipped the mower onto it back.
When I got my new exmark home I pulled it into the garage and broke out the socket set.
Bye bye rops and seat belt.
Bye bye rops and seat belt.
I tried mine with them folded down. It was delivered with them folded down and I never put them up. Even then, I had to be very careful around low trees and I even "pruned" a low limb one time. I yanked the ROPS off as fast as I could after that. I've assembled a few Ferris mowers for the local dealer, so I knew there were two pieces of tubing where the ROPS mount for shipping. I asked my dealer for a couple of these and everything is great. I wouldn't be too worried about a rollover, especially on a Ferris. These mowers stick to hills like flat land. Look at Hustler and Bob-Cat--they don't even come with ROPS.
Funny, there are 2 Hustlers sitting at the dealership with ROPS on them. One is a folding unit and the other is a fixed unit. And they have installed them on ones that customers have also. Hustler has been pushing them for about the last 6 months.
So because the Hustler flipped over, thats the manafactures fault. Was this guy abusing it. Cause I love when people abuse their machines and then want to sue when they get hurt. Kinda like the lady that sued McDonalds for burning herself with the coffee. I forgot what she was doing, but she was in teh wrong but she won anyways, bunch of bull$hit.
This is AMERICA. People surely can't be held responsible for their actions. You have seen 5 gal plastic buckets with the "be careful of drowning in the bucket" symbol attached. 50% stupid people/ 50% lawyers...looking for something to rape.
The world was actually designed for survival of the fittest. If you drown in a 5 gal. pail......you should drown. and hopefully not breed.. OK bad example.. the innocent child (in the bucket) pays for his parents stupidity.
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Otherwise known as "Darwin Award Winners" when they do something really stupid. Like using a match to check and see if there is any gasoline in the mower tank.:laugh:
I've been using a Ferris without ROPS for years but they always looked like a good idea to me. When I bought a new one the dealer said that he didn't like them. I didn't know why at the time.
I took home my new Ferris just yesterday with a ROPS and began to mow. I went around my first tree or two and got swacked! by a tree limb. Raked the branch right across my neck. Yes, I even bled. I didn't know what was wrong as I'd been mowing around these same trees for years. It took a few more whacks from tree limbs before I got it. I know, I'm a slow learner.
Now I'm removing it; and I won't be wearing the seatbelt of course. The dealer is glad to give me the blocks that he removes when setting up his machines with ROPS. He must have a bunch of 'em. I can easily see me going under a tree and hanging on a branch that's strong enough to pull me over. For me, it's an individual decision and I'm not going to be using it.
I took home my new Ferris just yesterday with a ROPS and began to mow. I went around my first tree or two and got swacked! by a tree limb. Raked the branch right across my neck. Yes, I even bled. I didn't know what was wrong as I'd been mowing around these same trees for years. It took a few more whacks from tree limbs before I got it. I know, I'm a slow learner.
Now I'm removing it; and I won't be wearing the seatbelt of course. The dealer is glad to give me the blocks that he removes when setting up his machines with ROPS. He must have a bunch of 'em. I can easily see me going under a tree and hanging on a branch that's strong enough to pull me over. For me, it's an individual decision and I'm not going to be using it.
I'm gonna take the ROPS off my JD717A pretty soon. I got it with the ROPS up, first time i went under a hearty muscadine vine it almost flipped before i slammed it into reverse. I folded it to 45* and i keep backing into crap I should have enough room for because the bar sticks out so far. I've dented my shed and shattered my mailbox post, fortunately haven't harmed any customer's property.
My Hustler comment was based on all of the Hustlers I've seen around here (and that's a bunch--local dealer sells hundreds a year) and from their website. The FasTrak Super Duty and the new Diesel model are pictured with ROPS, but that's it.
I've been skeptical of the McDonald's coffee case, but McD's was partly at fault. I had to research this case in my business law class this semester. McDonald's coffee used to be 10-15 degrees warmer than competing restaurants' coffee. That extra 10-15 degrees made the difference between "hot" and "burning hot". McDonald's has had over 700 reports of coffee burns ranging from mild to third degree.
A good rule of thumb is that if a hill looks like you might need ROPS, you probably should't be mowing it with a Z. Just my 0.02
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