Roll Bar

Men should be men and women should be women. For the glorious god above made them so. Farming isnt owning a tractor. You are no more of a farmer because you can drive an implement tractor around your house than I am an electrician for wiring up a light switch. I changed my post because it wouldnt let me delete it. This place, for the most part, doesnt have farmers. It has tractor boys with lawn mowers and new tractors. it is clear many of you have next to know actual farm experience. Again proving, the internet is the home to questionable opinions. No matter which way you think, it is absolutely moronic to say most farms have roll over system. Every single post is from someone talking about owning one tractor or two. I do not say this too be hostile, but as a warning to those who stumble across these forums unknowing and those posting. Go out there, live a life. This internet stuff is nothing. just video games for lonely people and desperate folks new to farming. I wish them all luck from the bottom of my heart. 

Edited by PaswordNotRequiredSH - 20 Oct 2021 at 7:03pm

Massey 2600 series. about 70 hp. 3 ton maybe. 

I would recommend you get on the Yesterday's Tractor website and place this information in the Massey-Ferguson section and be specific. Not 2600 series, but 26xx whatever exactly the model is.

I bought a new 61" Simplicity Zero Turn Lawn Mower, in the spring of 2013. It came with fold down a roll bar and a seat belt. The Manuel states that you should only use the seat belt if the roll bar is up.  

OP is a real peach.  I doubt gender has much to do operating ability.   Neighboring dairy had there daughter cut hay with SP discbine heard the comment several times nobody could get as much done as her without smacking something.  My wife is third string semi drive here little slower than the guys but does fine.  Your not a gentleman your a duffus.  Another thing if $1,000 makes or breaks you put your stuff on Craigslist you don’t have the financial depth to survive $1000 is one tire.  If your as smart as you think you are find a way to hinge it or raise your door.  A building not tall enough to fit a roll bar is pretty worthless.   What about something shifting or breaking and coming down the loader arms and pinning you?   Old timer few miles away had a round bale come down the loader and get him he was probably milking 100 cows then so had had plenty of experience.   Nothing else roll bars are good place to mount a canopy to block the sun. 

Dusty MI wrote: I bought a new 61" Simplicity Zero Turn Lawn Mower, in the spring of 2013. It came with fold down a roll bar and a seat belt. The Manuel states that you should only use the seat belt if the roll bar is up.

I'd guess the idea behind that is without the bar and being belted in place you injury could be worse held in than possibly tossed.

Whatever you do, don't modify the rollbar.   Drilling, welding or cutting it destroys its value, and opens you up to being liable for doing so...

My 26XL Mahindra fits in to my 8’ tall garage doors with the ROPS fully extended. If it did not, its a matter of pulling 2 pins and folding it down. If your too lazy to do a 30 second change then I would sell everything and move to the city. I can tell you this, I’ve had my loader full of rock dumping into our F700, slight incline and things can get a little harry in no time. I’m glad it has a roll bar and I am an experienced operator. No way would I have put my wife on it to do the same task. As a matter of fact, I have since made myself seek more level ground to prevent a 3 wheel lift. If its never happened to you, count yourself lucky. It will scare the hell out of you. I have both rear tires loaded. Your making a huge mistake if you remove it. Sorry to sound harsh, but safety has no excuse, if you love your wife change your building not your ROPS!

Edited by AC720Man - 16 Oct 2021 at 10:54pm

The idea is when you start to rollover the operator is to try and jump away to safety when the rollbar is down.

Removing that fold-down type roll bar on that new of a tractor will probably hurt your resale value of the tractor waaaay more than whatever you get out of it. It might even be illegal to remove it and try and resell the tractor without it.

It's clear we have another keyboard warrior here looking to start a fight, we are not the type of people on this site to be hostile towards one another so I would highly recommend if your looking to start a fight on who's a 'real' farmer or not why don't you go over to the red power magazine site and bring up politics you will be surprised how far that gets you. Best of luck.

youngorange2000 wrote: It's clear we have another keyboard warrior here looking to start a fight, we are not the type of people on this site to be hostile towards one another so I would highly recommend if your looking to start a fight on who's a 'real' farmer or not why don't you go over to the red power magazine site and bring up politics you will be surprised how far that gets you. Best of luck.