I'm waiting for my new tractor to be delivered, now I bet you saved me from doing that very same thing. I'm sure others have done the same thing. Thank you for that tip.
Thank you so much for being kind enough to share that with us new tractor owners. I did not know that and you probably saved me a lot of headache because I’m getting a hydraulic top link. Thank you sir
Feeling your pain. Last year I became the proud owner of my first tractor, an LX3310. Ordered it with a rear blade and an EA grapple, but those came later. It wore a carry-all until winter, when I decided to swap to the blade for snow removal. Having ZERO experience removing/installing attachments, I was quite proud that the swap was made without the loss of any fingers (because I'm a genius and waited to do said swap when we got our first decent snow of the season). It wasn't until I swapped the carry-all back on that I noticed my top link looked something akin to a gray banana, and I had no idea how it could have happened. Thanks to your video, it is the only possible explanation for this "alteration". For the sake of my wallet and my pride, please keep your videos coming. TYVM.
Hello from northern Iowa, I have watched a lot of RUclips videos and you did great. It took some courage to admit a mistake and it certainly helped plenty of people. My hats off to you. Love the off take about the bug started laughing out loud. Take care
Thank you for sharing your pain! I've recently gone from a 40 year old tractor B series to a new B series 2650.... AND a solid ROPS to a fold ROPS..... so ya.... I didn't know you could do that!!! Thank you for keeping me informed!!! (I'm sorry about your first moments of use!)
Great first video. I have an older Kubota BX2200 where the ROPS is fixed. Luckily it fits in the garage but both me and my wife have “trimmed” a few tree limbs while cutting the lawn and getting too close to trees. She even popped a wheelie once but luckily didn’t flip the tractor. Over the years I also broke both of the amber blinkers, busted the headlight lens cover and added character to our paved driveway using the rear blade to clear snow. I found replacement lights at tractor supply and also ordered the new headlight plastic lens from my dealer. My tractor has about 1200 hours on it and I still love it.
I’m also a newbie kubota tractor owner, the LX2610 was my choice of tractor, but supply and demand with COVID, I could not get one. So I got LX3310. First 3 weeks of ownership I punched a hole in my inter-most radiator. Which was a repair call, and using my grapple a month or so later, breaking out my grill and left headlight. I bought a new light and a 1/8” metal plate on the ram bar to protect my internals.
OUCH! Sorry that happened. As they say...there's only two types of tractor owners...those that have, and those that will!! Glad you got if all squared away. Thanks for watching! 👍😎👍
Just found your channel and watched your first video. I just ordered a LX2610 and wanted to see what I should avoid doing......I would have done the exact same thing for the exact same reason. Really appreciate the video and you have a new subscriber. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. All the best.
@mikecoo9933 Congrats on the new LX Mike...you're gonna love it! Glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching, and the very kind words. Cheers!
I admire a guy who can tell on himself a little. So far, in 6 months, I've slightly cracked the grill, torn off one of the backhoe stabilizer retention pins, and broke a 3PH stabilizer. You got a little ways to go to catch up!
Lol! I feel ya...I'm sure it's only a matter of time for me as well. My current system employs a big orange traffic cone that I place in the bay doorway as soon as I raise the ROPS. You can kinda see it at the end of the video. So far, so good! Thanks for watching! 👍
It takes a good guy to admit his mistake, demonstrate it and show others so that they learn. This was only a $100 mistake, no biggie. Take the time I took delivery of my brand new Cat 395 and promptly backed it it into, and almost over my brand new ATV, crushing it. $15000 mistake. Insult to injury, I did this as my employees watched.
Ouch! That one had to hurt!!! In my case, my salesman just gave me a new one. But I do have the bent one hanging on the garage wall at the Overlook, just to keep me honest! Thanks for watching. 👍😎
Well, don’t cut yourself down the guy that invented the pencil he invented that thing on top cold eraser for a reason because people make mistakes just chalk it up one of many that you will have while you were a tractor owner 😂😂
Good luck in your tractor search. We've all been where you are now. I think you will find no matter how much research you do, you'll still find ways to "oops" (as this video proves,) but all we can do is prepare as best we can. Once it has a few bumps and blemishes, you realize that 1) these things are pretty tough, 2) EVERYONE screws up somehow, and 3) you remember and learn from the mistakes a LOT more than all the times you do it right! Thanks for watching, and best of luck. Happy Holidays. 🎄🎅❄👍
I am trying to learn. Watched another video on changing out from snow blower to bucket and that seems a bit over my head...if I was 30 years younger no problem. I am getting too old for all of this mechanical work...LOL! Still like the 2610 but maybe without the snow blower....decisions, decisions! @@watershedoverlook
@@watershedoverlook Isn't that the truth. It is good to learn your lessons with small equipment...I now have added a 55hp full size tractor to the team. You can do serious damage with that if you aren't careful!
I got my BX23S last moth and the first time I went to pull it out of my shop I came within 1/2 inch of taking my garage door out. Lesson learned. As you know, my mind was very focused on everything when first starting out and I wasn’t paying attention to the obvious.
Here's a really good option - Always pause and look around before moving forward. And never, never move without looking and thinking through things. I haven't had any issues yet but I'm sure I will make mistakes as well. I'm new to this tractor stuff. So far so good but I'll see if I can heed my own advice. Thanks for sharing.
Perfect excuse to get a hydraulic top link with a free float valve, best addition ever for most every attachment. I have never gone back to standard top link.
That's a good idea. I did replace my side link (it's in video #2) with the Kubota ratcheting one, which I love. I've considered doing the top link as well although right now I'm stashing away my pennies for rear hydraulics...top and tilt baby! Thanks for watching Dusty!
I got my first tractor about 2 weeks before you and have made a couple different mistakes that I will classify as good learning opportunities. Thanks for sharing!
The first week I had my CK3510 Kioti, I folded the grille guard down to raise the hood. Finished what I was doing, lowed the hood, and went to work moving dirt. I did not raise the grille guard to its home position. Never noticed what I had done until I parked it and started to walk away and noticed the grille guard did not look right. Sure enough, the loader had hit it and bent it down. Another amateur mistake. $150 later, it is back to good as new. It just happens when you are learning. I’m just thankful that is all I tore up. It could have been worse!
I love the "hey look! A squirrel"! Don't feel so bad. It happens to other people besides rookies. I get distracted by squirrels too. I backed into a tree and damaged a tail light. It could have been a small tree. One that I could have easily missed in the rear view mirrors that I mounted on each side of my loader tower. It could have been, but it wasn't. It was a massive white oak that you could probably see from the space station. I stopped when I heard the crunch that sounded real expensive. Now we are both members of that rather exclusive club of tractor owners have have bent their tractors.
Excellent job for first video. Thanks for sharing. I was nervous about messing up my tractor to (still am). Had a few close calls including when I remembered to put my rops down to go into the garage just as the rops made cottage with the door frame.
I have a 14ft door on my barn. My rops clear no prob. Now my buddy did the same thing in this video. He was also scared of taking out his garage. Live and learn I suppose.
Moving the hinge point up may work, but there is a shocking amount of engineering that goes into designing ROPS bars for every tractor to ensure they’re effective in a rollover. Shortening it could affect the protection zone.
I have a B2601 and did the same thing. Kubota could have moved the pivot point on the ROPS up a couple inches. That way when you lower ROPS it would not fold down to where the top link would hit.
I would have thought at a minimum, with all the warning labels they stick on these things, that there could have been at least ONE one about that! Afterwards I just assumed that everyone knew it but me...lesson learned! Thanks for watching. 👍
I’m glad to have ran into your channel. I am taking delivery of a 2021 2610 this weekend. Sharing your frustration just save me. Btw, nor awkward at all. God bless!
@@watershedoverlook They wanted $150 each I will live with the cracks and missing edges for awhile It was nothing I knew about and after lifting the 3 point all the way up it was a done deal God Point It made its own clearances now
I don't have any need to fold down the ROPS on my BX, won't fit anywhere that I would need to fold the ROPS...however, I've managed to do pretty well with not destroying or damaging anything...I have smacked the side of the shop wall with the loader bucket, which in my case doesn't hurt anything, not like that wall is providing much support other than being in the way...eventually I'll be hitting that wall at a much faster rate of speed to make the door opening wider, then figure out what to do for a door LOL. My biggest oops came when I tried to remove the loader. Removed the loader, fine, wasn't too bad, came back to hook the loader back up and one of the sides didn't line back up with the hook on the loader frame properly, and just about dumped the loader sideways onto the tractor. Learned right quick loader removal/installation is not going to be a thing with my tractor the loader can just stay on it LOL. Since December my tractor has been hibernating in the shop, and probably will continue to do so until April or May when its nice enough to do anything with it...right now I doubt I could get the doors of the shop open to get the tractor out anyways...hence needing to redo that door/opening in the future. We all gotta learn this stuff at some point, and I like others here probably have our first tractor and tearing a lot of stuff up in the process of learning.
I haven't done that, but above my garage is still bent up. :-) I also saw a picture of a tractor that caught the ROPS up on a big branch and broke the axle housing and cost a fortune to fix, I'm vary paranoid about that one.
So sorry you had to start that way Chris but thanks for sharing it for others - But hey, congrats on the new tractor! If you start to find that your ROPs rattles when you operate the tractor, you will notice there is a welded nut on each side, right where the hinge on the ROPs is. On a BX tractor , there is bolt with a nice plastic handle screwed into that nut which stops the ROPs from rattling. I found out it fit on the ROPS of my B series. Maybe next time you are at the dealer, unscrew one off a BX on the lot and see if it fits on an LX. I think it cost me around $25.00 CDN. Well worth every dollar. Best of luck and thanks again for sharing it with us!
Thanks for the heads up, that’s rough breaking your new tractor. I have a cab so I would not even have thought of that. Something to watch out for in the future. 👍👍
👍at least you have a nice piece of property ☺️. Good job on the video. I bought a B2650 2 years ago and have had my share of life lessons. Love my tractor though!
Heard about you from MCG. Glad you didn't do anything drastic! I think the video was great. No need to apologize for it. Looking forward to more. My garage door is high enough to clear, so I never lowered the ROPS, but valuable information none the less.
Your a natural at video's, lol. Nice job and great information, I did not know that would happen. My B2601 with the ROPS up will not fit in my garage. I usually fold mine back to the first notch, I could have easily seen myself put it all the way down someday. I did happen to hit my garage header on the first day backing the tractor into the garage, luckily I was going very slow and only put 2 dents into the wood trim. I left the dents there as a reminder, lol.
Thanks for the positive feedback Jeff! "I left the dents there as a reminder..." I like the way you think. My bent top link is now "wall art" in the garage behind the tractor! 👍😎
Thank you for sharing this interesting incident. You learned the hard way, but they say no better way to learn than by our very mistakes. Yours looks like a Kubota LX deemed a subconpact tractor. Right after viewing your video, I rushed to watch if the same could have happened with my Kioti ck, roughly equivalent to a Kubota L serie tractor, that is one size larger than the LX in the Kubota lineup. So I can now confirm that a similar bending should not necessarily happen, normally with a typical compact tractor, but depending on the rops particular design or unless maybe for those tractors where the base of the top link-rod of the 3-point hitch has an adjustable height. Mine does not have this feature but just to make sure, I unscrewed to max length the threaded link-rod end and it would then just barely hit the underneath of the folded rops top section, meaning that I can not totally exclude some possible damage.
Thanks for the tip! I've never had to lower my ROPS, so I could have EASILY made this mistake. You probably saved me some expense! Liked and subscribed.
I use a shipping container asmy tractor garage. I measured tractor height wit ROPS up and found the standard 40 ft container opening was a few inches short. A "high cube" is about a foot taller. So I got the taller container and don't have to fold the ROPS.
Luckily those links are only about $30 at Tractor Supply. I bought spares so I keep th link on the impliment and don't have to remember how many turns from box blade to shredder to rock rake...
Yeah, I think Jon Ritter (A Ritter Bit Will Do) also uses a container at his property "Yukon Acres". I was lucky with the top link...my dealer didn't charge me for the replacement. 😎👍
I kinda had a almost woops with my John Deere 2032. While hooking up my Frontier brush hog for the first time. The brush hog has a bracket that holds the pto shaft to the side. If you lift the brush hog with out hooking up the shaft it will get pinched by the lower link and bend the shaft. Luckily I caught it before it did.
Did you see how Tractor Time with Tim BROKE his rear housing leaving the PTO shaft hooked up while trying to load his tractor on his trailer? The salesman was standing right next to him and he also did not realize that was likely to happen until after it did.
Lol...glad you found it helpful. I ordered the hat from Messick's...it's the only place I ever saw it. Don't know if they still have it or not, but I'd start there. Good luck!
Take the thing off and throw it away. That's what we farmers do but with bigger tractors. Actually I cut the thing under the pin hitch level with a sawsall
@@watershedoverlook actually my tractor is used inside chicken houses and I was tired of replacing water lines because one side would be directly under the water line and slightest bump will break them out
Heyhey Chris keep making videos it will get less awkward. On my B2601 the ROPS doesn't fold down that far but I did just what you were worried about and ran it into my garage in my first week. Nice job.
Well kinda clickbait because you just bent your top link . . . But surprisingly useful tip since my link has a nice bow in it for exactly the same reason! I actually adjusted the lift so the top link can't hit the folded ROPS-but at the cost of some lift height. Only recently have gone to the partly folded method you show. Duh-my fourth tractor. But my first foldable ROPS!
Thanks for watching Richard. Yeah, I felt pretty foolish when that happened. First lesson (of many) I suppose. Fortunately, my salesman treated me right and never even batted an eye, just said "I've got a new one on my desk with your name on it, just swing by any time and pick it up." In the end the only thing bruised was my pride! 😉😎
Interesting. Thanks for the honesty and humility! Everyone makes mistakes on new pieces of equipment. Given the price for one of these units, it would have been nice if the dealer actually spent an hour with you! I've always used the "half way point" on an open station tractor when lowering the ROPS. I just assumed there would be a problem if I went fully down; figuring it was there for a reason. Thanks for proving this out. Hope the top link wasn't too expensive of a lesson. Stay safe! BTW, love the flag in the background!!!
Thanks for watching. To be fair to my dealer, my salesman did go over the tractor with me from stem to stern, although that particular issue wasn't covered. Also, I let him know what had happened and they gave me a new top link so it cost me nothing but some injury to my pride! 👍😲😉
Thanks for sharing. It is embarrassing to admit a mistake but sharing this might prevent someone else from doing that. Good news is a top link is no big deal.
Good you got it over with early now your a pro I like how you back in that way you will see the ROPS are up good video your a natural see you on the next one : )
Thanks Mitch! The new procedure is that I place a big orange traffic cone (visible at the end of the vid) in front of the garage door as soon as I raise the ROPS that I don't move until it comes back down...I STILL don't trust my memory!
You just came up so I watched your video. I have subscribed. Just starting out my channel too. I have an older Kubota B7100 with 6' rops and I have 8' doors. I'll be finding another way to bend my tractor. There are many ways to do it.
Easy mistake but cheap mistake, I've bent a FEL and then had to repair. Lost chains and tow bars off my tractor. It's very easy to get carried away and bee too rough and it will cost you. Best of luck with your farm work buddy. I even had a 8t chain fall off floor deck and get swallowed up by a 6 foot slasher and it just cut tghat chain up and threw it out in pieces, luckily nobody got hurt
Yikes...glad no one was hurt! Yeah, fortunately, it WAS a cheap mistake. Well, free, actually, as the dealer gave me the new top link at no charge. 👍 Thanks for watching, stay safe. 👍😎
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I'm waiting for my new tractor to be delivered, now I bet you saved me from doing that very same thing. I'm sure others have done the same thing. Thank you for that tip.
Congrats on the new tractor...I expect you're gonna' love it! Thanks for watching. I'm glad you found it helpful! 👍😎
I’ve driven a tractor for over 25 years and never lowered my ROPS. I also never knew this accident could happen. Thanks for the tip.
No problem, thanks for watching! 👍😎
Thank God my garage door accommodates a raised ROP, and have never had to lower it, or I would have made the same mistake.
Lol...thanks for watching James. 👍😎
Thank you so much for being kind enough to share that with us new tractor owners. I did not know that and you probably saved me a lot of headache because I’m getting a hydraulic top link. Thank you sir
Glad it was helpful...thanks for watching!!! 👍😎
Feeling your pain. Last year I became the proud owner of my first tractor, an LX3310. Ordered it with a rear blade and an EA grapple, but those came later. It wore a carry-all until winter, when I decided to swap to the blade for snow removal. Having ZERO experience removing/installing attachments, I was quite proud that the swap was made without the loss of any fingers (because I'm a genius and waited to do said swap when we got our first decent snow of the season). It wasn't until I swapped the carry-all back on that I noticed my top link looked something akin to a gray banana, and I had no idea how it could have happened. Thanks to your video, it is the only possible explanation for this "alteration". For the sake of my wallet and my pride, please keep your videos coming. TYVM.
Well, the comments in this video certainly prove we're NOT the only ones! 😆
Thanks for watching, and enjoy that 3310!! 😎👍
New tractor owner here, my sales guy put a stop on my rops when I td him it was first tractor, best sales guy ever!
Yeah, I'd say you've got a keeper with him! Congrats on the new tractor, and thanks for watching!👍
I wish my Massey Ferg had the multi position system. I have all the way up or down only lol
Hello from northern Iowa, I have watched a lot of RUclips videos and you did great. It took some courage to admit a mistake and it certainly helped plenty of people. My hats off to you. Love the off take about the bug started laughing out loud. Take care
Thanks for watching Mike...pretty sure that bug had dreams of RUclips stardom! 😉👍
Thanks. Soon to be first time tractor owner here. About to take delivery of my first tractor in a few weeks. I found this VERY helpful information.
Glad it was helpful...thanks for watching! 👍👍
Thank you for sharing your pain! I've recently gone from a 40 year old tractor B series to a new B series 2650.... AND a solid ROPS to a fold ROPS..... so ya.... I didn't know you could do that!!! Thank you for keeping me informed!!! (I'm sorry about your first moments of use!)
Lol...thanks for watching, and good luck with the 2650!
Good to know those ROPS bars are pretty strong. I wouldn't have known about how to properly lower the ROPS either since I haven't needed to yet.
Thanks for watching. Glad you found it helpful! 👍😎
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Great first video. I have an older Kubota BX2200 where the ROPS is fixed. Luckily it fits in the garage but both me and my wife have “trimmed” a few tree limbs while cutting the lawn and getting too close to trees. She even popped a wheelie once but luckily didn’t flip the tractor. Over the years I also broke both of the amber blinkers, busted the headlight lens cover and added character to our paved driveway using the rear blade to clear snow. I found replacement lights at tractor supply and also ordered the new headlight plastic lens from my dealer. My tractor has about 1200 hours on it and I still love it.
Gotta love "Tractor Character"! Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching! 👍😎
I’m also a newbie kubota tractor owner, the LX2610 was my choice of tractor, but supply and demand with COVID, I could not get one. So I got LX3310. First 3 weeks of ownership I punched a hole in my inter-most radiator. Which was a repair call, and using my grapple a month or so later, breaking out my grill and left headlight. I bought a new light and a 1/8” metal plate on the ram bar to protect my internals.
OUCH! Sorry that happened. As they say...there's only two types of tractor owners...those that have, and those that will!! Glad you got if all squared away. Thanks for watching! 👍😎👍
Dam never thought about this. The dealers should explain this beforehand.
@@johnnywishbone1349 Yeah, it didn't seem really intuitive. Lesson learned!
LOL!!! I did EXACTLY the same thing with my '21 lx2610 when I first got it. I also had to buy a new $140 factory replacement.
$140? Yikes!!! I like my salesman even more now...free is MUCH better! Thanks for watching. 👍 😎 🇺🇲
Thanks for the tip man. I never would have known that. Thanks again
Just found your channel and watched your first video. I just ordered a LX2610 and wanted to see what I should avoid doing......I would have done the exact same thing for the exact same reason. Really appreciate the video and you have a new subscriber. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. All the best.
@mikecoo9933 Congrats on the new LX Mike...you're gonna love it! Glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching, and the very kind words. Cheers!
I admire a guy who can tell on himself a little. So far, in 6 months, I've slightly cracked the grill, torn off one of the backhoe stabilizer retention pins, and broke a 3PH stabilizer. You got a little ways to go to catch up!
That's expert level right there! Hope that's all for now. (Although if that top link looks too straight...) 😉👍
Thanks for the tip. Haven’t ever lowered mine yet but now I’ll know if I do. Learn something new daily.
Very helpful...thank you! We just ordered our LX2610.
Thanks. Congrats on the LX...you're gonna LOVE it!
I have a 3 car garage with as many doors. So far i have only bent 2 out of the 3 doors. One to go. Wish me luck.
Lol! I feel ya...I'm sure it's only a matter of time for me as well. My current system employs a big orange traffic cone that I place in the bay doorway as soon as I raise the ROPS. You can kinda see it at the end of the video. So far, so good! Thanks for watching! 👍
Maybe no one will notice if they all match
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Bravo Sir for taking credit for your own mistake, but a lesson learned for life!
Thanks for watching and the kind words John. 👍😎
It takes a good guy to admit his mistake, demonstrate it and show others so that they learn. This was only a $100 mistake, no biggie. Take the time I took delivery of my brand new Cat 395 and promptly backed it it into, and almost over my brand new ATV, crushing it. $15000 mistake. Insult to injury, I did this as my employees watched.
Ouch! That one had to hurt!!! In my case, my salesman just gave me a new one. But I do have the bent one hanging on the garage wall at the Overlook, just to keep me honest! Thanks for watching. 👍😎
O thank you. About to get one delivered. And I know I wold have done the same. You are the man man !!!
Thanks Rolf, glad you found it helpful! Also, big congrats on the new tractor...you're gonna love it!
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Well, don’t cut yourself down the guy that invented the pencil he invented that thing on top cold eraser for a reason because people make mistakes just chalk it up one of many that you will have while you were a tractor owner 😂😂
You're right about that on all counts! Thanks for watching. 👍😎
Thanks for the tip. I am doing my research BEFORE I get a tractor and make expensive mistakes. Hope I don't find a way to make my own mistakes too!
Good luck in your tractor search. We've all been where you are now. I think you will find no matter how much research you do, you'll still find ways to "oops" (as this video proves,) but all we can do is prepare as best we can. Once it has a few bumps and blemishes, you realize that 1) these things are pretty tough, 2) EVERYONE screws up somehow, and 3) you remember and learn from the mistakes a LOT more than all the times you do it right! Thanks for watching, and best of luck. Happy Holidays. 🎄🎅❄👍
I am trying to learn. Watched another video on changing out from snow blower to bucket and that seems a bit over my head...if I was 30 years younger no problem. I am getting too old for all of this mechanical work...LOL! Still like the 2610 but maybe without the snow blower....decisions, decisions! @@watershedoverlook
Chris I've never watched your first video. Even then you were a celebrity!
Now THAT made me laugh! Thanks Mark!
Thanks for uploading this. I'm sure you just saved me a massive headache
Thanks for watching...glad you found it helpful and wont end up feeling as silly as I did! 👍😎
Don't feel bad...we all make mistakes. I backed my RTV900 into my BX2230! Got the dents to remind me every time I go out to the shed!
Yes, I've kinda learned that there's those that have, and those that will! 😉👍😎
@@watershedoverlook Isn't that the truth. It is good to learn your lessons with small equipment...I now have added a 55hp full size tractor to the team. You can do serious damage with that if you aren't careful!
I got my BX23S last moth and the first time I went to pull it out of my shop I came within 1/2 inch of taking my garage door out. Lesson learned. As you know, my mind was very focused on everything when first starting out and I wasn’t paying attention to the obvious.
Like most things, it's always REALLY obvious in hindsight! If you didn't hit it, I'd say you did it right. 😉👍😎
Here's a really good option - Always pause and look around before moving forward. And never, never move without looking and thinking through things. I haven't had any issues yet but I'm sure I will make mistakes as well. I'm new to this tractor stuff. So far so good but I'll see if I can heed my own advice. Thanks for sharing.
Good advice. 👍 Thanks for watching! 😎
Perfect excuse to get a hydraulic top link with a free float valve, best addition ever for most every attachment. I have never gone back to standard top link.
Rear remotes (and a TnT) are definitely in the long range plan. Gotta save my pennies for a while first! Thanks for watching. 👍😎
Yep. I did this to my LX2610SU. I am going to have them replace it on the next maintenance. Right now it is now hurting anything.
One thing I've learned in sharing this video is that we are definitely not alone! Hope you're enjoying the LX as much as I am! Thanks for watching. 👍
I did the same thing, i just went and bought a more deluxe top link from tractor supply thats much easier to adjust than the stock one
That's a good idea. I did replace my side link (it's in video #2) with the Kubota ratcheting one, which I love. I've considered doing the top link as well although right now I'm stashing away my pennies for rear hydraulics...top and tilt baby! Thanks for watching Dusty!
I got my first tractor about 2 weeks before you and have made a couple different mistakes that I will classify as good learning opportunities. Thanks for sharing!
Mistakes make the best teacher! Thanks for watching!!! 😎👍
Well... Apparently you're not the only one. I did the exact same thing! Have a nice day dude! 🤣
Well, if it's any consolation I've heard from quite a few who have! #WeAreNotAlone 😉 Thanks for watching Frank! 👍😎👍
Hey way to own it, glad you learned the easy way with only a bent part and nothing worse
Agreed! Thanks for watching!
I hit garage door the other day luckily no damage to door or tractor! Just clipped it!
After posting this video I have learned that it is a VERY common thing to do! 😉 Thanks for watching. 👍
Good video anyone can make a stupid excited mistake,hey you just got a new tractor
Lol, thanks for watching. 👍
LMBOFF i took out my 10.5 ft raynor tricore 3.5'' insulated door! you got off easy. i was in the habit of not putting my door all the way up
Ouch! 😉👍😎
The first week I had my CK3510 Kioti, I folded the grille guard down to raise the hood. Finished what I was doing, lowed the hood, and went to work moving dirt. I did not raise the grille guard to its home position. Never noticed what I had done until I parked it and started to walk away and noticed the grille guard did not look right. Sure enough, the loader had hit it and bent it down. Another amateur mistake. $150 later, it is back to good as new. It just happens when you are learning. I’m just thankful that is all I tore up. It could have been worse!
Amen to that! Thanks for watching! 👍😎
Lol, did the exact same thing in the first week of owning it. Still using the bent top link but plan to install hydraulic top link.
Lol. Me too on the top link!
Thanks for watching! 👍😎👍
Don't feel bad, happens to all of us. I drove into my garage with the rops up and damaged the trim pretty good.
Ouch! We're definitely not the only ones! Thanks for watching. 👍😎
I did the same exact thing with mine, and have almost done it again several times. Easy fix and keeps us thinking, that is for sharing.
Thanks for sharing not “that is for sharing”
Thanks for watching. I'm learning that apparently the "I Bent My Tractor Club" is pretty big! 😉👍
This was pretty great! I wouldn't have guessed it was your first video. Glad I watched it, though! I had no idea that could happen.
Thanks for watching! 👍❤😎
I did that on a Massey Ferguson I had, but it wasn’t on the first day at least! Excellent job on your first video!
Thanks to this video I'm finding out that we're not the only ones! Thanks for watching...will check out the channel!
I love the "hey look! A squirrel"! Don't feel so bad. It happens to other people besides rookies. I get distracted by squirrels too. I backed into a tree and damaged a tail light. It could have been a small tree. One that I could have easily missed in the rear view mirrors that I mounted on each side of my loader tower. It could have been, but it wasn't. It was a massive white oak that you could probably see from the space station. I stopped when I heard the crunch that sounded real expensive. Now we are both members of that rather exclusive club of tractor owners have have bent their tractors.
LOL...sadly I'm learning it's not a particularly exclusive club. Seems like they'll let anybody join! 😉😄 Thanks for watching and the great feedback!
The Overlook.....Isn't that the hotel in the Shining?!?!? LOL!!! Whatever, but good video. Live and learn I guess.
Never really thought about that, but I suppose from now on I'll need to be on the lookout for eerie twins!
Thanks for watching. 👍😎
Excellent job for first video. Thanks for sharing. I was nervous about messing up my tractor to (still am). Had a few close calls including when I remembered to put my rops down to go into the garage just as the rops made cottage with the door frame.
Glad you caught it in time! Thanks for watching!!! 👍👍
Now if that had been me, I would have said " Well, at least I didn't stick my head in there before raising it."
Yikes! Then I would have bent my own top link! Thanks for watching. 👍😎
@@watershedoverlook 161 Subs with 4 vids is wild. It must be the work Kubota in the title. LOL
@@ClintsHobbiesDIY Well, I don't hold any illusions that it's my charm and wit! 😉😁
@@watershedoverlook 😊
Great warning of a possible ROPS pinch point. It would have caught me also.
Thanks for watching!
I have a 14ft door on my barn. My rops clear no prob. Now my buddy did the same thing in this video. He was also scared of taking out his garage. Live and learn I suppose.
Beautiful LX2610!
Thanks!
💥 For a first time RUclips video this is great! Had me in suspense. Great job Chris.
*Keep on tractoring!* 😁👍
Thanks Jon! A tractoring I will go...
Ritter bit, you have a fine channel sir!
Thanks😊
Thanks for watching. 👍 😎
If they would make the ROPS an inch shorter it would save a lot of headaches.
That, or just put the hinge point a bit higher! Thanks for watching!👍😎
Moving the hinge point up may work, but there is a shocking amount of engineering that goes into designing ROPS bars for every tractor to ensure they’re effective in a rollover. Shortening it could affect the protection zone.
@@Will_Russell Very true Will.
I easily avoided this problem. I bought the cab model LX2610.
Lol...you and GP Outdoors...livin' the dream!!! 👍😎
I have a B2601 and did the same thing. Kubota could have moved the pivot point on the ROPS up a couple inches. That way when you lower ROPS it would not fold down to where the top link would hit.
I would have thought at a minimum, with all the warning labels they stick on these things, that there could have been at least ONE one about that! Afterwards I just assumed that everyone knew it but me...lesson learned! Thanks for watching. 👍
I’m glad to have ran into your channel. I am taking delivery of a 2021 2610 this weekend. Sharing your frustration just save me. Btw, nor awkward at all. God bless!
Thanks for watching...you're gonna' love that LX! Congrats!!! 👍😎
@@watershedoverlook Thanks!! Like a kid In the candy store excited.
Great video! Thanks for helping us learn.
Thanks for watching. 👍😎
Yeah that looks like something that would happen to me. Good video!
Sorry for not replying sooner...apparently I missed this comment. Thanks for watching!
I have the 3 point quick connect and I had the top link adjusted for the BoxBlade and raised the 3 point and broke my tail lights
Ouch! Betting that cost more than a top link! Good to know and thanks for sharing!
@@watershedoverlook They wanted $150 each
I will live with the cracks and missing edges for awhile
It was nothing I knew about and after lifting the 3 point all the way up it was a done deal
God Point
It made its own clearances now
I don't have any need to fold down the ROPS on my BX, won't fit anywhere that I would need to fold the ROPS...however, I've managed to do pretty well with not destroying or damaging anything...I have smacked the side of the shop wall with the loader bucket, which in my case doesn't hurt anything, not like that wall is providing much support other than being in the way...eventually I'll be hitting that wall at a much faster rate of speed to make the door opening wider, then figure out what to do for a door LOL.
My biggest oops came when I tried to remove the loader. Removed the loader, fine, wasn't too bad, came back to hook the loader back up and one of the sides didn't line back up with the hook on the loader frame properly, and just about dumped the loader sideways onto the tractor. Learned right quick loader removal/installation is not going to be a thing with my tractor the loader can just stay on it LOL.
Since December my tractor has been hibernating in the shop, and probably will continue to do so until April or May when its nice enough to do anything with it...right now I doubt I could get the doors of the shop open to get the tractor out anyways...hence needing to redo that door/opening in the future.
We all gotta learn this stuff at some point, and I like others here probably have our first tractor and tearing a lot of stuff up in the process of learning.
I haven't done that, but above my garage is still bent up. :-) I also saw a picture of a tractor that caught the ROPS up on a big branch and broke the axle housing and cost a fortune to fix, I'm vary paranoid about that one.
Yeah, that sounds like no fun at all!
Thank you
You're welcome. 👍🙂
So sorry you had to start that way Chris but thanks for sharing it for others - But hey, congrats on the new tractor! If you start to find that your ROPs rattles when you operate the tractor, you will notice there is a welded nut on each side, right where the hinge on the ROPs is. On a BX tractor , there is bolt with a nice plastic handle screwed into that nut which stops the ROPs from rattling. I found out it fit on the ROPS of my B series. Maybe next time you are at the dealer, unscrew one off a BX on the lot and see if it fits on an LX. I think it cost me around $25.00 CDN. Well worth every dollar. Best of luck and thanks again for sharing it with us!
Thanks for watching Gordon...kinda' hard to imagine a world where GP is watching one of MY videos! 🤯🤯 Really appreciate your feedback. Many thanks. 👍👍
I got a kioti my rops all the way flatt doesn't go below my fenders never interfers with the 3point hitch.
Sounds like their design department thought it all the way through! Thanks for watching! 👍😎
Thanks for the heads up, that’s rough breaking your new tractor. I have a cab so I would not even have thought of that. Something to watch out for in the future.
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More damaging to my ego than anything else! 😉 Thanks for watching...👍😎
@@watershedoverlook 🤣
👍at least you have a nice piece of property ☺️. Good job on the video. I bought a B2650 2 years ago and have had my share of life lessons. Love my tractor though!
Yeah, the view isn't too bad! Thanks for watching and enjoy that 2560! 👍😎
Heard about you from MCG. Glad you didn't do anything drastic! I think the video was great. No need to apologize for it. Looking forward to more. My garage door is high enough to clear, so I never lowered the ROPS, but valuable information none the less.
Thanks for watching Terry and for the feedback. Man, I wish I had tall doors!!! 👍😎
Your a natural at video's, lol. Nice job and great information, I did not know that would happen. My B2601 with the ROPS up will not fit in my garage. I usually fold mine back to the first notch, I could have easily seen myself put it all the way down someday. I did happen to hit my garage header on the first day backing the tractor into the garage, luckily I was going very slow and only put 2 dents into the wood trim. I left the dents there as a reminder, lol.
Thanks for the positive feedback Jeff!
"I left the dents there as a reminder..."
I like the way you think. My bent top link is now "wall art" in the garage behind the tractor! 👍😎
Thank you for sharing this interesting incident. You learned the hard way, but they say no better way to learn than by our very mistakes. Yours looks like a Kubota LX deemed a subconpact tractor. Right after viewing your video, I rushed to watch if the same could have happened with my Kioti ck, roughly equivalent to a Kubota L serie tractor, that is one size larger than the LX in the Kubota lineup. So I can now confirm that a similar bending should not necessarily happen, normally with a typical compact tractor, but depending on the rops particular design or unless maybe for those tractors where the base of the top link-rod of the 3-point hitch has an adjustable height. Mine does not have this feature but just to make sure, I unscrewed to max length the threaded link-rod end and it would then just barely hit the underneath of the folded rops top section, meaning that I can not totally exclude some possible damage.
Thanks for watching. Enjoy that Kioti CK! 👍😎👍
I did the same. It took a few days. My garage is high enough to leave it up, but not my shop. That’s a critical design flaw.
Sorry for not replying sooner...apparently I missed this comment. Thanks for watching Mark!
Thanks for the tip! I've never had to lower my ROPS, so I could have EASILY made this mistake. You probably saved me some expense! Liked and subscribed.
Thanks Rob, much appreciated!
I use a shipping container asmy tractor garage.
I measured tractor height wit ROPS up and found the standard 40 ft container opening was a few inches short. A "high cube" is about a foot taller. So I got the taller container and don't have to fold the ROPS.
Luckily those links are only about $30 at Tractor Supply. I bought spares so I keep th link on the impliment and don't have to remember how many turns from box blade to shredder to rock rake...
Yeah, I think Jon Ritter (A Ritter Bit Will Do) also uses a container at his property "Yukon Acres". I was lucky with the top link...my dealer didn't charge me for the replacement. 😎👍
I wouldn't have told anyone, much less the hole WORLD!!!!
Well Willie, I figure we all make mistakes and as mine go, that one is nowhere NEAR the most embarrassing!
Thanks for watching! 👍😎👍
Thanks for the info and stay safe.
Thanks for watching Sheldon! 👍😎
I kinda had a almost woops with my John Deere 2032. While hooking up my Frontier brush hog for the first time. The brush hog has a bracket that holds the pto shaft to the side. If you lift the brush hog with out hooking up the shaft it will get pinched by the lower link and bend the shaft. Luckily I caught it before it did.
Good catch Brian, although you missed the chance to join the *highly exclusive "Bent Tractor Club". 😉👍😎
*insert "NOT" here.
Did you see how Tractor Time with Tim BROKE his rear housing leaving the PTO shaft hooked up while trying to load his tractor on his trailer? The salesman was standing right next to him and he also did not realize that was likely to happen until after it did.
I grew up driving tractor never would have thought of that. But 1929 Alice Chalmers had no ROP or any other safety parts...
Glad I saw †his! I'm the type of guy that would have done the same thing. Thanks. O BTY where can I get a hat like that?
Lol...glad you found it helpful.
I ordered the hat from Messick's...it's the only place I ever saw it. Don't know if they still have it or not, but I'd start there. Good luck!
Thanks. Great video. I’m waiting for my LX2610 to come in, also my first tractor.
I like the hat with the LX on it. Where did you get it ?
Thanks Randy. Congrats on the new LX...you're gonna love it! I ordered my had (and it's the only place I've found it) from Messick's website. - Chris
Take the thing off and throw it away. That's what we farmers do but with bigger tractors. Actually I cut the thing under the pin hitch level with a sawsall
Dang Tim, that's next level stuff! I feel like now I need to go turn in my tractor "man card"!!! 😉😄😎
@@watershedoverlook actually my tractor is used inside chicken houses and I was tired of replacing water lines because one side would be directly under the water line and slightest bump will break them out
thanks for the info I have a LX 2610 also
Keep on making your videos (only two) but I like them. I like your sense of humor. Your getting a lot of views too. Plus it's a Kubota!
Thanks Troy, I'm gonna' give it a shot!
Heyhey Chris keep making videos it will get less awkward. On my B2601 the ROPS doesn't fold down that far but I did just what you were worried about and ran it into my garage in my first week. Nice job.
Thanks for watching and the feedback!
Yep, been there. Did the same thing with my b2610 on the first day. Great video, where were you when I needed you? :)
Lol...wish someone has been there for both of us! Enjoy that 2610, and thanks for watching! 👍👍
Well kinda clickbait because you just bent your top link . . . But surprisingly useful tip since my link has a nice bow in it for exactly the same reason! I actually adjusted the lift so the top link can't hit the folded ROPS-but at the cost of some lift height. Only recently have gone to the partly folded method you show. Duh-my fourth tractor. But my first foldable ROPS!
Thanks for watching Richard. Yeah, I felt pretty foolish when that happened. First lesson (of many) I suppose. Fortunately, my salesman treated me right and never even batted an eye, just said "I've got a new one on my desk with your name on it, just swing by any time and pick it up." In the end the only thing bruised was my pride! 😉😎
Interesting. Thanks for the honesty and humility! Everyone makes mistakes on new pieces of equipment. Given the price for one of these units, it would have been nice if the dealer actually spent an hour with you!
I've always used the "half way point" on an open station tractor when lowering the ROPS. I just assumed there would be a problem if I went fully down; figuring it was there for a reason. Thanks for proving this out. Hope the top link wasn't too expensive of a lesson. Stay safe! BTW, love the flag in the background!!!
Thanks for watching. To be fair to my dealer, my salesman did go over the tractor with me from stem to stern, although that particular issue wasn't covered. Also, I let him know what had happened and they gave me a new top link so it cost me nothing but some injury to my pride! 👍😲😉
Thanks for sharing. It is embarrassing to admit a mistake but sharing this might prevent someone else from doing that. Good news is a top link is no big deal.
Thanks. Yes, I made out OK...I offered to buy a replacement but the dealer gave me a new top link at no cost!
That's not a Newbie mistake... that's a design flaw. Put the blame where it belongs. Nonetheless, thanks for the heads-up.
It does seem like it could be a pretty easily avoided, right? Just raise the hinge point on the ROPS a bit?
Thanks for watching!
Good you got it over with early now your a pro I like how you back in that way you will see the ROPS are up good video your a natural see you on the next one : )
Thanks Mitch! The new procedure is that I place a big orange traffic cone (visible at the end of the vid) in front of the garage door as soon as I raise the ROPS that I don't move until it comes back down...I STILL don't trust my memory!
@@watershedoverlook That is a great idea I pull forward into my shed and luckily I have not hit the ROPS YET but I will start using a cone too.😁👍
You just came up so I watched your video. I have subscribed. Just starting out my channel too. I have an older Kubota B7100 with 6' rops and I have 8' doors. I'll be finding another way to bend my tractor. There are many ways to do it.
Sorry for not replying sooner...apparently I missed this comment. I'll be sure to stop into your channel...thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video. It's always better to learn from somebody else's mistakes. Later
My pleasure...thanks for watching! 👍😎
Did the same thing with our old b2601 we recently upgraded to the l2501
Well, we live and learn, right! 😉 Enjoy that L series...that's a beefy tractor! 👍👍
@@watershedoverlook yes we sure do, yeah you can do a lot with them
Ouch 🥲, love the look of the LX2610 👍🏻have a great week 👍🏻
Thanks!
Easy mistake but cheap mistake, I've bent a FEL and then had to repair. Lost chains and tow bars off my tractor. It's very easy to get carried away and bee too rough and it will cost you. Best of luck with your farm work buddy. I even had a 8t chain fall off floor deck and get swallowed up by a 6 foot slasher and it just cut tghat chain up and threw it out in pieces, luckily nobody got hurt
Yikes...glad no one was hurt! Yeah, fortunately, it WAS a cheap mistake. Well, free, actually, as the dealer gave me the new top link at no charge. 👍 Thanks for watching, stay safe. 👍😎
@@watershedoverlook Thank you Sir. Lovelly scenery you have there. May God Bless
I did the exact same thing to my brand new LX2610SU only I didn't do it the day it was delivered. I did it two days later! 😅
Well, I've learned that we are certainly not alone! Thanks for watching! 👍👍
Thanks for the tip.
Sure thing, thanks for watching!
I think you did a great job.
Thanks a lot Billy, and thanks for watching! 👍👍
Used to live on the shore in Cecil county
Nice. I have relatives who had a place at the mouth of Elk River.