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"Easy Off" Compact Tractor Canopy
Dissatisfied with the compact tractor canopies on the market, Larry Kamerer designed his own. He says it works better than commercial alternatives, costs less, and if it's damaged, it can be repaired, not replaced. In fact, it worked out so well that his son Chris is now manufacturing and marketing it as the "TuffTOP."
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"Easy Off" Compact Tractor Canopy TRACTORS Cabs 29-5-18 Dissatisfied with the compact tractor canopies on the market, Larry Kamerer designed his own. He says it works better than commercial alternatives, costs less, and if it's damaged, it can be repaired, not replaced. In fact, it worked out so well that his son Chris is now manufacturing and marketing it as the "TuffTOP."
"My dad has to fold down his rollbar to get into the garage," explains Chris. "With standard canopies, if you fold the ROPS, the canopy will stick up farther than the ROPS did in the first place.
What Larry came up with is a canopy which, once installed, can be put on or off in about five seconds. Constructed of modular, nearly indestructible, thermoplastic panels, it is light enough that it can be shipped UPS. If only one panel gets damaged, it can be replaced, unlike one-piece canopies. Perhaps best of all, the operator can remove the lightweight canopy without ever leaving his seat.
"If you are working around a low overhang you can just reach up, loosen four bolts, and take it off," explains Chris. "Once finished with the area, raise the ROPS, set the canopy back in place and tighten the bolts."
Another advantage to the TuffTOP is its universal mounting brackets. Frustrated that a dealer he talked to had a canopy, but not the brackets, for a Cub Cadet, Larry designed brackets that fit on any brand's ROPS.
"The brackets fit any 2-in. by 3-in. or smaller rectangular roll bar," says Chris. "They also fit either of our two models, the 26-lb., 16.57-sq. ft. XL-48 or the 24-lb., 13.23-sq. ft. SC-44."
Both are available in white, green, orange, gray, blue and red colors with hot rolled steel, E-coated and powder-coated frames.
The SC44 has a suggested retail price of $299.95, while the XL48 is priced at $379.95.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, DesignTEQ, 5325 Foundation Blvd., New Albany, Ind. 47150 (ph 812 941-0010 or 877 883-3867; sales@tufftop.net; www. tufftop.net).
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