Brettski, glad to hear your planning is moving forward. We have had a John Deere 990, which is a 40 hp machine, for about a year. It has been able to do most everything around our 6 acre place that we have asked it to do. The ROPS for this particular unit will fit under an 8' door. My only concern with the fold down ROPS is that most people drop it to put it in and out of the garage and eventually stop putting it back up.