ROPS Saves - How Rough is It

[Spanky100]

Question for someone that has taken a CUT a little past the limit. What was it like as you soil your drawers. You will likely be exposed to a 90 degree side roll with a quick stop. I am pretty conservative (or chicken) when it come to taking the tractor on much of side grade and will usually go up and down any significant grade.

Wondering how rough a side tip would be on a midsize CUT with the ROPS stopping the roll. I am thinking the seatbelt will hold your behind into the seat but your hands/legs/chest and head are going to be tossed around pretty rough I would guess.

Any first hand knowledge?

Thanks

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Question for someone that has taken a CUT a little past the limit. What was it like as you soil your drawers. You will likely be exposed to a 90 degree side roll with a quick stop. I am pretty conservative (or chicken) when it come to taking the tractor on much of side grade and will usually go up and down any significant grade.

Wondering how rough a side tip would be on a midsize CUT with the ROPS stopping the roll. I am thinking the seatbelt will hold your behind into the seat but your hands/legs/chest and head are going to be tossed around pretty rough I would guess.

Any first hand knowledge?

Thanks

Why, are you planning on rolling it over???

 

[jonyyuma]

Just sliding sideways is not any fun, and bothers me.. But ,you want a account of hanging by the belt?

 

[retiredmgn]

I am thinking the seatbelt will hold your behind into the seat but your hands/legs/chest and head are going to be tossed around pretty rough I would guess.

Any first hand knowledge?

Thanks

Maybe the engineers took the directive from Corporate a little too litteral...
"We want a system that will save the operators a??."

 

[groundcover]

I flopped a Bobcact skid steer on it's side but that also has the bar that folds down in front of you,kind of like a roller coster , come to think of it that's how it felt as I was on the way over ! I would do my best to keep four on the floor, wasn't really all that much fun after all !:laughing:

 

[Taylortractornut]

Does this count? If it does then it wasnt that bad I had a death grip on the blade control lever and the shift lever gaurd as well as my belt. I fell off a 5 foot tall low boy. Never rolled a tractor though. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...lucky-today-new-nickname-taylors-rollover.jpg

 

[Spanky100]

I flopped a Bobcact skid steer on it's side but that also has the bar that folds down in front of you,kind of like a roller coster , come to think of it that's how it felt as I was on the way over ! I would do my best to keep four on the floor, wasn't really all that much fun after all !:laughing:

No more coaster rides for Groundcover. I remember the the bar they "lock" you in with. Works well if you are full grown, not to well for a slim child, but IIRC your put you hands up anyway on a coaster. sound like one time is enough.

thanks

 

[Spanky100]

Does this count? If it does then it wasnt that bad I had a death grip on the blade control lever and the shift lever gaurd as well as my belt. I fell off a 5 foot tall low boy. Never rolled a tractor though. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...lucky-today-new-nickname-taylors-rollover.jpg

Taylortractornut

Yes I would give that a 10 of 10 score. I think tracked equipment would take a pretty hard to roll on steep grade but you used a tall low boy to show us it could be done under special conditions.

I would count that picture as close enough so no need to repeat it on a wheeled tractor with a grade. Sounds like you went to protection mode and held on, not hurt, and had one of those great Kodak moments. Do you let someone else unload the equipment now?

Thanks

 

[Taylortractornut]

Yeah thats on the list of things not to do again. I didnt let it bother me I tried to get the low boy to wait and let me load it again after the oil resettled. I ended up loading it on Monday. ALot of good operator have been ruined after having an accident like that and refuse to load/unload or get un nerved on slopes. I had already loaded it and set the parking brake. It slid right before I undid my belt to get off. An airbag under the low boy had leaked down after I loaded and the deck was wet.

WHat hurt worse was the cell phone that flew out of my coveralls pocket and beaned me in the head. I ve loaded this dozer over 100 times and have trouble on the break over as its all metal the deck is wood. with metal edging. That day it went smooth as silk. The sliding off was kinda slow motion, then the track dug in and it got fast then slow again. Kinda like whe you see a machine on Axemen and theres a crash and the camera does its thing its like that except for the kungfu gripp on the shift lever gaurd and blade control handle. I always wear a belt loading or working a steep slope.

Im firm believer in a belt on a machine with a Rops. My accident really enforced this policy with me.

 

[rd_macgregor]

A number of years ago I managed to tip a Kubota mini-ex on its side through operator error, of course. It didn't hurt the machine at all, spilled only a little diesel fuel and strained an intercostal muscle that made it hurt to move (or breathe!) for most of a week. Hanging sideways from your seatbelt may be better than being tossed overboard, but it isn't all that comfortable, either.
BOB