ROPS never can be told this enough

[bikerdib]

As long as we're preaching about safety, also consider a more healthier option.

Tractor deaths , including rollovers, cause about 130 deaths annually. Any guesses on what the 2nd leading cause of death in the U.S. is, that kills 300,000(!) Americans annually? Relatively, I wouldn't be too worried about the seatbelts.

But why risk it when it takes a matter of seconds to buckle the belt?

 

[radios1]

As long as we're preaching about safety, also consider a more healthier option.

Tractor deaths , including rollovers, cause about 130 deaths annually. Any guesses on what the 2nd leading cause of death in the U.S. is, that kills 300,000(!) Americans annually? Relatively, I wouldn't be too worried about the seatbelts.

that's true, you might just be made a quadriplegic, like Christopher Reeve, at least you'll live, and never have to do anything yourself anymore!..

 

[mopardude318]

I have a sunshade on my M7060 so the ROPS is always up, however I need to be wearing my seatbelt more.

 

[bikerdib]

ROP without the seatbelts just means that instead of the entire machine making you a pancake, the ROP will fold you into a taco shell.

 

[Jstpssng]

I wonder if a traditional roll bar would have helped in that last situation.

 

[ray66v]

Just saw a guy mowing a steep road side ditch with a decent sized tractor.

His folding ROPS was of course, in the down position.

I feel sad for the families. But, it's hard to feel the same for people who choose to be so unnecessarily reckless, and fail.

 

[radios1]

Just saw a guy mowing a steep road side ditch with a decent sized tractor.

His folding ROPS was of course, in the down position.

I feel sad for the families. But, it's hard to feel the same for people who choose to be so unnecessarily reckless, and fail.

that's not just reckless, that's absurdly stupid:banghead: families are better off without people like that.. they can get others killed too..

 

[pmsmechanic]

This thread made me think that I really need to do something about the seat belt on my 4410. The webbing has worn through on the male buckle part and the retract mechanism seems to be permanently retracted at this point. So just for fun I looked up the part in John Deere parts. $264.xx CAD. Cough cough.

Thanks for the seat belt link. I found one on there for about $48 USD (roughly $75 CAD). It has a retracting mechanism that looks like it will do the job. I can even order the color of webbing I want.

 

[cqaigy2]

As long as we're preaching about safety, also consider a more healthier option.

Tractor deaths , including rollovers, cause about 130 deaths annually. Any guesses on what the 2nd leading cause of death in the U.S. is, that kills 300,000(!) Americans annually? Relatively, I wouldn't be too worried about the seatbelts.

And the answer is?

 

[Lnk]

Probably heart disease. Which has many contributing factors. I assume he was referring to taking care of ones health as poor health will cause more problems than seat belts. I may be wrong though.

Lnk