Compact tractor Fatality

[majorwager]

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[mcfarmall]

That's too bad for the guy. I wonder if he drilled a bootleg hole in his ROPS?

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^All things considered, that's a rather callous comment.

 

[Thomas]

Indeed a shame...RIP.

 

[radios1]

RIP, sad news. no details on why the ROPS failed, it seems inconceivable the ROPS didn't save him..

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^ It may not have failed per se, just not been enough to protect him. The tractor may have rolled against a rock or tree, or he could have been thrown free if he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. It doesn't really matter, the results are the same. RIP Mr Moran.

 

[Oldoak]

^^^^^ It may not have failed per se, just not been enough to protect him. The tractor may have rolled against a rock or tree, or he could have been thrown free if he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. It doesn't really matter, the results are the same. RIP Mr Moran.

Agree. No sense at all with armchair analysis, particularly when not knowing any of the details and jumping to conclusions. :confused3:

 

[Deerherd]

August 06, 2018 11:55 AM

A 66-year-old man was killed in a tractor rollover accident in the Town of Avon.

Deputies responded to Linden Street around 9:45 a.m. Saturday for the report of a man pinned under a tractor. Deputies say Charles T. "Tom" Moran was unresponsive when first responders arrived and
Moran was pronounced dead at the scene.

Deputies say Moran was operating a tractor with a front bucket in an attempt to recover a lawn mower that had broken down in the back of the property. He was driving the compact tractor on a wet path that had a downward decline, leading down to the rear lot.

Those factors, according to investigators, caused the tractor to go into a slide and eventually roll over, pinning Moran underneath.

 

[Henro]

Seems like we do not know if the tractor had a ROPS. Maybe it did not.

We also do not know if he was using his seat belt if it did have a ROPS.

MESSAGE to us should be to use what safety gear our tractors have, at all times.

Be interesting to know more details...

Bill

 

[Industrial Toys]

A few years back I stopped to help an elderly couple who had gotten into some kind of trouble with equipment in difficult terrain. I could see their setup for recovery was sketchy and stopped to help.

Just because someone has Rural property doesn't make them a good candidate for operating equipment.