iMatch & JD 2210

[NY_GUN]

This afternoon I picked up the iMatch and ordered the Femco Folding ROPS for my 2210. I installed the iMatch this evening and it was worth every penny. I do not know how people get alone with out one!

The Femoc ROPS should be in by mid next week the dealer tells me. Anyone had any luck selling the original ROPS?

 

[kennyd]

The I-Match is worth twice as much to me every time I hook up my 800lb ballast box without leaving the seat

 

[JDFANATIC]

NY GUN,

I'd keep the ROPS. If you ever want to sell the tractor, put the OEM one on and save yourself the potential liability.

 

[nmu98]

NY GUN,

I'd keep the ROPS. If you ever want to sell the tractor, put the OEM one on and save yourself the potential liability.

If you save the originals, you would have an easier time selling the folding if you got rid of your tractor.

 

[NY_GUN]

NY GUN,

I'd keep the ROPS. If you ever want to sell the tractor, put the OEM one on and save yourself the potential liability.

What kind of liability? It is an OSHA approved ROPS that I purchased straight from the JD dealer.

It does make since that I would have an easier time selling the folding one to another 2210 or 2305 owner later.

 

[jdbower]

What kind of liability? It is an OSHA approved ROPS that I purchased straight from the JD dealer.

But since it's not OEM and not (as far as I know) an approved Deere modification to a critical safety component the finger pointing begins (further complicated if you install the ROPS yourself). Don't forget that a Deere dealer is NOT a Deere employee let alone a representative of JD's legal department, mine sells plenty of non-Deere/Frontier attachments. If there is a rollover related injury with a 6 figure lawsuit attached you can bet that FEMCO will blame Deere for a ROPS mounting point failure and Deere will blame FEMCO for a faulty ROPS - even if one company is clearly at fault it will drag things out for years. I save all my OEM parts and let the next owner decide which he wants and if he wants an authorized dealer to swap things out.

Realistically there probably is no real safety issue, but we're not in the real world - we're in the magical world of lawyers where common sense often should have been wearing its seat belt and had the ROPS up.

 

[JDFANATIC]

What kind of liability? It is an OSHA approved ROPS that I purchased straight from the JD dealer.

It does make since that I would have an easier time selling the folding one to another 2210 or 2305 owner later.

It's called joint and several liability. It's a condition where scavaging attorneys are looking for the chinks in the armor of the defense. To me, it would be much wiser to let the big guns of Deere fight this than my local attorney at $300+ per hour, you may feel otherwise, but I have an OEM Deere ROPS in my shed for exactly this eventuality.