cmyoung2
Platinum Member
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2010
- Messages
- 535
- Location
- North west NC mountains
- Tractor
- BCS 850, Kubota BX2230 w/FEL, mid mount mower, 41" tiller Kubota L3600 w/4-1FEL, Farmi winch
We roll an old Ford 801 workmaster as a demo, have a cage built to protect the body. Roll it one time with ROPS, next without. Use a dummy- Tyveck suit stuffed with straw, belted in with ROPS, no belt without. Everytime I am amazed how violent the trip down the hill is. It is obvious that the belt and ROPS keeps you in the safety zone, but it is also pretty obvious that it is much worse than a roller coaster/bumper car combined. Without ROPS, Dummy Dan is dead every time. We have rolled the tractor so many times over the last 17 years it is breaking apart at the engine/transmission mounts. Use it mainly for youth- 4-H/FFA groups, adults when we can. I never want to be on one that goes over, but it happens.