Why keep roll over bars down?

[LD48750]

Judging from the responses here, I think the government should mandate fully enclosed cabs on all tractors with integral full roll cages.
If you have trees or doors that hamper movement, cut them down or rebuild the buildings.
500 acres of flat land needs a cab to protect the operator.

You must keep in mind how dumb people are & realize only the government is smart enough to protect you.

 

[ovrszd]

Judging from the responses here, I think the government should mandate fully enclosed cabs on all tractors with integral full roll cages.
If you have trees or doors that hamper movement, cut them down or rebuild the buildings.
500 acres of flat land needs a cab to protect the operator.

You must keep in mind how dumb people are & realize only the government is smart enough to protect you.

Great Post!!!!

 

[DavesTractor]

Judging from the responses here, I think the government should mandate fully enclosed cabs on all tractors with integral full roll cages.
If you have trees or doors that hamper movement, cut them down or rebuild the buildings.
500 acres of flat land needs a cab to protect the operator.

You must keep in mind how dumb people are & realize only the government is smart enough to protect you.

It's not so simple. I'd prefer to see way less government regulations, or honestly just way less government. I like personal responsibility. I take risks. But when you start looking at farming and tractor accidents, it opens your eyes a little. We lost an acquaintance last year due to a rear roll over. Sure enough, he was pulling a stump and hooked his chain too high and before he could get on the clutch it flipped and killed him. It was an older tractor that was built before ROPS were common. His fault no doubt, but it was an honest mistake. This guy was no idiot. A ROPS probably would have saved him. So I think ROPS and seat belts ought to be standard, but I also think if you are the only operator and you want to take it off, that's sure fine with me.

I do not run a ROPS, but my tractor spends most of it's life in my pistachio orchard. On my skid steer and excavator, ROPS/FOPS always.

 

[1965]

My Kioti has a couple settings, I keep it at a 45 degree angle so it fits in the garage and still offers some protection. My land is mostly flat but I don't drive horizontally on the slope, common sense goes a long way with safety. Do I sense sarcasm in LD48750's response? :laughing:

 

[ovrszd]

It's not so simple. I'd prefer to see way less government regulations, or honestly just way less government. I like personal responsibility. I take risks. But when you start looking at farming and tractor accidents, it opens your eyes a little. We lost an acquaintance last year due to a rear roll over. Sure enough, he was pulling a stump and hooked his chain too high and before he could get on the clutch it flipped and killed him. It was an older tractor that was built before ROPS were common. His fault no doubt, but it was an honest mistake. This guy was no idiot. A ROPS probably would have saved him. So I think ROPS and seat belts ought to be standard, but I also think if you are the only operator and you want to take it off, that's sure fine with me.

I do not run a ROPS, but my tractor spends most of it's life in my pistachio orchard. On my skid steer and excavator, ROPS/FOPS always.

As a society we have to to decide what is the ulimate goal?

Understand, there will always be collateral damage.

Sorry for the loss of your friend.

 

[LD48750]

My Kioti has a couple settings, I keep it at a 45 degree angle so it fits in the garage and still offers some protection. My land is mostly flat but I don't drive horizontally on the slope, common sense goes a long way with safety. Do I sense sarcasm in LD48750's response? :laughing:

Wellll......... maybe just a bit.

I've been working my place for close to 30 yrs without a ROPS on any of my tractors.
Now that I bought one with a ROPS, it almost killed me the second day I had it.
It's gone now, and the new tractor is working and doing things I haven't been able to before just fine.

Not ALL safety attachments are always the best idea.
I think common sense works much better & if you don't have it..... I guess you learn the hard way.

 

[ovrszd]

I agree.

My Ford has rops. I hate it in the timber. Am considering adding a simple removeable canopy to the rops for mowing. If I deviate from that plan the rops will be removed by next Summer.

 

[1965]

I have found when bush hogging around my pines after I duck a branch when it hits the ROPS it will swing back ahead sometimes and hit me in the back of the head, a bit of an attention getter.:laughing: I am building a canopy off mine and may put some type of screen up as some more added protection from the bush hog.

 

[dickfoster]

Judging from the responses here, I think the government should mandate fully enclosed cabs on all tractors with integral full roll cages.
If you have trees or doors that hamper movement, cut them down or rebuild the buildings.
500 acres of flat land needs a cab to protect the operator.

You must keep in mind how dumb people are & realize only the government is smart enough to protect you.

Don't forget to add helmets, head restraints, knee pads, shoulder pads, chaps, face shields, gloves, etc. etc. etc.

 

[ultrarunner]

My Kioti has a couple settings, I keep it at a 45 degree angle so it fits in the garage and still offers some protection. My land is mostly flat but I don't drive horizontally on the slope, common sense goes a long way with safety. Do I sense sarcasm in LD48750's response? :laughing:

Sounds like a great option instead of all or nothing.

My ROPS is 1.5" too tall to fit inside the shop where I keep it unless folded.

Already had one incident where it was dark and late driving into the shop and forgot to fold it.... the ROPS hit the framing and the tractor popped a wheelie never missing a beat... in the blink of an eye it was inside.

Concrete floor and concrete ceiling... my only alternative is to leave it outside... zoning prohibits new accessory buildings.

Keep a tennis ball dangling from a string which has kept me from making the same mistake again.