[AT] ROPS

[Will Powell]

Jumping in the middle of this thread.. I'm wondering if anyone has made their own ROPS for their antique tractor? 

I remember seeing an OSHA site that showed a tractor that had a home made ROPS that failed. It was only bolted to the cast iron axle and that portion just ripped out of the axle. 

I'm thinking that for it to be successful it would have to mount on the axles and also onto the body/frame of the tractor. 

And yes, never sell it as a ROPS, call it a brush guard. 

Regards, 

Will in PA 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com> 
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 6:36:38 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [AT] ROPS 

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Steve W. <falcon at telenet.net> wrote: 

> One of the new requirement for fire equipment starting this year is a 
> built in roll protection system that is required to support the weight 
> of the vehicle without failure. BUT the standard is written in a way 
> that NO motion is included in it. The "test" the maker must pass is to 
> flip the vehicle with a crane and show that the cab doesn't crush. I 
> sent in a query about having the test be realistic and have the vehicle 
> rolling at 45mph and flipping and see what the cabs do. The answer I got 
> back was that my method was impractical!!!!! 
> I guess they must see a lot of trucks just flipping over while parked.... 
> 
> -- 
> Steve W. 
======================================= 



Maybe they need a warning sticker on those trucks advising the driver 
to stay away from cranes... :-) 

-- 
Have you hugged your horses today? 

Francis Robinson 
aka "farmer" 
Central Indiana USA 
robinson46176 at gmail.com 
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