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Re: Anyone ever build their own ROPS
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Posted by Buzzman72 on December 23, 2005 at 06:12:45 from (207.69.136.203):
In Reply to: Anyone ever build their own ROPS posted by TomNTex on December 23, 2005 at 05:49:54:
The problem with building your own ROPS is the lawyers. That is, should you sell the machine with the ROPS YOU built, and the subsequent owner roll the machine--it IS called ROPS for "Roll-Over Protection System"--and get killed because the ROPS failed in any way, guess who's liable should his heirs decide to sue? Having said that, if you're a competent welder, what you are proposing sounds just fine for the purposes you stated. As for the bush hog, when the state highway department around here got concerned with liability from thrown objects, they added what appeared to be 6" or 8" lengths of 1/4" chain all across the front of their bush hogs to at least slow down any objects that might be thrown that direction, reasoning that the solid side and back portions of the bush hog should perform the same function elsewhere.
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