pics of farm tractor mishaps

I decided to google pic of farm tractor incidents to see how well the ROPs held up. Some ROP cabs held up, others didn't. Wish I could find out how many people didn't get hurt. Here are a few of the bad ones.
Not sure if the up side down tractor with brush hog had ROP.

Posted link to place I found pics.





pics of accidents

I am guessing not, looks pretty flat.

You can even get squished on a gerden tractor.

Read in yesterday's paper where a guy rolled his tractor, was thrown off and crushed by the ROPS when it rolled on top of him.

BillL

A lot of the accidents that the big Fendts, JCB FasTracs, and wheeler Challenger tractors are due to speed. When you have a tractor capable of 45-54 mph as these tractors are, they can get pretty squirrely if you aren't used to them. I took one of the new FasTracs at the dealer I worked at out on the road and ran it at 40 mph. Too fast for me, even though it drove nice, the independent suspension and cab suspension made the body roll feel much more amplified than I was comfortable with. We sold one JCB 8250 with 2 8500 gallon manure tankers, yes (2). He left michigan for Missouri with them a couple months after buying them. Somewhere in Indiana, he took a curve too fast at full speed (54 mph) and rolled the whole operation. The owner survived, as well as one of the tankers, but the tractor and front tanker did not. The way the foreign dairy farmers around here drive them, it's amazing we haven't seen them get hurt or kill someone else. They got the lease for all the MDOT ground along here, and think nothing of pulling the silage wagons and manure tankers out onto the divided highway with traffic moving at 65-70 mph. They use the theory of being bigger will make everyone move for them. Having smart operators makes a huge difference in tractor accidents and how bad the outcome of them is.

Ross

As said many times by others. ROPS only works if you ware seat belt.

You can see that speed was involved in All Five of those. More speed produces more force which of course bends things more. These are far from typical.

Did you notice some of the tractors were pulling huge wagons? That's a lot of stopping force too.

I've heard of ROP crushing people before, even
drowning. I think a roll cage is better than a roll
bar. Many times I would be in a world of hurt with
just a ROP. A roll cage saved me from being pinned
in the seat by a tree when tractor started to roll
over. The tractor stopped when the cage hit the tree
saving my life. New tractors the cab is better than
a roll bar.

If you think about it, race cars have cages to
protect the driver, not a single bar.

Maybe you're getting the wrong lesson from these pics, Geo. Maybe the bigger lesson is that tractors are flat dangerous and you should go back to oxen.

Anyone can fish a couple examples out of hundreds of stories to try and prove a counter point. You did just that.

I saw some U-tube videos where they intentionally
rolled tractors over. It's neat to see just how easy
it seems.

Here is a clip from a law firm concerning rollovers.
Tractor Rollovers
Tractor rollovers are the most common farm accidents
to result in serious injury or death. In fact,
according to the National Safety Council, tractor
rollovers cause 52 percent of all fatal farm
accidents. Tractor rollovers can occur in so many
different ways that no one can name them all. But
regardless of how they happen, there is no doubt
they occur and will continue to occur until the law
of gravity is repealed. In many tractor rollovers,
victims suffer serious crush injuries to the head,
chest, and pelvis because they become pinned under
the weight of the tractor.

To prevent serious injury and death that is
associated with tractor rollovers, all off road
riding power machinery should be equipped with
rollover protection structures (ROPS) consisting of
roll bars and seat belts. ROPS are designed to
protect drivers in the event of tractor rollovers by
taking the full impact of the machine when it rolls.
Although ROPS cannot prevent tractor rollovers, they
can protect the driver from serious injury or death.
In fact, according to the National Ag Safety
Database, the use of ROPS and a seat belt is
estimated to be 99 percent effective in preventing
death or serious injury in the event of tractor
rollovers.

Roll bars and seat belts have been available for
tractors since the mid-1950s. Installing ROPS can
lessen the risk of serious injury during tractor
rollovers. If tractor manufacturers had installed
ROPS on their tractors from the 1950s or 60s as
standard equipment, the appalling toll of lives
taken each year in inevitable tractor rollovers
would not occur. Despite the number of incidents
resulting in deaths and the lack of ROPS on the
equipment, no major tractor manufacturer has
undertaken a product recall at least on zero-turning
radius equipment (ZTR). A program has been announced
by one lawn mower manufacturer to install ROPS on
its ZTR lawn tractors without ROPS. If you or a
loved one has been injured as a result of a tractor
rollover due to defective farm equipment, contact
the Locks Law Firm.

(quoted from post at 04:32:48 07/02/17)
You can see that speed was involved in All Five of those. More speed produces more force which of course bends things more. These are far from typical.

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Yes, George completely misses the point that roll over protection is just that, protection from rolling over while doing field work. It is not intended to provide protection from a 70 mph semi or a head on collision at road speed pulling a 20 ton trailer.

The JD is a good example. The cab is significantly damaged from a highway crash but would have protected the driver had it rolled over into a drainage ditch.

Couple of years ago a guy and his girlfriend died when they hit a JD tractor with a motorcycle. Broke one of the rear wheels off the tractor. I watched a news cast on the incident and all they could do was go on about how neither were wearing helmets. Now these young people hit a FARM TRACTOR with enough force to break a rear wheel off the tractor. It wasn't a survivable accident with or without a helmet. Same thing applies with tractors. Some accidents far exceed the stresses a cab/ROPS can withstand. There are a lot of people out there who used the single roll bar type ROPS who are alive today because they worked. Yes they may have distorted but they kept them from being pinned or crushed.

As far as ROPS go the US Army in another show of intelligence in the late 80's launched a program to put ROPS on the M151 Jeep (Ford MUTT). This was while they were being replaced by the HUMVEE. Literally they were installing the ROPS on vehicles that would be heading to scrap inside a year or 2. Right after my unit was equipped with the ROPS a driver dies when his jeep rolled and his head was crushed by the roll bar. Wasn't wearing the seatbelt.

Rick

Andy,
Google pics of deaths on farm tractors. It's scary.
Yes ROPs help only if you are wearing a seat belt.
In 1% of the time, nothing helps. 52% of the deaths
on tractors are from roll overs.

I'm think roll cage protection should be required,
not a roll bar.

Neighbor has a bob cat which has more protection
than a simple roll bar.

"I'm think roll cage protection should be required, not a roll bar."

I'm sorry George but this is an extremely strong indication of smoking a controlled substance. :shock:

showcrop,
"I'm sorry George but this is an extremely strong
indication of smoking a controlled substance."

Shame on you for insulting me. Is this how you
handle things, demean the messenger instead of the
message?

I see too much of that on the news, why here??

I've had too many close calls where a simple roll
bar would be worthless.
geo

George: Your best bet is to stay off any tractor without a roll cage.

None of my tractors have any roll over protection. And they are going to stay that way. They also have no seat belts. I take responsibility for my actions. I don't need laws in place to protect me from my own actions.