National ROPS REBATE Program

Adirondack case guy · Feb 1, 2018

This may be an alternative for some of you that want a 2 post roll guard. I checked it out for a 1971 Case 770. a couple years back. I didn't do anything at the time, but I have been building my own NON certified 2 post canopies. They were very prompt at getting back to me with the info for my tractor.
For those of you who want ROPS protection at a very good price, look into this.
This is a follow-up letter that I received back mid January as a reminder, so I am passing on this info. to the rest of you who may not know about it.
Loren

pms · Feb 1, 2018

Looks like that program is for persons living in New York.Wonder if there is a similar program in Washington state.I'll have to look into it.
Paul

pms · Feb 1, 2018

Oops didn't see the national part of it.
Paul

gene bender · Feb 1, 2018

Another rip off the tax payer next will be a kit to drive the tractor so the driver doesent make a mistake and wreck his tractor or forge to chainge oil ect

Billy NY · Feb 1, 2018

Wish more people were aware of this and they had more prominent advertising of this program. Lost a friend last summer, flipped it over on himself fooling with a stump. Distant cousin, some years back now, same thing, tried to get a small crawler unstuck with an N series. Obviously the best defense is to avoid situations with this risk, but that is not always possible and is why the ROPS and a seat with a safety belt can make all the difference if by chance you do end up going over.

I really like the fold down ROPS on my 4630 Ford/New Holland tractor. Allows me to park it in a heated garage, fold down when I need to, or put up when at risk. Caveat with these is that a person has to make a decision to put it up and wear the safety belt. We have 115,000 volt lines bisecting one field and I avoid the area in the hot weather as the lines sag down to much for my liking. When I do go under them when it is cooler, I unfold the ROPS to reduce the height of steel relative to those lines. Not friendly to a sun canopy, having to stay up all the time but they are handy for some operators.

BTW, the 2 post ones you have fabricated + the other new appurtenances for working in the woods look good on those tractors.I wondered what you considered in regards to the ROPS part of it. Just sun canopies or are they substantial enough to work as ROPS. Nice CASE herd you have there, all the way around. You would have a blast in our steel shop, just the cut off's alone !

Stroby · Feb 1, 2018

Yup, well said

BarnyardEngineering · Feb 1, 2018

$1000 is a lot less than paying someone disability for the rest of his life because he was maimed in a tractor rollover.

Government handouts are not going to stop. Why shouldn't farmers get a piece of the pie? At least they are some of the more deserving and needful of handouts, and they'll make productive use of the money unlike many recipients.

ADB-Ia · Feb 1, 2018

I nearly rolled a utility tractor with loader years ago. Had a heat houser on which made it impossible to jump clear. Slid sideways down back of the dam of a pond on ice right into the culvert and ravine below the dam. Came to rest against a tree which kept it from flipping over. Nearly had a laundry necessary moment. Took a wrecker to pull it out. I got a roll bar put on the next day and haven't had a tractor without ROPS since, except for my antique "non working" tractors. It's like American Express - Don't leave home without it.

ASG · Feb 1, 2018

Several states have the program and are administered by the office in NY.

Here is the website
https://www.ropsr4u.com/

Crazy Horse · Feb 1, 2018

So, only spend tax dollars on things that I like or benefit from right? Everything else is a waste and a rip off? Tax money spent on saving someone's life is not money well spent because they get in accidents that would never happen to me because I'm a lot smarter than they are or can afford to make sure I don't get into those situations. All those dollars spent on educating doctors is silly because I have perfect health. The list of examples goes on and on. Unfortunately, that's not the way things.

gene bender · Feb 1, 2018

funny still have dumb operators upsetting and getting killed we got by for many many yrs without such devices but now days too many snowflakes move to the country and operate tractors. So we need safety devices to keep them safe from themselves how did we get food on the table 60pluss yrs ago without all the new fancy devices.

ADB-Ia · Feb 1, 2018

It was about 50 years ago my neighbor rolled a H Farmall in a ditch and killed him. Nothing new about it. We just have ways to prevent it now. Why not use it?

Crazy Horse · Feb 1, 2018

Reading some of the replies here Gene, it sounds like some of those guys you flame are right here on the YT site and escaped serious injury by the skin of their teeth. And you seem to forget that coountless bad farm accidents happened long before the roll over devices showed up on the scene. And those were the guys that had all that common sense and intelligence. Your arguments seem to contradict themselves.

Adirondack case guy · Feb 1, 2018

All I can say to you, is how many friends-neighbors, "if you grew up in farm country" lost arms or legs in corn pickers back in the day. They all knew better, but got into a hurry and didn't think.
I lost a good friend and customer when his Fox chopper header plugged, and he got out of his tractor with the tractor and chopper still running, and tried to push the corn stalks in with his leg and it caught and swallowed him all the way up to his waist. Just think about being a first responder and dealing with that hoarer with the tractor and chopper still trying to grinding him up. I know of many, older farmers in my area. with missing or damaged limbs.
Even the most experienced operators get complacent, including me.
Loren<

Traditional Farmer · Feb 1, 2018

I'll say things like ROPS and PTO guards give people a false sense of security many times,neither one is guaranteed to keep a reckless person from getting injured or killed.

john in la · Feb 1, 2018

It seems a lot of states have no funding at this time.

Duane WI · Feb 1, 2018

Being careful around equipment is great when things go as expected. It is when the unexpected happens that additional safe guards help. Nothing is absolute. Safe guards won't protect the careless and safe guards won't absolutely keep bad things from happening but they sure improve the odds. Multiple levels of protection. First level is understanding the risks and being careful. Second level is the safe guards. Need both levels.

formerly ny bill · Feb 1, 2018

thanks for the reminder, Loren. it is an excellent program. i have done several tractors, and the ROPS that I put on the 826 saved a young man's life on my farm. i know another farmer that had a drawpin jump out and a grain wagon tried to climb the rear tractor wheels, only to be stopped by the ROPS before it crushed him. both farms very safety concious, but it is impossible to anticipate or avoid every danger. ROPS are money well spent, especially with the rebate program. NY has had it for quite a few years; now it is being widened to other states. farmers in new states would do well to lobby their legislators for funding. the appropriation in NY was $100,000 per year. not really a lot when you consider the multi-millions in state's budgets.

fdt860 · Feb 2, 2018

For those who sayed ROPS are useless. Watch the movie.
My dad used to let us 4 kids ride with him on fenders of his cabless tractor, but I would not do that with my kids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuy_PJxd-Ho

LeroyJerry · Feb 2, 2018

Just signed up now have to wait for funding to become available.
Thanks for the info Loren
Jerry

buickanddeere · Feb 2, 2018

(quoted from post at 15:49:56 02/01/18) funny still have dumb operators upsetting and getting killed we got by for many many yrs without such devices but now days too many snowflakes move to the country and operate tractors. So we need safety devices to keep them safe from themselves how did we get food on the table 60pluss yrs ago without all the new fancy devices.

We need to toughen up the nation. Lets cut all the seatbelt out of vehicles and sell the airbags to the 3rd world. Revert back to ordinary glass for windows and windshields. We could make good money cutting off all shields and fenders then sell the metal for scrap. Put a 300% tax on safety boots, hard hats and safety glasses. We don't need to waste money on stop lights and the power to operate them.

Mark in Upstate · Feb 2, 2018

Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital is the biggest proponent of agriculture safety. We have lost many dear friends to rollovers. Many 'flat landers' and 'city folks' come to Delaware, Schoharie, Otsego Counties, New York; buy property, machinery and end up upside down. All those whom believe ROPS is a false sense of security, bury a friend from an accident that could have been avoided by using ROPS.

SVcummins · Feb 2, 2018

Just signed up hope I end up getting it we farm some pretty steep hills around and I've been thinking about a rops for awhile

rockyridgefarm · Feb 2, 2018

One important thing about a ROPS - They are not much safer than an open station without a seatbelt. A driver can still get thrown and crushed if they're not buckled in.

I bought a 2020 recently and am definitely going to put a ROPS on it before I use it much. I bought it the day after I bought the tractor, but haven't mounted it yet because I haven't been using the tractor much. The rest of my tractors have cabs. And, no, I don't wear a seatbelt in them. I should, but I don't.

Does anyone have a ROPS on very old tractors like Farmall Ms or John Deere 2 cylinder tractors? I'd like to see pictures. Been thinking on how to put one on my 60.

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