Re: Tractor Frame Design
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Posted by mrs jogg on July 04, 1998 at 13:06:45:
In Reply to: Tractor Frame Design posted by J.H. Guth on July 02, 1998 at 18:59:56:
: I am working on a legal case and need some user input on farm and
: highway tractor design. Do you know of any brand of tractor which is
: designed with a frame which supports the various parts of a tractor
: (engine, front wheels, PTO, transmission, rear wheels) in the same
: manner cars and trucks are designed with unitized frames? Any help
: would be appreciated. : J.H. Guth Dear Mr. Guth, Well, I AM a lawyer, but some of my best friends drive, repare, restore and research tractors. Being in this fairly unusual situation, enables me to explain that a.) it seems obvious where your question is going. As soon as someone replies, "Yes, indeed, the Jhguth Tractor Co. of Culo de Raton, TX. did indeed manufacture a tractor with a 'unitized frame,' designed to support the various machanical components in the event of a rollover, thereby preventing foreseeable serious personal injury and death," you will pounce on it with a lawyerly Aha! and offer it as proof that the tractor company whose product caused severe personal injury and/or death to your unfortunate and blameless client should likewise have done so. b.) MOST people who operate tractors have better sense than to drive them into situations where they will roll over. If there are situations where a responsible operator could not foresee a rollover, but such nevertheless occurs, it should be obvious that a manufacturer could not be held liable for having failed to predict and prevent such an occurrence any more than the operator. Cordially, mrs jogg Oh, a footnote (you like those) "Highway tractors" are trucks.
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