Tractor Rollover Rescue

[CompactTractorFan]

I read this article in a firefighting magazine I subscribe to:

http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-165/issue-9/features/tractor-rollover-rescue._saveArticle.html

Thought it would interest TBN'ers, especially the many who are first responders.
Stay safe!

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Let me know if you can see the article. It's giving me some trouble.

 

[texasjohn]

I see it.

 

[creekbend]

I see it also. Thanks for posting.

 

[daugen]

very sobering article. Anyone driving an older style tractor, without ROPS/seatbelts, and particularly with tricycle front ends should read this carefully. It shows how hard it is to get the tractor off you, assuming you are still alive.
I witnessed a sixteen year old boy die in his Dad's arms after a Farmall steering wheel crushed his chest on a rollover on a hill. Still sticks in my mind twenty years later.
What I found most interesting was the caution about lifting the tractor with another loader. I'm sure it's done on larger farms with multiple tractors.
No Onstar on tractors that call in when one flips over...

 

[tungularafishcamp]

Thanks for sharing that Kyle it was interesting.

 

[94BULLITT]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Glad you enjoyed the article.

 

[schmism]

It shows how hard it is to get the tractor off you, assuming you are still alive..

If they roll over backward (likely) You wont be. while serving on my previous FD in rural Macoupin County IL, we responded to fatal tractor (rearward) rollover. Older ford 3000.

We ended up calling in a wrecker that boomed out over the upside down tractor, we help strap all 4 corners to it and they lifted it straight up about a foot that allowed us to extract the victim. after that we blocked the rear wheels and he proceeded in rolling it over end for end (much the same way in rev of how it happened)

Ill never own an older tractor without some sort of homemade ROPS.

 

[aczlan]

Ill never own an older tractor without some sort of homemade ROPS.

Most states have a program to get you a certified ROPS for a couple of hundred bucks. I would take that route long before building one.

Aaron Z

 

[schmism]

Most states have a program to get you a certified ROPS for a couple of hundred bucks. I would take that route long before building one.

Aaron Z

never heard of it... links?

 

[aczlan]

never heard of it... links?

The NY one is: Rollover Protective Structure ROPS Retrofit Program
Looks like there isnt one for MO. CDC - Agricultural Safety: Cost-effective Rollover Protective Structures - NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topic has plans to make them.

Aaron Z

 

[biker4jc]

Thanks for the VERY informative article! Any idea if Michigan has a program like that?

 

[94BULLITT]

Thanks for the VERY informative article! Any idea if Michigan has a program like that?

I read somewhere that manufacturers encouraged dealers to sell ROPS at cost.