2manyrocks
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I wouldn't think that hose clamps would be as durable as a U bolt. I don't see a U bolt causing the ROPS to fail, but I could foresee someone being injured if some part of their body hit either the end of the hose clamp or the protruding end of the bolts in a rollover.
I could also see where the light assembly could come loose in a rollover and cause injury--or you could run into a low limb and have the light assembly break off and hit you. It might not be life threatening, but if it cost someone an eye, then there's the liability--as one example.
Neither manufacturers nor dealers want to assume any more risk of liability than they already have for something that they didn't engineer and sell in the first place.
My lights are bolted through factory holes in the ROPS. The benefit of having the lights outweighs my concerns about who to sue if I roll over. Now if I could just figure out how to keep the lights from drawing bugs--
I could also see where the light assembly could come loose in a rollover and cause injury--or you could run into a low limb and have the light assembly break off and hit you. It might not be life threatening, but if it cost someone an eye, then there's the liability--as one example.
Neither manufacturers nor dealers want to assume any more risk of liability than they already have for something that they didn't engineer and sell in the first place.
My lights are bolted through factory holes in the ROPS. The benefit of having the lights outweighs my concerns about who to sue if I roll over. Now if I could just figure out how to keep the lights from drawing bugs--