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For what it is worth, I owned a Komatsu dozer (10,000 ish lbs). It was built in Japan and had no ROPS available when imported to the US. A guy in MO fabbed a "canopy" that would certainly help in a rollover. Much like what has been described here, it was 6" square steel, 4 posts, and heavy...
Take this for what it is worth, it isn’t legal advice:
13 MIKE, You make some interesting points. I appreciated reading your post because it was objective. It would seem to me that the real issue is whether somebody engineered a fully developed product for sale, for profit, and described it...
OP, I think a ROPS is a good idea. There are plenty of smart and capable people here who could develop such an item. I can't think of any better thing to do, following a such tragedy, than to use it to prevent future tragedies. I guess it is kind of a "lemons to lemonade" approach. I think...
What kind of uninformed comment is this supposed to be? The insurance companies certainly already have lawyers and accident reconstructionists working on a theory of liability that supports their position. I suppose that is ok with you.
As a personal injury lawyer, my review of the...