I can't say for sure which is more dangerous, cause they both are, wire rope or chain. While operating a D5 almost 20 years back, another brilliant operator decided to take the vibratory roller through the mud instead of using a dry road, because it was shorter. I would not help him, was getting tired of these novices they hired to fill the seats, yes we all started somewhere, but not on a busy high production job site. Figured it best to have the foreman deal with it. Don't recall, but think they used another dozer, hooked a chain to it, tried to pull it out of deep mud, chain snapped and a piece of link hit the upright on my D5, and left an impression in it. ROPS are made of thick and strong material, still cannot believe how hard that piece of chain link hit. I hate to say it but eventually there was a physical altercation at break time soon there after, which solved the problem.
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