Posted by oldtanker on April 30, 2019 at 08:28:11 from (66.228.255.203):
In Reply to: DIY my own non-ROPS posted by WorkingDad on April 29, 2019 at 17:11:23:
I agree. Biggest problem I see with that is some guys and that ole scrap pile. Local guy here has a bunch of round steel tubing that was used for docks. Really thin walled. Be OK for a canopy but downright inadequate for a ROPS! Then there is the need for a seat belt.
Was kinda dumb. The Army was replacing the M151 Mutt (jeep) with the HMMUV . The Hummer had built in ROPS and seat belts (great for training and really dumb for combat where exiting quickly is extremely important under fire). Some genius decided that all M151's would be upgraded to a ROPS and seat belts (keeping in mind that they had no plans of selling these things on the civilian market as they were phased out). We had ours upgraded. Did one field exercise and turned them in for the Hummers about 6 months after the upgrade. During that field exercise the BN XO's driver died in a roll over because he wasn't wearing the seat belt. Jeep went over, he came out of the seat and the roll bar crushed his head. The XO was not in the jeep at the time and friends of the driver made statements that the driver often complained that the XO made him wear the seat belt when the XO was in the vehicle.
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