CM1995
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Thanks for the reply's guys.
1st, its no secret that I have a short fuse, a big mouth and that I absolutely detest anything shoved down our throats by the federal government. In my opinion, everything from the EPA, DOT, IRS, NSA, MSHA, DOD, .....all of them have gotten way out of control.
I know people are going to disagree with me and tell me to grow up.....but I really don't care. The fact that some worm with badge and gun suddenly has the power to determine if I get to eat dinner does not sit well with me.
Me either.
1st off this whole deal is income potential .
If the machine is involved in an accident they will point to to non standard modification and say this is a sample of how they maintain the machine and we need to make them pay so it's understood that non standard repairs get us paid . Weather or not a 747 fell out of the sky right on top of it or not .
The company that built the machine will not ok what was done because they will not assume liability on anything . Way better to sell you something else .
Government loves this because of the income potential . Maybe at one time it was about correction of problems but it's strictly income and that alone .
And big business loves this too, from the manufacturers to the large construction outfits. I believe the onslaught of regulations (at this point in time) are designed to put the little guy out of business - I call it the Wal-mart doctrine. Sure safety and environmental regulations are needed and our society demands them, but one can go to far and into the realm of insanity which we are seeing now.
Usually the biggest players in any field are the ones lobbying Congress and Fed gov't departments to develop more regulations in an industry - from licensing to safety. The big corp's have the money and a board room of lawyers to comply with it - the small guy does not. Put the small guy out of business and there's more market share. Crony capitalism at it's finest and it's been going on for a while.
Now to comment on the original topic - I see nothing wrong with it and it won't affect the ROPS one bit. If a weld that small affected the structural composition of that ROPS then that D6 cutting edge we welded on the bottom of my 953 bucket 7 years ago should have already been ripped off with 2000 hours of use or the bucket itself imploded.:cool2
That being said, never weld, drill or alter a ROPS in anyway if you want to trade in or sell the machine to another contractor - the value of the tractor will cut dramatically. Just my $.02 business advice, take it as one will.