I have been looking at the utility tractors being imported from oversees and my neigbour told me that I should be careful because there maybe some issues with the rollbar. What is he talking about?
A. There are some safety considerations that all prospective buyers of new and used farm equipment should be aware of. Foremost is that when you buy a piece of equipment and it is equipped with a safety feature, the buyer should not assume that the safety feature will protect the operator or other person that may be exposed to the hazard. It can literally become a situation of life or death if the buyer doesn’t verify that the particular safety feature has been designed and was built to an approved Canadian standard. So in the case of equipment built in another country, the question that the buyer has to ask is, was that roll over protective structure, or other safety feature designed and built to meet or exceed the required Canadian standard? If the answer is “no” or “I don’t know”, then you are placing your life or the operator’s life in jeopardy. The good news is that in Manitoba, suppliers have a legal obligation to provide equipment that conforms with the requirements of the Workp
