All Hayter ride-on mowers will be supplied as standard with ROPS with immediate effect, the company has announced.

The legal situation currently is that mounting points for ROPS must be made available on all new ride-on grass cutting machinery, but in practice most companies will also supply the ROPS as well. There is however, no legal requirement for the end user to fit ROPS. Hayter says it has lobbied hard for the industry to fit ROPS as standard and now claims to have taken the initiative.

“Many end users already specify ROPS as standard and their use is steadily increasing.”said David Sturges, Hayter sales and marketing director.

“What we are doing is a logical progression and underlines our commitment to operator safety. It is important to note that not all ROPS frames and cabs are tested to the same standards. All ROPS fitted to Hayter products are tested to stringent European standards.”