Before you spend a dollar on repairs or write off a machine, find out where you actually stand. A ROPS Certification Pre-Check is a free review in which one of our licensed engineers looks at photos of your equipment and tells you whether your rollover protective structure can be repaired and certified — or whether the cab needs to be replaced. No cost, no obligation, and no need to move your machine. Just send us clear photos and get a straight answer.

A ROPS Certification Pre-Check is the first step in the certification process, where a licensed structural engineer reviews photos of your machine to determine whether its Rollover Protective Structure can be repaired and certified. It’s a fast, no-cost assessment that tells you — before any work begins — whether your equipment is a candidate for on-site repair and re-certification, or whether the structure is too compromised and the cab needs replacing. Think of it as the diagnosis that comes before the treatment: it saves you from paying for repairs that won’t pass, or from scrapping a machine that could have been saved. At ROPS Certification LLC, this pre-check is always free.

The pre-check is simple on your end and thorough on ours. You send photos of your machine and its ROPS or FOPS structure, and our engineer evaluates the condition of the frame, the extent of any damage, and whether the structure can be restored to standard. Specifically, our engineer is looking to answer three questions:

• Can this structure be repaired to specification? Not every bend or crack is a write-off — many are fully repairable and re-certifiable.
• What repair work would it require? This gives you a realistic picture of scope before you commit.
• Does the cab need to be replaced instead? If the structure is too compromised to safely certify, we’ll tell you honestly rather than repair something that won’t hold up.

Because rollover protection is a life-safety system, this evaluation is done by a qualified engineer — not guessed at from a parts counter or a general repair estimate.

1. Take photos of your machine. Capture the overall equipment plus close-ups of the ROPS/FOPS structure and any damage, cracks, bends, or previous welds. (See “What photos should I send?” below.)
2. Send them to us. Submit your photos through our contact page or call (206) 947-1396 and we’ll tell you where to send them.
3. Get your answer — free. Our engineer reviews the photos and tells you whether your ROPS can be repaired and certified, what that would involve, and what the next step looks like.

There’s no charge for this, and you’re under no obligation to move forward.

The better your photos, the faster and more accurate your pre-check. For the best results, include:

• A full-side view of the entire machine so we can identify make, model, and configuration.
• Close-ups of the ROPS/FOPS structure from multiple angles — the posts, roof frame, and mounting points.
• Clear shots of the damage — any bends, cracks, dents, tears, or rust, taken close enough to see detail.
• Any existing or previous welds or repairs on the structure.
• The ROPS data plate or placard if one is present and still legible.

Don’t worry about getting it perfect — if we need another angle, we’ll simply ask. Send what you have and we’ll take it from there.

By the end of your free pre-check, you’ll know exactly where your machine stands and what your options are. You’ll learn whether the structure can be repaired and certified on-site, what that repair would generally involve, or — if it can’t be saved — that a cab replacement is the safer, more cost-effective route. Either way, you get an honest, engineer-backed answer instead of a guess, which means no money spent on repairs that won’t pass inspection and no machine scrapped that could have been kept in service.

We offer the pre-check at no charge because we’d rather earn your trust with a straight answer than sell you a repair you don’t need. A quick photo review costs you nothing and gives you clarity — and if your machine is a good candidate for repair and re-certification, we’re ready to handle it. Over more than a decade of ROPS and FOPS work nationwide, that honest, no-pressure approach is exactly why owners, fleet managers, and dealerships keep calling us back.

If your ROPS can be repaired and certified, we move to the next step: ROPS Repair and On-Site Check, where our team schedules a visit around your operation, supervises the repair, and monitors the welding — all at your machine’s location, so you never have to transport it. From there, the work goes through structural-engineer approval and final on-site re-certification, ending with a metal compliance placard and a safety certificate signed by our licensed engineers. The pre-check is simply the free first step that gets it all started.