Re: the introduction of tractor cabs
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Posted by Steamer on September 01, 1998 at 11:24:13:
In Reply to: the introduction of tractor cabs posted by Kelly on August 28, 1998 at 11:58:51:
The cab as we know it with windows was available on most manufacturers industrial varients right after WWI. The automobile was replacing the horse for transportation, and the roads needed much more maintenance. The window cab allowed the highway workers to continue to operate in inclement weather. The MM UDLX was the first agricultural machine to come standard with a cab (that I know of). This was intended to be both a tractor and a automobile for farmers, since the UDLX had a high range transmission that allowed high transport speeds, and a passenger seat (presumably to carry the wife to church on Sundays). The JD R was also available with a factory cab option, probably designed for industrial use initially, since the R was meant to replace the D in that service. Roll over protective cabs were not available until the 1960's. The Swedish report you reference got a lot of equipment manufacturers thinking about safety. They also had a taste of such things from watching the Ralph Nader, US Government and Auto manufacturers going at it in the late 1950's and early 1960's. There was some incentive to persue such things *before* the government stepped in with some less-than-ideal safety mandates that would wind up costing the tractor companies far more to comply with than inventing things themselves.
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