It's something to avoid, 2 scenarios, the one you mention, I don't think you can get your feet and legs clear in time, you kind of straddle these kind of tractors, seat with belt and r.o.p.s. is what you need to install.
The other scenario is when the nose comes up and it flips backward, you get caught like a mouse in a trap. Cannot be too careful towing things with one of these.
Heavily ballasted, both wheels and something on the back end and with a bucket loader installed, something like the 800 series ford, which is not that far removed from one of these, is actually quite tolerant of side slopes, though you can slide on wet grass, I think it's a matter of knowing the limits, respecting same if you don't have a seat with a belt and r.o.p.s installed. If it goes over, without these safety accessories installed, really hard to say, sideways maybe you can get your feet out, all it takes is your pants getting caught, backwards not good, keep em upright and don't push the limits, I've posted the article of the person near us who ended up under a brush hog, after getting bounce out of a 640 ford, we also lost a distant cousin within the same year, tried to pull something out, went over backwards, both incidents were fatal.
I've dealt with hills here since a kid, I'd not own a utility size tractor like one of these unless it had a loader, wheel weights and or loaded tires, low center of gravity models even better, but the standard row crop hundred series width seems fine on the slopes, the loader allows you to ballast the front too.
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