You mentioned a wide front end to solve the issue in your post. Well a friend and I had a frendly little disagrement over that exact issue.
I will certianly agree a wide front end would be more stable on rough ground. But I would suggest once you get the wide front end under it you run one front wheel up on a ramp, say four foot high. Then study how far the front wheel has to go up the ramp till the bolster makes contact at all. In a incident your tractor is that far over---and your front wheels would be level, soooo the tractor tiiiiippppped the same angle (as the ramp in this example)--- well just see for yourself.
Wide fronts are thought by many to be safer, but for another example, you can also take a toy tractor with a wide front end and try to tip it over---see where the wide front actualy gives ANY resistance. We (EMS) had a class on tractor roll overs years ago, and the instructor pointed this out. He was refering to hill side stability at the time.
Rear weights, and carry the load real low as others have stated. I'm glad you can tell the story. Keep telling others, it may save a life. I read once how many seconds it takes to roll a tractor, compared to reaction time.
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