I agree with you Rick and appreciate scottys comments as well {on wide fronts there's another factor at work. There is typically a limit to how much the front will pivot. Once that limit is reached, the tractor is putting more of it's wieght on the side to which it's tipping, moving the center of gravity closer to that side, and closer to the side of the rectangular box.}
In the end, plenty of both have been rolled, and I'd chalk most of them up to the operator, not the design... ............... I wish I still had my 1st tractor that my wife and I bought for our 1st small farm JD M these were offset wide front ... And Yeah Boy ! in right conditions that front azle will walk right under the front end and could easily flop it over ,,, another Escapade happened with a loaded wood trailer attached going along the side hill ridge across the steady giving way to steep pasture ,, The Ground had been froze serveral inches down , The nice Morning SUN hit the 1st half inch of mud slick grass and had just started to THAW that morning , MAKING IT SLICK AS CAT GUT !,..The little M started moving faster sideways than forward in Low gear , I flipped kill switch! , and it kept scooting ,ONLY TIME TO DATE that I ever BAILED OFF a tractor in fear of looming danger,. Everything slid sideways some 100 ft Slow Motion like down to the steepest part , it took a minute and I was able to grab My Saw from the uphill side of trailer , then AlL gained speed and nearly had the tractor on its side ( Trailer hitch was holding It nearly jack knifed ) when it came to rest in the little bottom .. Now we were in a better area to get ou than on top of the ridge ..LOL . . Took a Deep Breath , hopped on the silly thing and was able to back up , wiggle the steering and get the front end back down to where all was comfortable and deemed unharmed ,then cross the creek and Come out the much safer moderate slope to get up to the house.... 30 years AGO
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