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With its origin lost in antiquity, the adage, “It is better to have it and not need it than it is to need it -and not have it” never meant more than it does now in the matter of a crush-resistant cab or a roll-over bar on your tractor.

“It is rare that you will get a chance to need the safeguards a second time,” warned E.S. Smith, a Virginia Tech associate professor or agricultural engineering.

An Extension specialist in farm machinery, Smith continued: “Of the 1,000 or so lives lost each year to tractor accidents, fully 600 are caused by tractors overturning. And, some 450 of those deaths could be prevented by installing a safety cab or a well engin

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