Preventing Tractor Overturns

By: Jodi Henke

Every year we hear stories of how somebody was injured or killed from a tractor rollover. These things happen in a split second giving the rider no time to think and react. You can’t always prevent an overturn, but your chance of survival is almost guaranteed if there is a rollover protection system on the tractor and you’re buckled in.

Chuck Schwab is an extension safety specialist at Iowa State University. He says tractors have a high center of gravity which makes it easy for them to overturn, especially on a slope.