Racket busters

With a quiet cab at the top of many tractor buyers' wish lists, agricultural equipment manufacturers are pursuing every opportunity possible to shed decibels.

Since the days, several decades ago, when there was no acoustic trim or materials applied to agricultural tractor cabs, manufacturers have become keenly aware of the importance of a quiet cab to equipment buyers and operators and are now investing heavily in software and testing to identify and suppress sources of noise.

According to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, prolonged exposure to agricultural noises could result in permanent hearing loss as well as create a greater risk to workers by causing stress that can lead to poor health and leading to accidents as a result of difficult communication.