I have never been in a tractor cab. I like the open platform, think if I was buying a tractor and cab or open was same price I would go for the open.
I can't say that I've ever heard anyone claim that before with a straight face. I probably still have a few thousand more hours seat time in an open station tractor, but that will even out and swing the other way before too long. Employers have found that it is far more economical to buy cab tractors for their employees since they get so much more production out of the operators. Other than just for that "cheapo" tractor to leave out in the field, a very warm place would freeze over before I'd ever consider a tractor without a cab again!
Reasons to love an open station:
- heat stroke in summer
- frostbite in winter
- bug bites most of the year
- interesting things come out of your nose at the end of the day
- grass trimmings blown into my ears and eyes
- ground hornets
- dust in my eyes and mouth
- skin ripped to shreds by thorns when rough cutting
- striped wing flies biting me on the head that won't go away
- gauges fogged over after a few years
- gauges that don't work after a few more years
- ripped seat that somehow allows the padding to hold water for months and keep my rear wet
- wasp nests under my seat
- (honestly) bird droppings in the face
- small limbs smacking me in the face
- etc. etc. etc.