Articulated tractor with cabin housing operator's seat and controls above rear wheels overlooking attached implements

A tractor which comprises:

• means for driving the tractor comprising only one engine;
• front and rear sets of ground wheels having respectively front and rear axes of rotation, all of said ground wheels driven by said engine;
• a frame which comprises a front portion and a rear portion, said portions being pivotable relative to each other about a substantially vertical axis located between said front and rear horizontal axes of said ground wheels, said engine being mounted on said front portion of said frame;
• an operator's seat and operating controls including steering controls from which the tractor is steerable and controllable, a console proximate said operator's seat, at least part of said steering and operating controls being mounted on said console;
• a cabin mounted on said rear portion of said frame as seen in side view above said rear set of said ground wheels whereby said cabin extends both forward and to the rear of said rear axis of rotation as seen in plan, said console together with said operator's seat and said controls being mounted on said rear portion of said frame and being turnable through substantially 180.degree. about a substantially vertical axis of a pivot disposed under said seat within said cabin which is not so turnable, and means being provided to retain said console including said operator's seat and controls in a position selected from one in which an operator occupying said seat faces generally forward and one in which such operator faces generally rearward of the tractor, said seat being at least in part directly vertically above the front half of said rear ground wheels as seen from the side in both said selected positions;
• a lifting device extending rearwardly from said rear portion of said frame near said cabin whereby an operator in said seat has a direct view of an implement attached to said lifting device.