Patent ID: 7438305

Claim:
A tractor comprising: a frame extending longitudinally of the tractor; a plurality of ground wheels connected to the frame for transporting the frame over the ground generally in a direction along the longitudinal direction of the tractor; a cab carried on the frame, the cab having a door on at least one side of the cab defining a cab entry position from which an operator can enter from into the door on said at least one side of the frame for operating the tractor; an engine mounted in an engine compartment on the frame at a position longitudinally spaced from the cab and defining an engine service position along one side of the engine compartment by which the operator can stand on the platform in the engine service position and can access the engine in the engine compartment; an operator platform on said one side of the frame and arranged such that the operator can climb onto the platform from the ground; the operator platform having an inner edge adjacent the side of the frame and an outer edge remote from the frame; the operator platform being mounted on a mounting arrangement for movement longitudinally of the frame between the engine service position and the cab entry position; the mounting arrangement being arranged such that the operator platform moves between the engine service position and the cab entry position such that in both the engine service position and the cab entry position the inner edge of the platform remains adjacent the frame and the outer edge remains remote from the frame.