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February 2018 | EquipmentWorld.com 44 O nce seen as a luxury, stabilizer/reclaimer cabs are now viewed as a necessity by many contractors. Still, plenty of operators run these machines with- out cabs, an add-on that has been on the market for more than 20 years. "There are still older machines out there, and some customers will buy new machines without the cab," says Mark Stahl, recycling products manager at Wirtgen, which introduced its fi rst recyclers, featuring standard enclosed cabs, in 1995. "You see that with recyclers; you see that with rollers; you see that with some dirt equipment. But I would say industrywide, the trend is defi nitely going toward the enclosed cab." There's no question that the environment for recy- clers in either stabilization jobsites or recycling jobsites is plenty dirty, with hazards such as the small, respi- highway contractor | by Joy Powell | JoyPowell@randallreilly.com Recyclers and stabilizers focus on operator features