We own tractors old and new as well as cab and open station. Hearing and getting the feel on a modern machine is really a non issue; you'll feel a problem before you hear it and most need to be wearing hearing protection anyway. We parked our "woods" tractor years ago. Anything that will break glass will break bones or give you some pretty bad bruising. We found renting a cab, tracked skid steer for a couple of days a much better option. We have 150 plus acres in woods.