[AT] Hi-crop Cats?

[CRAWLER HEAVEN]

I think more common on west coast. I have a customer that has a large farm
in Calfornia that has several 500 Internationals crawlers that they made
into high crops. They grow grapes,asparagus and exotic vegetables,many on
raised beds.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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> Now that is something I've never seen before!  I never even imagined there
> was such a thing as a high crop crawler.  I guess you can tell I'm from
flat
> sandy land.
>
> Charlie
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> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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>
> > There was a small tractor show 10/16 in Hillsboro NJ, and Wayne Smith
took
> > some images that he put up on his Fotki album. There were some nice
> > looking tractors and trucks, but the one that caught my eye was of a
> > couple of "Hi crop" Caterpillar crawlers. One is a Fifteen and the other
> > somewhat smaller. I have never seen anything like that before. The image
> > can be seen at <http://public.fotki.com/SmithFarms/shows/100_3478.html>.
> >
> > I suppose they might have been common on the West Coast, but I can't
even
> > imagine what kind of use they would have around here.
> >
> > The weather was damp, and the ground was muddy, so the event was poorly
> > attended, but it looks like the exhibitors had fun. Wayne said the
> > earthmoving types had a big pile of dirt they were pushing up and then
> > leveling.
> >
> > Mike
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> > Mike Sloane
> > Allamuchy NJ
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> > Images: <www.fotki.com/mikesloane>
> >
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