[AT] Hi-crop Cats?

[charlie hill]

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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Subject: [AT] Hi-crop Cats?


> 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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