chinese mini crawlers
longdog
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2005-12-06 120495
i'm looking to buy a chinese mini crawler for
my vineyard. anybody have experience-good or bad?
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Peters
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3034 Northern AL Pics |
2005-12-06 120500
McCormick Tractor which was part of the IH split up in Europe has one. ....
Link: McCormick
 
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Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada Pics |
2005-12-06 120508
Personally, I don't think I'd want to re-invent the wheel.
The Italians have some excellent equipment, both wheeled & tracked, which was designed & proven based on MANY years of doing exactly what you are looking to do.
Best of luck. ....
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Peters
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3034 Northern AL Pics |
2005-12-06 120512
Murf; FYI The McCormick is an Italian machine that might be sold locally. I guess we are saying the same thing, but approaching it differently. ....
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Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada Pics |
2005-12-06 120515
Peters, I missed that.
I was thinking more of the 'traditional' units like those by Ferari, Lamborghini, Goldoni, Carraro, Grillo, ROC, and many others that are widely available in NA in areas where there are lots of vineyards or orchards.
Best of luck. ....
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kthompson
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5275 South Carolina Pics |
2005-12-06 120518
Peters,
I used the link you had and did not find crawlers. Is it me? Are all McCormicks made overseas? For some reason I thought they were at least some made here.
I have been told all flail mowers come from Italy. I know what brochures I have seen show vineyards. ....
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Peters
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3034 Northern AL Pics |
2005-12-06 120523
Murf;
I don't have any of the other Italian dealers close and have really never seen them, but do have a McCormick dealer over by Cullman AL and thought they would be more widely distributed.
The McCormick link is below. It is hidden in the grounds care. ....
Link: McCormick T
 
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kthompson
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5275 South Carolina Pics |
2005-12-06 120525
Peters,
as my father in law said, that is a cute as a rubber tail mule.
Thank you for the link,
kt ....
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Carldarnell
Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 91 Taylorsville Ky |
2005-12-07 120579
Just curious but why would a tracked tractor be better than a wheeled tractor in a vinyard? ....
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Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada Pics |
2005-12-07 120581
Two reasons mostly, first in southern Europe a lot of the vineyards are on hillsides so steep you can hardly walk up them, they are terraced, but you still have to go up & down the same amount.
Secondly, and most importantly, crawlers spread the weight out over a MUCH larger area, so they don't compress the soil over the root systems, as an added bonus, tracks are not nearly as tall as tires, so they can be built closer to the ground, both for stability, and to prevent damage to the branches by going under them.
Best of luck. ....
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Carldarnell
Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 91 Taylorsville Ky |
2005-12-07 120582
Thanks Murf
Carl ....
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kevanos
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 43 Indiana |
2007-01-19 138922
ALL McCormicks are made overseas. McCormick originally came out of the old IH plant in England, which they are now closing down. The others are built in Italy in the Landini/ARGO factories. ....
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