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Struck Crawler Still Making Tracks
After 38 years, the all-steel Struck crawler tractor is still winning the hearts and minds of do-it-yourselfers and small contractors across North America. Equipped with loader, backhoe, tree spade or grapple fork, there isn't much it can't do.
"About 80 percent of our buyers are homeowners who need commercial q
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Struck Crawler Still Making Tracks MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 30-6-30 After 38 years, the all-steel Struck crawler tractor is still winning the hearts and minds of do-it-yourselfers and small contractors across North America. Equipped with loader, backhoe, tree spade or grapple fork, there isn't much it can't do.
"About 80 percent of our buyers are homeowners who need commercial quality work done, but they want to do it themselves," says Chris Bonniwell, C.F. Struck Co. "Each crawler is built to order and built completely in Cedarburg, Wis."
The crawler tractors are available with a variety of attachments built by Struck. Dozens of other attachments from manufacturers can also be used. Equipped with live pto and rear 3-pt. hitch, the Struck crawler can also pull a wide variety of Category 1 implements from plows and tillers to rough cut mowers.
"What sets Struck crawlers apart are the all-steel tracks," says Bonniwell. "Even rubber tracks won't take the abuse of steel tracks."
Struck crawler tractors are available in two models. The Magnatrac 4800 has a 25 hp gas engine and a list price of $11,725. The Magnatrac 7000 has a 31 hp gas engine and lists for $15,905. At the recent Lawn, Garden & Power Equipment Exposition in Louisville, Ky., a 7000 model outfitted with excavation bucket and grapple on the front and backhoe kit was priced at $27,105.
Bonniwell says people will say, "I have a loader." He tells them, "Yours won't do what ours will. Because of the traction and low center of gravity, we can dig right down into a hole and climb right out again."
The Struck tractor hasn't changed in 38 years. It's still one of the heaviest-built rigs out there. The company uses the latest in computer-aided design, welding technology and computer-aided fabricating.
"Even our weight box on the front is strong enough to plow dirt with," says Bonniwell. "We joke that you could air lift our units by their steel hoods. You won't find any plastic or cup holders on Struck crawlers. They're all about getting work done."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, C.F. Struck Corp., P.O. Box 307, Cedarburg, Wis. 53012 (ph 262 377-3300; fax 262 377-9247; info@StruckCorp.com; www. StruckCorp.com).
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