If any of you were at the Expo last week, you may have seen this 430C Orchard. A very nice crawler. Does anyone have a clue about the origins of the orchard fenders? Are they fabricated or did some aftermarket company have a conversion kit? Just curious.
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That crawler is owned by a good friend of mine frrom Illinois. The fenders that are on it were fabricated by a gentleman that lives near Randy. There are several pics around of two cylinder crawlers with this type of orchard fender on, so I am sure that there was a manufacturer making them at one time. It may have been just a local shop in the area where they were used, but I have heard of and seen pics of several different ones. Also have seen pics of numerous small Caterpillar crawlers with a similar type of fender, but not sure if Cat actually made fenders like that, or was aftermarket.
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