not a cat

its not a cat ,but has anyone seen an international 500 wide guage crawler with a three point hitch and a pto. this thing is almost 7 ft wide . almost in perfect condition . undercarriage is like new . not a dent . the old gentleman wants 2500.00 .. does anyone have any info on this critter?? mike.

Hi, Michael Cremonini.
If my memory serves me right, the 500 was a gas crawler and, like most of the IH agricultural crawlers, was a fairly reliable machine. You can find far more informed people over at Redpower:

http://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/index.php

At $2,500, that little jigger sounds like a reasonable buy, especially if it is in as good a condition as you describe. Wide gauge, 3PTL and a PTO are all bonuses.

Here is a photo of what I think is a similar tractor with a dozer fitted.

http://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=66848

Happy hunting.

deas, that a standard 48" gauge td5, the predesessor of the 500 series tractors. if mike found a wide 500 i'll be 6' wide with the options you pictured. that is a very good price.