There is also a new header height sensing system for rigid platforms. The new mechanical header height sensing system for 600 Rigid Platforms is a major improvement for rigid platform operation. This system automatically maintains a consistent cut height from 4- to 14-inches over uneven field terrain.Cutting capacity has also been improved on the 600 Series Platforms.7020 tractorsDeere has also introduced three new models of 7020 tractors designed with new styling, cabs, frames, and engines for greater productivity, reliability and value. The tractors are the 7720 rated at 140 PTO hp, the 7820 at 155-hp and the 7920 which features 170-hp.

DR POWERWAGON: Next size down in size and capacity are the DR Powerwagons--a unique line of powered garden carts made by Country Home Products, Meigs Road, P.O. Box 25, Vergennes, VT 05491; (800 711-7276. All sizes are tank-tough and capable of hauling 800 pounds of bricks, firewood, garden compost or rocks. They are maneuvered by hand with stout handles and castoring wheels at the back, thus avoiding the steering mechanism that would boost their cost. GARDEN WAY CARTS: And finally, if a powered hauler is more than you can justify, get yourself a shiny, metal frame and brown stained, plywood box-bodied Garden Way-style garden cart like you see in many rural and sub-urban gardens. These carts were designed by Garden Way founders Eddie Robinson and Lyman Wood back in the 1940s; they took their inspiration from the amazingly well-balanced, high-wheeled railway station baggage cans of the day. You may remember Garden Way carts from the magazine ads that compared their lightweight and easy-dumping gardening convenience with a tippy, back-straining wheelbarrow. cardoorlockheater Perfectly balanced on easy-turning, rustproof, chrome-plated spoked wheels, a box cart will let you haul bulky or heavy loads of all kinds over an acre or so of flatland. A word of caution: Don''t overload them. I once boldly filled a small model #16 (so-named for its 16-inch wheels) with 200 pounds of flatrock and pulled it down a foot-high patio ledge. The load (twice the cart''s rated capacity), collapsed the spokes in both wheels.

ENDING THE CYCLE OF POVERTYProviding decent, affordable shelter, and creating a sense of security and comfort is primary to Habitat''s mission. "Many people in our homes came from rental units that didn''t even have heating and cooling systems," says Tucson HFH''s Yvonne Coelet. Sixteen-year-old Isaac Felix lives with his mother and four siblings in a four-bedroom, passive-solar, rammed-earth house built by Tucson Habitat for Humanity. "The neat thing about our house is that when it''s hot outside, it''s cool in side, and when it''s cold outside, it''s warm inside. We don''t even have to use our air conditioner or heater," Felix says.

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