My guess is that a person could do anything with a high crop that you'd use a normal tractor for. I personally wouldn't, as you're talking about usually rare and collectible tractors. If I was to use one, I'd limit it's use to cultivators, sprayers and those hill type planters. But, I believe those tractors can take a beating like any other... Look in Tractorhouse sometime. Those high crops coming out of sugar cane country look really whooped... High crop tractors look kind of fragile to me. And I'm pretty sure that if you want a high crop now, all they do is put super tall tires on a tractor. No drop boxes, no high arch axles, no specialty hitches. That's all I've seen, I guess.
My point is, I think they'll take the abuse of farming, but why would you want to put one through that and even risk it? I'd stick to normal Farmalls and such. I think your question is more of what they used to use them for, though. Unless I'm wrong...
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