Why you say Crown is not going to compete in the I/C market. First of all, the majority of the Crown dealers have handled and supported I/C units from Komatsu & Daewoo (maybe others) for many years I would suspect they are capable. This model range is strictly 4-6K cushion units that are used primarily indoors and that's were Crown main line plays well. Having a Crown made & labeled product will give them some added advantages in their primary market place.

Further they will get a lot of mileage out of "paid for demos" through their rental fleet exposures.