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[9420pullpan]

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[Dwan Hall]

I see fenders, Always woundered why no one ran fenders on a grader. No one has ever given me a real good reason.

[plowking740]

When I lived in Central Canada, I ran 140 g and a 740 champion. We made rear fenders for both and I tell you, it sure helped to keep the machine clean, and I found that with radial tires, they would throw the odd stone. the fenders helped eliminate this. In the winter we hung a small set behind the front tires as well to help keep the windows clean.

[Dozerboy]

I don't get the blade on the front whats that about?

[Grader4me]

I see fenders, Always woundered why no one ran fenders on a grader. No one has ever given me a real good reason.


Duan, We have fenders on all of our graders. They are a must in winter operations. The front fenders keeps the crap off the front windshield and the rear fenders keeps the door/side/rear windows clean.
They are great any time of year, for example if the road is wet when travelling to a job you always have a clean windshield.

[Grader4me]

I don't get the blade on the front whats that about?


Plowking and I discussed in previous threads about some of the uses of this front blade. It comes in very handy in a lot of different situations. Like the fenders, most of our graders have a front blade.
We started out with home made ones, now they are factory built (very nice)

[stevinmonteur]

HBM BG 110 TA 3 grader

[Grader4me]

Welcome to HEF :) Different little grader there...any more pictures of it?

[9420pullpan]

i have a few new ones
these small graders would be real nice in some small areas around here


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[equipment fan]

Hi guys,whats your opinion on the terex grader:confused: I dont have a chance to try it but anyone of you have try it this terex grader?If you dont have tried terex grader,give me your opinion.It`s look like perfect for confined area.


equipment fan:drinkup

[Deas Plant]

Hi, Folks.
With many graders, especially the older tandem drive models that didn't have a differential, that front blade would be worth its weight in gold, even if you never put it in the ground, just for the improvement in the steering.

Then there is the ability to spread rough fill, knock over truckloads of material quickly and easily, push small trees AND drag back out of blind corners that you can't get the grader blade into.

[Grader4me]

Hi, Folks.
With many graders, especially the older tandem drive models that didn't have a differential, that front blade would be worth its weight in gold, even if you never put it in the ground, just for the improvement in the steering.

Then there is the ability to spread rough fill, knock over truckloads of material quickly and easily, push small trees AND drag back out of blind corners that you can't get the grader blade into.

:iagree Your right Deas, front blade is worth it's weight in gold. I kinda like the little grader with the front bucket :)

[Deas Plant]

Hi, Grader4me.
Yes, I agree. That little F.E. loader would have some uses. It would also be a tad more practical than one machine I saw a while back, an Allis Chalmers DD grader with a REAR end loader attachment. Can you imagine the crick you would have in your neck from using THAT all day long?

Did you know that you can jack up ANY wheel on most 6-wheeled, tandem-drive graders just by using the blade lift the right way?

[stevinmonteur]

O&K F156A grader with blade extension
Betuwelijn, Tiel, the Netherlands

[Grader4me]

Hi, Grader4me.
Yes, I agree. That little F.E. loader would have some uses. It would also be a tad more practical than one machine I saw a while back, an Allis Chalmers DD grader with a REAR end loader attachment. Can you imagine the crick you would have in your neck from using THAT all day long?

Did you know that you can jack up ANY wheel on most 6-wheeled, tandem-drive graders just by using the blade lift the right way?

Yup..Been there done that. Great way to install your tire chains when needed in slippery conditions.

Now that last picture of the blade extension...Wonder what they would use that for? The way that it is mounted..bolted on with some sort of bracket:confused:
It is well below the moldboard so it wouldn't be very versitile(sp). For example it you lowered the right side (attachment side) it would cut more to the inside of the attachment as the same would happen if you lowered the left side. The only way that you could put more pressure on the outer edge of the attachment blade would be to raise the left side all the way up and lower the right side. God I'm getting myself confused.
I am sure they must have an application where this works well.

[Steve Frazier]

One application for the blade extension I've seen is grading base material to the shoulder of the road from existing pavement. The main blade skims the existing pavement and the extension acts as a screed to get the base to proper grade for paving.

[Grader4me]

I was thinking that it would be used for shoulder work similar to what you decribed Steve. What is throwing me off is the way the blade is mounted...it is so much lower than the moldboard. Skimming the existing road with the moldboard would put the attachment 8 to 10 inches into the shoulder. Having said that I am sure that they have good reason for that type of mount. Interesting stuff :)

[plowking740]

I have used a 'blade' like that for doing curb rehab.
after the curb is removed, the new gravel was laid on the asphalt and that little 'blade' was instaled to the right hight (Aprox 6 below existing Asphalt grade) all I had to do was hit the float switches, and just move the gravel into the hole. some times I had to streight blade a little if there was too much material, but once I figured out what I needed, I knew how much material to dump at once.

After that, set some string line, and the curb machine trims it and the little bit that it spits out is used beside the curb, under the pavement.
Sounds different, but it helped me do a mile of curb prep in no time at all.

[tylermckee]

I have used a 'blade' like that for doing curb rehab.
after the curb is removed, the new gravel was laid on the asphalt and that little 'blade' was instaled to the right hight (Aprox 6 below existing Asphalt grade) all I had to do was hit the float switches, and just move the gravel into the hole. some times I had to streight blade a little if there was too much material, but once I figured out what I needed, I knew how much material to dump at once.

After that, set some string line, and the curb machine trims it and the little bit that it spits out is used beside the curb, under the pavement.
Sounds different, but it helped me do a mile of curb prep in no time at all.

:cool: Sounds pretty slick when you have the right conditions

[JDOFMEMI]

I was thinking that it would be used for shoulder work similar to what you decribed Steve. What is throwing me off is the way the blade is mounted...it is so much lower than the moldboard. Skimming the existing road with the moldboard would put the attachment 8 to 10 inches into the shoulder. Having said that I am sure that they have good reason for that type of mount. Interesting stuff :)

I have used a template(Thats what we call them here) like that to cut subgrade on a shoulder or for sidewalks. The depth of that makes me think it is for subgrade on a shoulder. After the subgrade is cut, you would adjust the mounting, or install a different one to cut the base grade ready for pavement. They will usually have slotted bolt holes to allow adjustment up or down depending on the specs of the job. When done, take it off and stor it till next time, and use the blade in the regular way.

[Grader4me]

This is probably what they were doing, curbs or sidewalks. I never had any experience doing that type of work with a grader (sheltered life). Thanks for the information guys! :)

[Countryboy]

I think the County has one here although I think theirs is homemade. I know I've seen one although at the time I didn't know what it was until yall was talking about it.

I like the box on the front of that grader. It would be nice if you knew you weren't going to be using that blade.

[Motor Grader]

We delivered this grader in Sweden last year. Note the fenders and cab over hang extensions. My customer made these modifications and they look pretty good.

Bryan Abernathy
VP Sales & Marketing
Champion Motor Graders
www.championmotorgraders.us

[Motor Grader]

Hi, Folks.
With many graders, especially the older tandem drive models that didn't have a differential, that front blade would be worth its weight in gold, even if you never put it in the ground, just for the improvement in the steering.

Then there is the ability to spread rough fill, knock over truckloads of material quickly and easily, push small trees AND drag back out of blind corners that you can't get the grader blade into.

I concur with your explanation of the front blade. We build anywhere from 60 to 80 motor graders a year and probably 98% of those leave here with the front blade installed. We also install 2 sets of scarfiers on our blade that you manually flip over when some light ripping is required.

[Grader4me]

I like the fenders that you have designed. They look lightweight but rugged. Any set of fenders that I had or seen, had the mud flaps installed on them as well. I found that if you didn't install the mud flaps some material would still come back onto the windows, plus it gives it the finished look.

I also like the front blade with the scarfier attachment although I preferred the scarfiers mounted behind the front wheels the best. Does your front blade extend out beyond the tires a bit?

[Motor Grader]

I like the fenders that you have designed. They look lightweight but rugged. Any set of fenders that I had or seen, had the mud flaps installed on them as well. I found that if you didn't install the mud flaps some material would still come back onto the windows, plus it gives it the finished look.

I also like the front blade with the scarfier attachment although I preferred the scarfiers mounted behind the front wheels the best. Does your front blade extend out beyond the tires a bit?

Our 7' blade tucks just inside the tires while our 8' sticks out. The scarfiers are light duty and we build a rear mounted "rippifier" that really gets the job done.

Definition of "rippifier" Not big enough to be considered a ripper and too big to be a scarfier. Thats what happens when Canadians and Americans get together for beer and discuss graders. Hope your smiling Rob!

[stevinmonteur]

grader extension used for broadening the motorway

[Grader4me]

Great looking attachment. The two turnbuckles must be to adjust the slope of the attachment one way or the other. Cool:cool: thanks for sharing. Seems when they have a certain type of job to do with that grader they just build something to do it with.

[JDOFMEMI]

I have no pictures, but a friend of mine has put together 2-16' moldboards on a 16G to make a 32' cutting edge for pulling canal slopes. That takes a little more talent than normal to run accurateley

[Grader4me]

I have no pictures, but a friend of mine has put together 2-16' moldboards on a 16G to make a 32' cutting edge for pulling canal slopes. That takes a little more talent than normal to run accurateley

That would be something to see alright. With that much blade pulling up the slopes it would definitely pull your grader toward the cut. It would be tricky alright:yup To bad you never had some pictures....

[ledsel]

[QUOTE=9420pullpan;26684]i have a few new ones
these small graders would be real nice in some small areas around here


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My old 1948 Champion had the same style circle shift as this Terex.

[schuiver]

Here a Picture of a HBM 130 TA4 weight 13 ton

[GPSGrader]

Man I sure wish I had a handy front dozer blade. Then again, I might get in trouble with it pushing a dump truck out of my way... what a nice work tool though. As for the "notching shoe," as we call them here, I hope I never have to use one again. We had to grade a spot 4.5 ft wide between new asphalt and a permanent concrete wall. Turning the circle shortens the width, obviously, and mouldboard tilt will change the cutting depth slightly. I ran the ski on the asphalt (shop made blades with flat blades under them to work like a ski) and bladed the rock from the concrete towards the asphalt. Took several passes but ended up blading the excess onto the asphalt in a windrow to be picked up. It gets tricky when the inside blade end gets to the ashpalt edge you are working, takes concentration to not cut too much or leave rock in the notch. I eventually set up the same way each pass and found a point on the grader to line up with. I'll stop rambling now.

[schuiver]

Frontblade is usefel fos spreading material that is brought by dumpers, this grader weights 19 tons and has all wheel drive.