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Recent content by 140Monster

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    Fine grading with gps

    totally up to you terrasmooth, im just saying what i found best. the advice from SITECH whom we bought the gear from said some people calibrate 4 times a day. to keep it all good, he said at least twice, especially if your working super elevations all day. its just me but i would much rather be...
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    770 blade lift valve body problems

    sound like a spool valve problem. . getting stuck.
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    GRADERS for Road maintance

    if one cat 140 cant keep 10km of road in good nick, sack the driver and look for someone good. 10km is like 5 days work if you put alot of effort into drainage and grass cleaning and crown. . a grade everyweek is heaps, , run out of stuff to grade will be your trouble. make sure you get a good...
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    Cats moving 500,000 lb oak

    everyones an expert, lol. who cares, its not your gear....
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    best grease?

    loving caterpillar ultra 5. contain 5% moly, if you dont use this on the cat graders it voids your warranty, has a very high shock and load capability.
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    Fine grading with gps

    i wonder if the valve speed is too high, over corrects itself instead of correcting the problem, that would explain the duckwalk, i run both sides on auto with the 140m no dramas at all. thats using uts.
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    soft shoulder repair

    yeah pug, or if its only 500 cubics just mix it in either with loader or grader. . work out how much material you have then how much cement mix it in then throw it in shoulder. 1.5% is a fine amount for a moisture drawback but if its real wet i would make it 2%. wont lose your base strength just...
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    Cross slope for Motorgrader

    we do roads that have sometime 3 controlled layers all with survey verification and compaction and depth tests, if the plan says 130mm thicks layer and it gets tested and its 110 we gota rip it up and go again...so having machine control from subgrade, then sub base, then 2 layer base, makes it...
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    soft shoulder repair

    we find that you could add up to 2% cement in you base not to set it off quick but you willl find it will suck that moisture out. .
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    Trimble Laser-Augmented GCS900 System

    i have the GCS900 UTS system using the robot, doing road construction, on a 140m. makes the grader really be the brain of the whold site, all levels and lines all there, we only work 300m at one time, set the robot up in the middle. i have brought up with our rep about having another machine in...
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    Fine grading with gps

    it sounds like the Gcs900 system, we have that system on our 140m, we have had little issues but the biggest advise it to calibrate your machine everymorning and if your on tight tolerances like you are, i would be doing it every 4 hours. . . once you calibrate the grader then start with setting...
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    Aftermarket grader cutting edges, price and favorite website??

    Tried them all mate and Cat edges have been the best for us...... not sure whether the same in the states but if you get a pack of 10 its 30% off. not sure of the price though
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    Cutting edges and tires..........

    2 things, i have never seen a john deere pull a cat, and i have seen a cat pull a john deere 4 times now..... and also Queenslander, those tyres are pretty good, i had those on a 140h tier and got great wear, though when the tread gets low you will find you may get a flat or 2. and before...
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