Weird Grader Applications

[farm_boy]

Anyone have knowledge (or better yet pictures) of strange applications for a grader. I found this one the other day in California. I can't say that I have seen a grader used for clearing tumble weeds!!

[Wolf]

Why not? In California, anything goes.

(Some would say that's innovation.)

[334 lawn co]

ive seen one completely outfitted with boom mowers on the sides and a flail underneath. pretty cool lookin. no pics though.

[Wulf]

farm_boy are you sure that Deere doesn't have some secret revolutionary circle and moldboard under development and that isn't just camouflage?

[farm_boy]

Come on Wulf....I'm not that connected. As you may tell, I am a tiny bit bias towards the leaping deer, but this just happened to be a 672 working along side of the road. I just thought others might have some far out there applications they have seen graders in. Lawn co had a great one that I would have never thought about.

[Grader4me]

I'm not crazy about his methods, as he has a lot of material coming up over his circle etc. I would assume that he is dragging it so far, then dumping into a pile.
I think the best way to do that(for loose material, grass etc.)is extend the moldboard to the far left or right(depends which way you are cutting) and make your passes, keeping the material on one side of the grader. This way you have better control of carrying and discharging your material. Also if carrying it and dumping into a pile, you can dump and not have to drive your front end up into the material that you previously dumped.

keep in mind that common sense also comes into play, as you would not want to load your moldboard so heavily on one side that it is causing strain on the moldboard/circle etc.

Type of material will dictate on how much you can carry.

[Taylortractornu]

The county here has a few old 12's here they use with the old style boom mowers. cylinders with sheaves on the ends to run the boom no blade just a mover for the boom arm. I have a Cat book from Canade thats got old Cat pics in action with a 12 with the hand slappers controls with a Martin Grader/Scraper attachment Its just a 3 maybe 4 yard Bowl that goes on a short draw bar. Looked good for moving material. and also some hub work. My new uncle has a pit and he uses a grader to mix his gravel and push a slot to the dozer at the same time so not to wear out his dozer. He moves alot of material this way. The most incredible thing though was in Birmingham a year ago I saw a 143 with a push block push loading 621's a a few 627's. The foreman said the block was from Cat and is saed alot of wear on the dozers in under carriage and time.

[Squizzy246B]

I got a bit concerned when I saw "Weird" and "grader" in the title but I see its about the machines not the operators

[Grader4me]

Originally Posted by Squizzy246B

I got a bit concerned when I saw "Weird" and "grader" in the title but I see its about the machines not the operators

Originally Posted by Squizzy246B
I visualise a fat balding, hairy legged, Grader driver in a frock with an apron vacuuming with an electrolux!.

You just can't get it out of your head can you?

[Squizzy246B]

Originally Posted by Grader4me

You just can't get it out of your head can you?

I'm haunted...can't sleep for it

[Grader4me]

Originally Posted by Squizzy246B

I'm haunted...can't sleep for it

Therapy may be your only way out of this

[CM1995]

Originally Posted by Taylortractornu

The county here has a few old 12's here they use with the old style boom mowers. cylinders with sheaves on the ends to run the boom no blade just a mover for the boom arm. I have a Cat book from Canade thats got old Cat pics in action with a 12 with the hand slappers controls with a Martin Grader/Scraper attachment Its just a 3 maybe 4 yard Bowl that goes on a short draw bar. Looked good for moving material. and also some hub work. My new uncle has a pit and he uses a grader to mix his gravel and push a slot to the dozer at the same time so not to wear out his dozer. He moves alot of material this way. The most incredible thing though was in Birmingham a year ago I saw a 143 with a push block push loading 621's a a few 627's. The foreman said the block was from Cat and is saed alot of wear on the dozers in under carriage and time.

What company was using the 14 to push scrapers?

[plowking740]

ive seen that before. A guy back home had 4 621's and used to use one of his 740 champs with a dozer blade to help load. He said it saved him a little on moving costs, plus it saved him a machine ( his D8) for another job)

[Grader4me]

Have any of you guy's ever tryed these blades?





Picture from LSW Wear Parts LTD, Fredericton N.B.

[DR RPM]

Those look like Sandvic's, really cut the ice on the gravel roads.