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[Squizzy246B]

What do you guys think of these:

http://www.compactgrader.com.au/

 

[tonka]

um i'd rather have a skip and drag... but it looks nice i guess

 

[Grader4me]

I know a guy that has a tractor with a back blade, and he trys to maintain the beach road for his tenants. He trys hard but it doesn't work very well. A rig like this would work better.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Squizzy246B]

I know a guy that has a tractor with a back blade, and he trys to maintain the beach road for his tenants. He trys hard but it doesn't work very well. A rig like this would work better.
Thanks for sharing.

You'd have to think it would be the ducks guts in small parking lots and the like??

 

[Grader4me]

You'd have to think it would be the ducks guts in small parking lots and the like??

Oh yeah, I think it would work great in places like that. Small and easy to manuver around. Be fun to try one out..

 

[AusDave]

Cost??

Any idea how much it might cost with various configurations?

Regards AusDave

 

[RonG]

Since it is targeted as a close quarters machine it would benefit a lot by having a blade or better yet a bucket on the front to get in the tight spots that can't be reached with the moldboard.Ron G

 

[Dualie]

I think a skip and a drag is much more versatile with the added benefits of being able to get all the way up into the corners and stockpile materials with the bucket.

 

[Squizzy246B]

Any idea how much it might cost with various configurations?

Regards AusDave

No idea..an asphalt mob I know over here was going to look at them but I haven't heard.

 

[SafetyGloves]

that looks pretty good

 

[tripper_174]

Huber makes something similar. The tractor slightly longer than a standard tractor and it has a dozer blade up front. It is very handy for trimming along freshly poured curb as it can't do much damage and is very good for small parking lots. A loader tractor with a back drag is probably handier for most parking lot work but for precision (i.e. tennis courts) and street work the Huber is hard to beat.

http://www.huberohio.com/products/products.htm

 

[Greg]

Nothing new about these. Allis Chalmers built them in the 40's. Hung a blade underneath an ag tractor with an extended front end to give more stability.

 

[tripper_174]

International too. Greg,do you think a separate manufacturer used farm tractors and made graders. I think I remember others as well as IHC and Allis.

 

[Greg]

Never saw an IHC set up like that and only a couple of Allis Chalmers. I can't say if that I know for sure if the blade kit was OEM or after market.

 

[snapfruzen]

In Oz they called these ag tractor graders with the extended frame "greyhound graders". In central Queensland about 20 klm east of Longreach there's a little town called Ilfracomb which has a free machinery museum and best of all at least 25 graders. About half are pull type, the rest self propelled. Two or three are "greyhounds". There is a 3,yes three, cylinder grader and a 3cylinder Cat dozer, both WWII vets. My favorite was a horse drawn machine with a long platform where you could walk to the back to adjust the rear axle. The operators seat was attached to the circle which was turned with a hand crank. Well worth a look if you're ever in this part of the world. I spent more time here than I did at the Longreach Stockman's Hall of fame. Too bad I didn't have a camera, kick, kick!

 

[Squizzy246B]

International too. Greg,do you think a separate manufacturer used farm tractors and made graders. I think I remember others as well as IHC and Allis.

 

[Motor Grader]

In Oz they called these ag tractor graders with the extended frame "greyhound graders". In central Queensland about 20 klm east of Longreach there's a little town called Ilfracomb which has a free machinery museum and best of all at least 25 graders. About half are pull type, the rest self propelled. Two or three are "greyhounds". There is a 3,yes three, cylinder grader and a 3cylinder Cat dozer, both WWII vets. My favorite was a horse drawn machine with a long platform where you could walk to the back to adjust the rear axle. The operators seat was attached to the circle which was turned with a hand crank. Well worth a look if you're ever in this part of the world. I spent more time here than I did at the Longreach Stockman's Hall of fame. Too bad I didn't have a camera, kick, kick!

Well I for one think the blade under a tractor is just a terrible, terrible idea.