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    Hello all! New Here. Anyone recently switch from an H to an M?

    I guess I am getting closer to extinct as well. haha. I can't count the number of graders I have operated in my life. Mostly Cat & John Deere. The first old cat that you had to start with pony motor on the side standing by the tantems. Lots of hours on the old 99E's, About every one of Cat...
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    Your dozer photos

    Well I have filled in several gullies doing just that but I do agree with the part if you get stuck you have someone to pull you out. Never done it with a chain so I can't say that you are not correct. I think it is a great way on flatter ground for sure. That video also shows a Case 1150...
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    Your dozer photos

    Pretty neat video. But in my opinion I think I'd rather leave that chain at the top of the hill and push the brush into that gully. It provides a little bit of erosion control and the operator has a sense of what is in that gully without tearing up the machine or even turning it over. It...
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    greasing circle on 14g

    It seems that everyone agrees. Dry Lube is better. I have used it for years. Once or twice a day, depending on what you are doing with the grader. Like everyone said. Sand and grease is not a good combination and if you watch your circle for a few months it will actually polish it to a...
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    Hello all! New Here. Anyone recently switch from an H to an M?

    Yeah they get a little slow for awhile haha. With the newer oils and synthetic it is much better than it used to be with just a straight weight oil. That brings me to another subject. The M is very fussy about not wanting to move at all until it goes through a warm up period. (or at least...
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    Hello all! New Here. Anyone recently switch from an H to an M?

    I missed quite a few days here haha. I don't know how cold it gets up there but When I lived in Westcliffe, Colorado (about 9,000 ft above sea level) it would sometimes get as cold as 30 below. It didn't seem that cold as it was a dry cold. Hardly any humidity there. It still froze things up...
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    Hello all! New Here. Anyone recently switch from an H to an M?

    I posted a couple of pictures earlier in this thread of a place I plowed snow at. Of course you probably see a lot more snow than I have way up north. We had a Volvo joy stick control on loan for a week or so but I never got the opportunity to run it. It seemed fairly nice from what little...
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    Hello all! New Here. Anyone recently switch from an H to an M?

    Yes I have plowed lots of snow in the Colorado Mountains with a grader. Hopefully you get a 6 wheel drive as it is a lot better in the hills. Here is Missouri we have lots of freezing rain a well but I don't usually have to get out and plow snow with them. It is usually one or the other but...
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    Hello all! New Here. Anyone recently switch from an H to an M?

    Unfortunately almost everything is going to electric over hydraulic. Easier to run wires than Hydraulic hoses. Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's not. I think you would appreciate an M demo in a slower environment for the first time. The steering is a little tricky until you get used to...
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    Caterpillar Model 42 Elevating grader, just curious about something

    Just a horn hahaha. Sounds like it works.
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    Caterpillar Model 42 Elevating grader, just curious about something

    Oh and by the way. Just an assumption but I'd say they just carry that disk for certain types of use like on that picture of the motor grader??
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    Caterpillar Model 42 Elevating grader, just curious about something

    Here is a screen shot picture of the elevated grader. At least you can stare at it for a moment.
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    Your dozer photos

    It sure looks like you could break one of those if they were on the top holes. Here is the dozer I operated for 6 years. It was the only brand new piece of equipment that I have ever gotten. I tore the plastic off of the seat. I did change it later to the top holes more so to keep the rocks...
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    Your dozer photos

    Wow that dozer has the longest shank I have seen. I suppose it is used to create a deep soil bed for the grapes. I knew someone that worked ripping in the rocks for a vineyard once. They said that the vines really liked rocky soil?? I know nothing about that though.
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    Your dozer photos

    Oh yeah, I bet that was exciting. I got to tear down an old house with a trackhoe and Thumb once. That was a blast. That was back far enough that they didn't have video cameras on phones. I wish I could have recorded that as well. Gosh just think of all of the stuff we could have seen if...
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