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What are choices in smallish maintainer/graders?

RenoHuskerDu

RenoHuskerDu

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I have so far only seen BasicEquipment 601 and Mauldin M413XT. Each are small graders that would meet my needs. Huber such as M-700 or H1390 have a much shorter wheelbase so are not as useful. Basic Equipment and Mauldin just re-engineered their products to meet Tier 4 Final, added electronics (Huber looks like vulture capitalists bought the name, their flashy web site says "Product Acquisition and Integration Services LLC"). Gtfo, I don't want any of that malarkey, or the $80k price.

So I'm scouring the used market for older products by SCE or Calder Brothers.

Any other brands I should look for? Cats are too big for my business. An AC 65 might work.
 
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RenoHuskerDu

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Trying to get technical data on these older graders is tough. Salesmen often don't know. Your tandem dual trailer is probably rated at 25k or more?
 
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Your knuckles may ache, but there is zero electronics to keep it from running. :D:D

And I, who as an equipment mechanic makes a darn fine carpenterr can even fix it:):)

It even has heat to keep you toasty in the winter up in NB.....
 
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Jumbo said:
Your knuckles may ache, but there is zero electronics to keep it from running. :D:D

And I, who as an equipment mechanic makes a darn fine carpenterr can even fix it:):)

It even has heat to keep you toasty in the winter up in NB.....
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I ran one of those, and had to watch how I positioned my hands. But ran a 14E that you couldn't make it kick back
 
Razorsedge2003

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That trailer is a 10 ton. I use that when I got to take some material with me. I would use a 14k trailer we’ve got but it’s not long enough. Haul a kubota svl95 on tracks just fine, it’s almost 12k. How long is the mold board on a cat 212? I don’t think I’ve seen one around here.
 
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Razorsedge2003 said:
That trailer is a 10 ton. I use that when I got to take some material with me. I would use a 14k trailer we’ve got but it’s not long enough. Haul a kubota svl95 on tracks just fine, it’s almost 12k. How long is the mold board on a cat 212? I don’t think I’ve seen one around here.
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It came (1948) with a factory 10' moldboard, but somewhere along the way, they took the "optional" 12 factory extension, installed it and made it an 11' moldboard. Works real nice on driveways and such.
 
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