On the picture of your dash, under the park brake light the pinlock symbol so you can ditch or do back slopes
Got it. Deere calls that the "Saddle Lock Pin".
I thought you had to physically remove a pin. Couldn't figure that one out.
On the picture of your dash, under the park brake light the pinlock symbol so you can ditch or do back slopes
That's pretty much how we change edges as well. I also use that position to square them up with the cutting torch. Like I say, if someone wants to grade in reverse, giver. I have no idea who Randy is. I did read the material though.I move my blade into the banking position frequently. Just did it couple days ago to use the moldboard to move drifted snow farther off the shoulder of the road.
I change my cutting edges in the bank position.
Starting with the nuts up. Remove all but the center one on each cutter. Then step back and remove the last one letting the cutter fall on the ground.
Then I swap my blade with the face of the moldboard up, nuts down. This gives me a ledge to lay the cutter on and get the first bolt in.
I swap my cutters frequently, maybe a dozen times in a set's life. I can put my blade in that position in one minute or so. Never timed it exactly. Doesn't take very long.
Ok, what is this, I see the straight blade but what do you have welded on them and why? also do you have a picture of them on your machine just to get a better idea? never seen this done like the way you have them, interesting. thanksOvrszd what size of blades are you using ?
On our 160M I’m at 8 by 1 x 8 feet. The best tip I’ve gotten on here is to slice them in half through the center bolt hole to make them manageable.
I do bolster the ends so they aren’t really swappable from side to side.
The good operator’s wear them straight across. The steering wheel attendants not so much. View attachment 210903
That's pretty much how we change edges as well. I also use that position to square them up with the cutting torch. Like I say, if someone wants to grade in reverse, giver. I have no idea who Randy is. I did read the material though.
i remember 40 years ago Emil Anderson Construction was rebuilding a 2 lane highway. After paving one lane
they would move the traffic over and then have to tightblade the other lane. On one stretch there was no room
to turn the 14E so the Grader operator did one pass forward, one with the blade reversed, then a final pass forward.
This was more than a mile long. the truck drivers joked that he didn't need the third pass he was so good in reverse.
When I was a kid our township had one, as well as some neighboring townships. I wish I could reincarnate even one of them. I hope to come close enough to their ability to be remembered like they are! JohnIt's amazing what good operators and a little ingenuity can do.
That is a nice fleet of graders, you most have lots of headache's, I see now what you have made and what they are for, we have a metal curb protector that bolts to our plows and wings that does the very same thing you have on your mouldboards, our graders are pretty much on the back gravel roads only, our truck plows/salt trucks do in town and highways and some times help with the back roads, we don't need them on our Graders. thanks for the picsSorry I just keep using the old thin edges to beef up the new ones. I spend maybe an hour on each side but it makes all the difference. Some guys weld pin etc I just have found this works best as there is always old blades about. A picture of our Deere for Ovrszd. I’ll remember to get those shots of the crappy paint quality later as well. My man painted the board here as it was just new to us.
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