My County has been doing a total reconstruction of a two mile stretch of road for the past 8 months, it's nearing completion. They ripped out the old road, did major drainage, softened some curves and put all new base material in. There was never a grader on the job, all of the grading was done with a Deere 750 equipped with GPS pods. I have absolutely no experience with this technology and am curious if it is precise enough to do the work of a grader? Is roadbuilding a job a grader is no longer needed for?
I worked in roadbuilding in the early 80s and the roads were roughed in by dozer but always finish graded by a grader before paving. I didn't see that on this job.
I worked in roadbuilding in the early 80s and the roads were roughed in by dozer but always finish graded by a grader before paving. I didn't see that on this job.