bigshow
Senior Member
Graders, in my opinion are a fairly simple tool when you look at the overall concept. The principle has remained the same for over 100 years, a couple sets of wheels, with a blade somewhere in between that "planes" out the area being worked. A graders only true limitation is the operators imagination. I have recently been "blessed" with the opportunity to run our companies pavement mills, as of late, a Wirtgen W2100. Between the 2 conveyor belts, the drum with 168 carbide tipped teeth, the 4 tracks, the big yellow C18, and all the different slope and grade sensors, as far as iron is concerned, these things get my vote. Slip form concrete pavers get pretty crazy too, Cranes have always improved technologically speaking, but the concept has always remained the same, a lever, a fulcrum point, and some rope hanging around.