How to Use Motor Graders to Build Better Roads | Control Design
Motor-grader operators who are maintaining roads but want to climb to the top levels of the earthmoving profession — to become finished-grade operators — can practice the skills they …
The Russell Grader - Construction Equipment
In 1903 two entrepreneurs, Richard Russell and C.K. Stockland, organized Russell Grader Manufacturing in Stephen, Minn. They had already been involved in road-maintenance …
The First Purpose Built Motor Grader - Construction Equipment
The first rubber-tired, self-propelled, purpose-built motor grader was the Auto Patrol, introduced by Caterpillar in 1931. This machine embodied several major design breakthroughs. Rather …
Caterpillar 140 Motor Grader | Modern Tire Dealer
Nov 27, 2018 · The 250-horsepower Cat 140 motor grader has an operating weight of 42,325 pounds with a 12-foot moldboard. The direct-drive power-shift transmission provides 8 …
Iron Works: The Design of a Pull Grader | Custom Builder Online
May 31, 2012 · Tom Berry, HCEA The pull grader was the standard machine for road maintenance from the mid-1800s until motor graders rendered them obsolete in the 1930s, …
The Champion 100T Grader | Control Design - Construction …
The 100T was a hydraulically operated grader with an articulated frame and tandem rear wheel drive. An 8-speed power-shift transmission provided a top speed of 35 mph. Champion's 100T …
Komatsu Shows Big Haul Road Motor Grader - Construction …
Komatsu recently offered journalists a peek at its new motor grader for haul roads used by truck fleets 100 tons and higher. The Komatsu 426-horsepower GD955-7 grader features an 18-foot …
The Leaning-Wheel Grader - Construction Equipment
May 30, 2013 · The idea proved enormously successful. Heinz-Herbert Kohrs writes in “500 Years of Earthmoving” that Adams was a road inspector when he had his idea, and that the idea …
Iron Works: Road Drags, Planes and Shapers - Construction …
Road planes and shapers were essentially mechanized road drags. Mounted on wheels and also known in some literature as road finishers, road planes used various combinations of …
Sky's the Limit with GPS Grade-Control Systems
This motor grader, equipped with a Leica Geosystems' GradeStar 3D GPS grade-control system has an in-cab, touch-screen display monitor that provides the operator with a plan view, cross …