Thanks mr.graderman I'm a new grader operator I've been blading for 2 year's now and I've learned alot watching your videos, all I have to say is thank you for the tips and keep the video's coming. You do great work mr.graderman👍
Nice work Sir !! I have six to 7 yrs experience on a motorgrader, but i still learned each day. I got my chance for an Ol boy that kept the logger going, ojt ,as long as the machine was rollin , we both got paid . I would always try my best to make it look as it should . but it wasnt always perfect by any means , it was company roads , so they need to shed water & have drainage. the more i done the better i got , but never considered myself a Blade Man , I wound up working for the county a few years , which was more of a challenge , to please as many people as possible . I never got the chance to follow or watch a sure enough Blade Man , like Yourself. i probably made more passes than needed, but i wanted to be satisfied before i left a road, mostly gravel roads. I enjoyed blading , i enjoy watching your videos too . retired and miss being on one , take care GraderMan !! keep up the Good Work !!
Thanks so much I always tell everyone the more you sit in the seat the better you get and the day you quit learning is the day you should quit, I would rather have an operator make more passes and do a good job then not do a good job happy retirement sit back and enjoy my videos thanks for watching!
hello grader man ..im grader guy myself been operating grader for 5 years and still learning new techniques . we just got bought a 140 m grader love running it ...
I had nobody to teach me the little details of running grader but it's cool to see that the techniques which I found worked the best for me r the same as the ones u explain in your videos. At least I know I was on the right track considering I had to figure it out on my own 👍
Great information in your videos I have a question though when you’re cutting your shoulders how do you avoid or how do you flatten the curbing that you create from the cut you make at your shoulder so the the water will actually run into the ditch and not stay on the shoulder itself? There are times when I have to make that extra 2 passes to flatten the curbing so the water will drain which I feel is non productive but it has to be done so that the loaded grain trucks out here don’t get sucked into the ditch on soft shoulders when meeting other equipment. Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks glad you found the video helpful and as far as getting rid of the high shoulder on the edge of the road there caused by either using traditional steel cutting edges and not keeping them straight or a lot of heavy traffic can cause it also so that’s that if it’s from the heavy truck traffic I’d recommend pulling shoulders in the spring and rebuilding the top that will help your road a ton hopefully this helps if ya have any other questions ask away thanks for watching.
Thanks Mr Graderman for the work, Am a bulldozer operator but want to change over to Grader can the M-series/joystick be humble to me coz I have no experience on the grader but on a dozer am good been operating a d6N xl
When I first started grading I ran an old Cat 12 with knuckle buster levers, it had a pony motor to start it , my arms were shot after a day in that baby
The good old days right fun fact the first blade I learned to run was a cat 120 straight frame knuckle buster controls suer makes a guy appreciate the equipment we have now thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
Wat pound compaction do you get with your wheel packer we use big steel rollers filled with concrete we pull behind our graders not for sure wat they weigh but they are heavy really pack the road good.
I’m not suer on exact pound compaction but the packer itself weight 4000lbs and I’m able to put down pressure with the ripper on the blade so I’d say around 10,000 lbs or so really works good plus nice being able to just raise it up and it’s out of your way vs having to pull something.
Yep I know wat your talking about can be a pain having to turn our rollers around then on some of our big hills gotta pick your blade up and just blade downhill because they can cause your grader to spin out.But they will roll a road down real nice! Good blading to you!
Great video i run a blade in southeast New mexico have been for about 15 years in 2019 i got hit by a guy texting and driving he hit me at about 80mph hes lucky i had a old blade that had the rippers on the front but he hit me had enough that if it weren't for the handles in the back to push his truck off he would have been seeting in the cab with me he rolled his truck maybe 2 times hit me hard enough to snap the articulate rams wasnt a fun day anyways keep up the great videos
I really enjoyed your videos . I was a grader operator for 10 years for the county . I suffered a stroke, and your videos take me back to my days in the grader I enjoyed so much.
I began a new job this spring as a road foreman. I have 67 miles in my district with about 70% gravel roads. I’m a one man show plus a roller operator when I can get one. I spent hours watching your videos when I started. I run a ‘14 772GP. I have 30 miles under my belt and learn something everyday. I spread a couple inches of gravel with a truck and pup and when I get some moisture I hop in the blade. I’m in north Idaho with some pretty steep terrain with major rolling hills and steep grades. It adds another variable dealing with switchbacks and major grade changes. I have been doing a 5 pass with my roads. I cut both lanes and put them both on center line. Then my third pass I put the windrow about 2’ off the shoulder, next pass lays the first half putting a little windrow over the crown and my last pass bringing the material across to the remaining shoulder. I’m getting to the point where I can finish in 3rd gear if I can keep the darn machine from duck walking. Articulate helps some. Do you notice the cats are more stable in that regard? I used to run a 14H off and on when I was building highways and that machine seemed way more stable than these John deeres. And for whatever reason I have a heck of a time driving a straight line. I use the steering wheel and not the lever. I suppose that will come with experience.
Congratulations on the new job and happy to hear my videos are helping you out and yes you definitely have some challenging terrain to work with out there and as far as the stability over the Deere machine to the Cat machines the cat is way more stable than the Deere good questions and thanks for watching!
When do you start grading roads after the winter snows are (hopefully) done? I have been told that you don't want to bust the frost below the road surface. I'm ready to start grading ,but there is a lot of water in the roads due to snow melt. Thanks G-man!
I generally start blading soon as the roads are fit to blade I might wait a week or so while the frost goes out but soon as roads firm up I start blading again
We're getting ready to convert our county 140M2 Cat graders to the Sharq P300 cutting edge system. Out of our 4 graders were going to test on one grader.
I’ve used them and they do a very nice job I just don’t like that you have to rotate them 3 times a day and the wedges and the pins that hold the wedges wear out pretty quick i no longer use them cause of that I use the double carbide of the stinger carbide teeth really happy with them setups
Love your videos. Up here they don’t like it when we leave a maintenance windrow because it traps the water when it rains. What’s your thought on that ?
Happy to hear you enjoy the videos and I get the idea but I’ve never had a problem with my maintenance windrow holding back water and in my opinion the benefits of having a windrow are far beneficial then not having one
They try and update every 5 to 6 years I got one township looking to upgrade this coming year but way it sounds is that you can’t get any new equipment right now and honestly I’m very happy with what I have for a machine.
It really depends on what road I’m working if it’s a high traffic road I will do just one mile at a time but if I’m not I will pull in a 8 or 9 mile stretch I figure you get 20 miles in a day that’s 40 all together thanks for the question and thanks for watching
It’s pretty simple really I have carbide teeth on my front dozer blade I put it down and the bits cut the washboards out I still cut the washboards all the way out with the moldboard the dozer helps smooth it out so front end doesn’t bounce.
I drop engine oil at 500 hours that’s what cat recommends in the operation maintenance manual we also oil test at 250 hours for engine oil as far as the other services intervals i grease all zerks every 20 hours.
I put 1 1/2 clean limestone on a road we had built, and it just rolls around and won’t settle down. Do you think a big smooth roller would help pack it down, and possibly crush some of the big rocks to smaller pieces?
Yes I do thing a roller would help you out although be mindful how much you compact it limestone will break down quick and and turn to powder from my experience with it . Thanks for the question and thanks for watching.
thanks, i am happy to be posting again also been a very slow winter for me only plowed snow once this year and its been very warm and have been doing blading when i can if we ever get any snow will do some instructional videos on how i plow snow thanks for watching.
Ive never ran a blade before but the company i work for has an old leeboy. I under stand grading as ive 10 yrs exp grading dirt with just about every equipment except a grader. What advice or videos of yours would you suggest i watch
I’d highly recommend one in my opinion the walk N Roll WR90 is the best packer on the market from my experience lots of Hwy departments have them and love them if you have good moisture and good gravel you can roll a road in like a highway I also like that it makes your blade so much more stable then without its also a huge help when laying new gravel down being able to compact it when it’s all laid down. Maybe the one con I can think of is it is more weight on your back tandems and your tires will wear faster but that’s the only con I can think of
Thanks and yes they definitely are 2 very different types of material and how you work with them I’m pretty lucky to have very good quality surface gravel in my area
@@brandonpadget5515 I’d keep my blade angle at a 40 degree pitch on the moldboard I’d honestly just play around with the moldboard pitch and find what works best for you.
No I don’t recommend blading like that if the road is rough and out of shape I will cut the whole road form left to right getting a big windrow then take that big windrow from shoulder to centerline then centerline to opposite shoulder rebuilding the 4% crown in the road is the method I prefer.
@@graderman140m okay. How do like your dozer blade on the front? Do you put much pressure down on that when using it?. I just got one put on mine and learning how to use one
@@brandonpadget5515 I use my dozer blade a lot love having it up there and 90% of the time I run it in float only time you have to take out of float is if road is to hard and it starts bouncing or it’s wet and it goes to deep and brings up dirt
Yes it really is that quiet in person these new machines are very quiet in the cab makes operating them for long days more enjoyable. Thanks for the question and thanks for watching!
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Thanks mr.graderman I'm a new grader operator I've been blading for 2 year's now and I've learned alot watching your videos, all I have to say is thank you for the tips and keep the video's coming. You do great work mr.graderman👍
I’m happy to hear that you have been learning from the videos I appreciate you watching them thanks for watching!
Nice work Sir !! I have six to 7 yrs experience on a motorgrader, but i still learned each day. I got my chance for an Ol boy that kept the logger going, ojt ,as long as the machine was rollin , we both got paid . I would always try my best to make it look as it should . but it wasnt always perfect by any means , it was company roads , so they need to shed water & have drainage. the more i done the better i got , but never considered myself a Blade Man , I wound up working for the county a few years , which was more of a challenge , to please as many people as possible . I never got the chance to follow or watch a sure enough Blade Man , like Yourself. i probably made more passes than needed, but i wanted to be satisfied before i left a road, mostly gravel roads. I enjoyed blading , i enjoy watching your videos too . retired and miss being on one , take care GraderMan !! keep up the Good Work !!
Thanks so much I always tell everyone the more you sit in the seat the better you get and the day you quit learning is the day you should quit, I would rather have an operator make more passes and do a good job then not do a good job happy retirement sit back and enjoy my videos thanks for watching!
Yes Sir Thank You !! @@graderman140m
hello grader man ..im grader guy myself been operating grader for 5 years and still learning new techniques .
we just got bought a 140 m grader love running it ...
I had nobody to teach me the little details of running grader but it's cool to see that the techniques which I found worked the best for me r the same as the ones u explain in your videos. At least I know I was on the right track considering I had to figure it out on my own 👍
👍👍👍👍👍Good job its always interesting what others are doing with grader jobs👍👍👍👍👍😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Thanks I enjoying watching others work also thanks for watching.
Great information in your videos I have a question though when you’re cutting your shoulders how do you avoid or how do you flatten the curbing that you create from the cut you make at your shoulder so the the water will actually run into the ditch and not stay on the shoulder itself? There are times when I have to make that extra 2 passes to flatten the curbing so the water will drain which I feel is non productive but it has to be done so that the loaded grain trucks out here don’t get sucked into the ditch on soft shoulders when meeting other equipment. Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks glad you found the video helpful and as far as getting rid of the high shoulder on the edge of the road there caused by either using traditional steel cutting edges and not keeping them straight or a lot of heavy traffic can cause it also so that’s that if it’s from the heavy truck traffic I’d recommend pulling shoulders in the spring and rebuilding the top that will help your road a ton hopefully this helps if ya have any other questions ask away thanks for watching.
How does one keep steel blades straight other than not cutting the crown?
Thanks Mr Graderman for the work, Am a bulldozer operator but want to change over to Grader can the M-series/joystick be humble to me coz I have no experience on the grader but on a dozer am good been operating a d6N xl
I’m a retired operator sure wish we had machines like that in my day
Hope your enjoying retirement and yes we’re definitely spoiled with the nice equipment we have now.
When I first started grading I ran an old Cat 12 with knuckle buster levers, it had a pony motor to start it , my arms were shot after a day in that baby
The good old days right fun fact the first blade I learned to run was a cat 120 straight frame knuckle buster controls suer makes a guy appreciate the equipment we have now thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
Wat pound compaction do you get with your wheel packer we use big steel rollers filled with concrete we pull behind our graders not for sure wat they weigh but they are heavy really pack the road good.
I’m not suer on exact pound compaction but the packer itself weight 4000lbs and I’m able to put down pressure with the ripper on the blade so I’d say around 10,000 lbs or so really works good plus nice being able to just raise it up and it’s out of your way vs having to pull something.
Yep I know wat your talking about can be a pain having to turn our rollers around then on some of our big hills gotta pick your blade up and just blade downhill because they can cause your grader to spin out.But they will roll a road down real nice! Good blading to you!
Why do you blade facing traffic? Doesn't it ever put you in a situation where you need to stop to let traffic pass?
Here in South Dakota it’s legal for me to go against traffic so that’s why I do and I do meet people and they simply just go around me not a big deal.
What is the width of the road and what is the width of your moldboard?
My road width is 22 feet wide and I have a 16ft moldboard on all my machines.
How often do they replace the motor graders you operate?
Never mind, October time frame…🤩😉
Hoy much did u pay that grader
The township paid around 300,000 for this grader.
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thanks for watching!
Hi good work man i realy want to work with you if you have any chance im here minnesota
Nice job. You make it look easy. Watched the whole video!
Thank you thanks for watching!
Great video i run a blade in southeast New mexico have been for about 15 years in 2019 i got hit by a guy texting and driving he hit me at about 80mph hes lucky i had a old blade that had the rippers on the front but he hit me had enough that if it weren't for the handles in the back to push his truck off he would have been seeting in the cab with me he rolled his truck maybe 2 times hit me hard enough to snap the articulate rams wasnt a fun day anyways keep up the great videos
I think I found my new favorite channel
Happy to hear that thanks for watching!
Never heard of the maintenance wind row.. doesn't it hold water and keep it on the road?
My maintenance windrow will hold back a little water but not much in my opinion there’s more benefits of having one then not.
@@graderman140m I'm gonna start tomorrow and give it a try..thanks..
I really enjoyed your videos . I was a grader operator for 10 years for the county . I suffered a stroke, and your videos take me back to my days in the grader I enjoyed so much.
I’m happy to hear you enjoy my videos and bring you back to your days in the grader thanks for watching!
I began a new job this spring as a road foreman. I have 67 miles in my district with about 70% gravel roads. I’m a one man show plus a roller operator when I can get one. I spent hours watching your videos when I started. I run a ‘14 772GP. I have 30 miles under my belt and learn something everyday. I spread a couple inches of gravel with a truck and pup and when I get some moisture I hop in the blade. I’m in north Idaho with some pretty steep terrain with major rolling hills and steep grades. It adds another variable dealing with switchbacks and major grade changes. I have been doing a 5 pass with my roads. I cut both lanes and put them both on center line. Then my third pass I put the windrow about 2’ off the shoulder, next pass lays the first half putting a little windrow over the crown and my last pass bringing the material across to the remaining shoulder. I’m getting to the point where I can finish in 3rd gear if I can keep the darn machine from duck walking. Articulate helps some. Do you notice the cats are more stable in that regard? I used to run a 14H off and on when I was building highways and that machine seemed way more stable than these John deeres. And for whatever reason I have a heck of a time driving a straight line. I use the steering wheel and not the lever. I suppose that will come with experience.
Congratulations on the new job and happy to hear my videos are helping you out and yes you definitely have some challenging terrain to work with out there and as far as the stability over the Deere machine to the Cat machines the cat is way more stable than the Deere good questions and thanks for watching!
When do you start grading roads after the winter snows are (hopefully) done?
I have been told that you don't want to bust the frost below the road surface.
I'm ready to start grading ,but there is a lot of water in the roads due to snow melt.
Thanks G-man!
I generally start blading soon as the roads are fit to blade I might wait a week or so while the frost goes out but soon as roads firm up I start blading again
We're getting ready to convert our county 140M2 Cat graders to the Sharq P300 cutting edge system. Out of our 4 graders were going to test on one grader.
I’ve used them and they do a very nice job I just don’t like that you have to rotate them 3 times a day and the wedges and the pins that hold the wedges wear out pretty quick i no longer use them cause of that I use the double carbide of the stinger carbide teeth really happy with them setups
Love your videos. Up here they don’t like it when we leave a maintenance windrow because it traps the water when it rains. What’s your thought on that ?
Happy to hear you enjoy the videos and I get the idea but I’ve never had a problem with my maintenance windrow holding back water and in my opinion the benefits of having a windrow are far beneficial then not having one
When did you make this video?
I made it late this fall and made a two part video this is the same video just all in one.
How often do they replace the motor graders you operate?
They try and update every 5 to 6 years I got one township looking to upgrade this coming year but way it sounds is that you can’t get any new equipment right now and honestly I’m very happy with what I have for a machine.
Just curious, how far do you go in a stretch? 1 or 2 miles before you start backing up?
It really depends on what road I’m working if it’s a high traffic road I will do just one mile at a time but if I’m not I will pull in a 8 or 9 mile stretch I figure you get 20 miles in a day that’s 40 all together thanks for the question and thanks for watching
Thanks just cheaking I also blade township out side of sioux falls injoy your vidios
Your welcome and really that’s awesome what township is that? Happy you like the videos thanks for watching
Nice work, can't beat the vision on those Cats, stay safe ! ( from Canada )
Thanks, you too!
How long is the grader with the packer and dozer blade and without them?
I’ve never measured the machine with them on I’m guessing around 40 feet long thanks for watching!
Could you exsplain how you use your front blade to take out wash boards
It’s pretty simple really I have carbide teeth on my front dozer blade I put it down and the bits cut the washboards out I still cut the washboards all the way out with the moldboard the dozer helps smooth it out so front end doesn’t bounce.
When do u do your service on your Graders as far as hours etc. ?
I drop engine oil at 500 hours that’s what cat recommends in the operation maintenance manual we also oil test at 250 hours for engine oil as far as the other services intervals i grease all zerks every 20 hours.
I put 1 1/2 clean limestone on a road we had built, and it just rolls around and won’t settle down. Do you think a big smooth roller would help pack it down, and possibly crush some of the big rocks to smaller pieces?
Yes I do thing a roller would help you out although be mindful how much you compact it limestone will break down quick and and turn to powder from my experience with it . Thanks for the question and thanks for watching.
@@graderman140m thanks. I was probably going to rent one soon. Are there any models that you would suggest?
@@bryans5339 if you can find a medium size smooth drum roller should work great for you. I’d say a double smooth drum in the 3 to 6 ton range.
glad your back at posting videos.
Now that we are in snow season, please share your thoughts.
Stay safe.
thanks, i am happy to be posting again also been a very slow winter for me only plowed snow once this year and its been very warm and have been doing blading when i can if we ever get any snow will do some instructional videos on how i plow snow thanks for watching.
@@graderman140m We had close to a foot in Grant Co. with wind from 3 different directions over the weekend.... So out saturday and sunday
Ive never ran a blade before but the company i work for has an old leeboy. I under stand grading as ive 10 yrs exp grading dirt with just about every equipment except a grader. What advice or videos of yours would you suggest i watch
We are looking into getting a packer, pros and cons???
I’d highly recommend one in my opinion the walk N Roll WR90 is the best packer on the market from my experience lots of Hwy departments have them and love them if you have good moisture and good gravel you can roll a road in like a highway I also like that it makes your blade so much more stable then without its also a huge help when laying new gravel down being able to compact it when it’s all laid down. Maybe the one con I can think of is it is more weight on your back tandems and your tires will wear faster but that’s the only con I can think of
Looks good! Gravel and limestone are 2 different materials to deal with on how much tilt on moldboard.
Thanks and yes they definitely are 2 very different types of material and how you work with them I’m pretty lucky to have very good quality surface gravel in my area
I agree I've got a few miles of road that when they harden down I can't cut and carbides are just smoking hot and just making powder of the top.
I got about a 120 miles of road in my area down south. Alot of red clay and alot of real rocky roads in the mountains.
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Nice work
I'm working with a komat'su gd 535-5, I like to watch another operators
Do you run same blade pitch if its dry and hard ?
Yes and no really depends on conditions and the type of material your working with
@@graderman140m working with white rock mainly. Stuff setups like concrete why it's dry
@@brandonpadget5515 I’d keep my blade angle at a 40 degree pitch on the moldboard I’d honestly just play around with the moldboard pitch and find what works best for you.
Do you ever cut both sides and throw the gravel to the middle and then spread the material out over the roads ?
No I don’t recommend blading like that if the road is rough and out of shape I will cut the whole road form left to right getting a big windrow then take that big windrow from shoulder to centerline then centerline to opposite shoulder rebuilding the 4% crown in the road is the method I prefer.
@@graderman140m okay. How do like your dozer blade on the front? Do you put much pressure down on that when using it?. I just got one put on mine and learning how to use one
@@brandonpadget5515 I use my dozer blade a lot love having it up there and 90% of the time I run it in float only time you have to take out of float is if road is to hard and it starts bouncing or it’s wet and it goes to deep and brings up dirt
@@graderman140m can you put your camera on it next time you use it?
@@brandonpadget5515 yeah I can do that for you
shift that blade a little to the left!!
Why would I need to do that in my opinion I had everything set the way it should be.
Is the machine as quiet in person as it is on the video? It sounds like a luxury car.
Yes it really is that quiet in person these new machines are very quiet in the cab makes operating them for long days more enjoyable. Thanks for the question and thanks for watching!