here is the website for Equipment Blades my dealer for all my cutting edges also there phone number. Equipment Blades equipmentblades.com tel:+(605)3685221
I'm about to put that system on my cat down here in tasmania. Looking forward to seeing how they work out. Most of the guys here have the big heavy stinger bars on the back. Love your vids mate 👍 Dave Richardson.
Thanks again for a great vid and education. We have found, after shoulder disking, running the bits on the grader and picking that loose grass and some material off the shoulder and spreading it out on the driving lane - not trying to get all the gravel off the shoulder, just feathering out what the disk brought up and laying across the driving lane. It allows the wind and traffic to bet the grass off and it blows away. Then after a rain, we grade up the road, using all the material and pack behind the grader. Thanks again for all your experience and the sharing of it.
I run the HML system. We use a lot of mag on some of my roads and have been doing so for many years. I literally watch smoke fly off the bits when cutting. 772GP in Second gear in 6wd on the verge of spinning out I can at best put up a 6” windrow on my first cutting pass. I only throw on my straight bit if I am finishing for BST or pavement or when plowing snow. The only thing I don’t like about them is when I tie into pavement. We generally roll everything I process so texture of the finished product is no big deal. I generally process about 150 miles a year and can get about 7 years out of my HML bits before requiring a rebuild on them. It’s really amazing. Ok one last negative. My bits are like 3” thick so they stick forward from the moldboard surface. Then at wetter moisture contents that lip builds up and begins sticking for 4-6” above the lip which at times I believe causes stability issues of the machine when finishing. Material just does not flow well. At least that’s my theory 😂
I gotcha that’s good I really like the bit system they do a great job mixing material and shaping roads I’m very happy with them I do a little dust control myself and use these also thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.
I’d be curious to hear your feedback in a later video after they’ve ran for a bit to see if they truly stay rotating - I’ve not seen any yet that don’t seize up and then you just burn one side of the tip off. Thanks sir
I also live in South Dakota where I live they leave the windrow on the shoulder and never smooth it out very annoying to have especially when you have ag equipment on the road and vehicles trying to get over
Hello from another South Dakotan and as frustrating as that is it’s a critical part in road maintenance to have a windrow out on the edge I prefer to keep mine light as possible but sometimes vegetation and conditions cause a window to be bigger hope that explains why they leave it there thanks for watching.
Thanks for another awsome vidieo . I run the only deere for our county rest r cats but have u notice the curve on a deere moldboard has less of a curve than our cats 12m i dont think it rolls the material that well
Your welcome and I gotcha and I have noticed that I think it makes a big difference also I think it causes the Deere to be a less stable of a machine also in my opinion thanks for watching!
Would you run a packer down that normally or is it not necessary? It looks like those bits leave the road surface really loose and without packing your material is going to dust away. Just curious what your thoughts are.
Ideally I’d have a packer sealing it off but unfortunately don’t have one in this township I have enough traffic they will pack it in and will be ok and that’s also main reason why I won’t be using them all year long mainly just use them in the spring to get roads in shape then switch to my regular double carbide edges the rest of the year.
I am in Nebraska and we been really dry and this part of the state rock is unheard of and gravel is sparse but I think having good operator's would help
@Graderman 140M thank you! The board members are thinking about a shop for the township that I work for and needing idea for a size. Thanks again and all the info in your videos it's helpful.
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I'm about to put that system on my cat down here in tasmania. Looking forward to seeing how they work out. Most of the guys here have the big heavy stinger bars on the back. Love your vids mate 👍 Dave Richardson.
Thanks again for a great vid and education. We have found, after shoulder disking, running the bits on the grader and picking that loose grass and some material off the shoulder and spreading it out on the driving lane - not trying to get all the gravel off the shoulder, just feathering out what the disk brought up and laying across the driving lane. It allows the wind and traffic to bet the grass off and it blows away. Then after a rain, we grade up the road, using all the material and pack behind the grader. Thanks again for all your experience and the sharing of it.
Your very welcome and I really like you sharing your method it sounds like it works great definitely going to try that and thanks for watching.
Exact system we went to and they work great, really work well at bring the fines back to the top, we love em!!!!
Glad to hear that you love them I really like them also they do a very nice job mixing material and bringing the fines back up thanks for watching!
I run the HML system. We use a lot of mag on some of my roads and have been doing so for many years. I literally watch smoke fly off the bits when cutting. 772GP in Second gear in 6wd on the verge of spinning out I can at best put up a 6” windrow on my first cutting pass. I only throw on my straight bit if I am finishing for BST or pavement or when plowing snow. The only thing I don’t like about them is when I tie into pavement. We generally roll everything I process so texture of the finished product is no big deal. I generally process about 150 miles a year and can get about 7 years out of my HML bits before requiring a rebuild on them. It’s really amazing. Ok one last negative. My bits are like 3” thick so they stick forward from the moldboard surface. Then at wetter moisture contents that lip builds up and begins sticking for 4-6” above the lip which at times I believe causes stability issues of the machine when finishing. Material just does not flow well. At least that’s my theory 😂
I gotcha that’s good I really like the bit system they do a great job mixing material and shaping roads I’m very happy with them I do a little dust control myself and use these also thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.
I’d be curious to hear your feedback in a later video after they’ve ran for a bit to see if they truly stay rotating - I’ve not seen any yet that don’t seize up and then you just burn one side of the tip off. Thanks sir
You will definitely get the feed back I have a trick to keep them spinning will do a video on how to do that thanks for watching.
I also live in South Dakota where I live they leave the windrow on the shoulder and never smooth it out very annoying to have especially when you have ag equipment on the road and vehicles trying to get over
Hello from another South Dakotan and as frustrating as that is it’s a critical part in road maintenance to have a windrow out on the edge I prefer to keep mine light as possible but sometimes vegetation and conditions cause a window to be bigger hope that explains why they leave it there thanks for watching.
Thanks for another awsome vidieo . I run the only deere for our county rest r cats but have u notice the curve on a deere moldboard has less of a curve than our cats 12m i dont think it rolls the material that well
Your welcome and I gotcha and I have noticed that I think it makes a big difference also I think it causes the Deere to be a less stable of a machine also in my opinion thanks for watching!
Would you run a packer down that normally or is it not necessary? It looks like those bits leave the road surface really loose and without packing your material is going to dust away. Just curious what your thoughts are.
Ideally I’d have a packer sealing it off but unfortunately don’t have one in this township I have enough traffic they will pack it in and will be ok and that’s also main reason why I won’t be using them all year long mainly just use them in the spring to get roads in shape then switch to my regular double carbide edges the rest of the year.
Wish you could come teach the operators in this area
What state area are you in? I’ve heard that before lol.
I am in Nebraska and we been really dry and this part of the state rock is unheard of and gravel is sparse but I think having good operator's would help
For me I got nothing but pitrun very little gravel so mostly when I do a road I mainly pop out big rocks so I am stumped
Unfortunately with that kind of material and conditions there not much you can do.
how often do you have to change the straight blades out in the summer?
I get 2 to 4 years on my double carbide edges that I use in the summer I haven’t used a traditional set of steel edges in 10 years.
Are you still runing the Cat 140 with the regular Cab and Controls ? ( from Canada )
Yes I am don’t run it much only in that blade 2 days a month
when is use this system
thank you sir.
Grademan what is the size of shop building is that you work out of?
It’s 40 by 64 shop very nice size for a township shop.
@Graderman 140M thank you! The board members are thinking about a shop for the township that I work for and needing idea for a size. Thanks again and all the info in your videos it's helpful.
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