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Glen Miller posted
For $95 you could be in the road grading business in the 1890's.
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I wonder if this plant in Marseilles was still using water power, or it they had converted to a steam engine. I assume this plant used shafts, pulleys, and belts. The 1890s is too early for an existing plant to have been built using electricity.
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See below for a 1948 vintage grader.
I now have a separate article on the Austin Western Road Machinery Co.
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| Best Machines posted Fred Schuster: Need a caterpillar ! Stu Purser: Fred Schuster I absolutely agree with you after 55 years on Cat machines but man does John Deere make a nice machine!! Tony Young: Stu Purser it’s nice because they copied the CAT H-Series Grader. Stu Purser: Tony Young That's correct they also copied very closely the original 1973 Cat machines of the day when the famous G series was introduce they were a marvel. The John Deere copies were the 772BH series and were incredible as well. Many long hours on both. Highway Engineering Discoveries posted Before & Now Evnewhart tractor farm posted History of development. Del Hirzel: Now with GPS and Laser the grader operator has it easy not to mention the air condition cab. Clyde Jenne: The top picture appears to be an Allis Chalmers. Mark Johncox: Clyde Jenne it’s a model 6-12 Allis Chalmers . |
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| Big Engine posted Awesome! Adams Road Grader made in the 1920's |
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| Kelly E McClanahan commented on the Highway Engineering Discoveries' post Here is a "barn find" that saw. |
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| Jesus Rabelo commented on the above photo |
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| Steve Kole posted in FIAT-ALLIS and ALLIS-CHALMERS Equipment Page was Posted on Facebook by David Puton on 03-03-21 ------------------ NOTICE--------------------- I have some 34-Facebook Albums of Historical Photos totaling over 1,000 photos. Majority are in color; many have interesting written descriptions. To view my FB Albums, follow these 2-Steps. --MOBILE DEVICES: Toggle down Facebook Page, select the following: Step 1.) Photos (Gray oval tab under the word Post) Step 2.) Photos------Uploads------Albums------Videos (Select Albums and my 17-FB Albums will appear) --PC DESKTOP COMPUTERS: Click LINK below: --FEEL FREE TO DOWNLOAD THE PHOTOS, please acknowledge photos were taken by either Skeet or Steve Kole as indicated. --Steve Kole Email: awssixwheeler@gmail.com |
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| Steve Kole posted in FIAT-ALLIS and ALLIS-CHALMERS Equipment Page taken from the book titled: ALLIS-CHALMERS Construction Machinery & Industrial Equipment --Norm Swinford (Author) [With the same NOTICE as the post above this one.] |
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| TractorGuy29 posted The First Caterpillar Tractor |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Caterpillar No.16 grader profile in our September 2020 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Caterpillar No.16 grader profile in our September 2020 magazine. Nigel Joy: Operated 16G's in the 80's, I recon I could jump in the seat & put it to work even now! Great machine 👍 |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Caterpillar No.16 grader profile in our September 2020 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Caterpillar No.16 grader profile in our September 2020 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Caterpillar No.16 grader profile in our September 2020 magazine. |
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When I wrote 8 to 3 tractor companies, I learned that we are left with John Deere, IHcase, and Massey Ferguson dealers. While in Florida, I went to what the Massey Ferguson web site said was a dealer in Plant City. When I got there I learned it was a construction equipment dealer with various brands such as John Deere and CAT.
When I came across a used Fiat-Allis road grader, I was reminded that Allis-Chalmers was one of the brands folded into Massey Ferguson. The Fiat-Allis brand was used from 1974 to the early 1980s (tractors.wikia)
They also had a modern John Deere.
HWequipment provides a timeline of the graders development.
Update: a video showing road graders in action. Note the slanted steering wheels to help offset the sideways thrust of the blade pushing the dirt to the side.
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Beau Henderson Allis Chalmers 6-12 motor cultivator.
Richard M. Gaskill Taken near Eureka in northern California this view features the Russell Grader - one of the more popular graders of its time.After beginning with horse-drawn graders, the Russell company made the transition to gasoline power by providing their grader mechanisms to several tractor companies, who outfitted the graders with their engines. Besides Allis-Chalmers, the Caterpillar company also adapted Russell Graders for gasoline power. In the late 1920s Caterpillar bought the Russell company, and began making the graders under their own nameplate.
Brian Trimble provided a link for the Model 6-12.
When I came across a used Fiat-Allis road grader, I was reminded that Allis-Chalmers was one of the brands folded into Massey Ferguson. The Fiat-Allis brand was used from 1974 to the early 1980s (tractors.wikia)
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They also had a modern John Deere.
HWequipment provides a timeline of the graders development.
Update: a video showing road graders in action. Note the slanted steering wheels to help offset the sideways thrust of the blade pushing the dirt to the side.
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Beau Henderson Allis Chalmers 6-12 motor cultivator.
Richard M. Gaskill Taken near Eureka in northern California this view features the Russell Grader - one of the more popular graders of its time.After beginning with horse-drawn graders, the Russell company made the transition to gasoline power by providing their grader mechanisms to several tractor companies, who outfitted the graders with their engines. Besides Allis-Chalmers, the Caterpillar company also adapted Russell Graders for gasoline power. In the late 1920s Caterpillar bought the Russell company, and began making the graders under their own nameplate.
Brian Trimble provided a link for the Model 6-12.
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| Zac Breazeale posted Doing some road grading yesterday in New Raymer |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine shots from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar No.12 motor grader profile that ran in our October 2017 edition. Darwin Moulton: I remember riding many miles on the back of one of those graders back in the day. Ours had been updated with rubber tires being mounted on all 4 wheels, the tongue had an offset chain setup so the tow vehicle stayed on the solid level ground while the grader could offset to clean out ditches or the soft shoulders of the road in the spring in New Hampshire. It made for a long and exhausting day turning all the hand crank wheels to raise and lower the blade as well as offset and straighten out the travel of the grader. Jim Scrivner: I got to ride on the tractor with my Dad. I knew we were going to turn over on the backstop. Best I remember a Wisconsin engine ran hydraulics on the grader. Was about mid fifties [It looks like this one uses hydraulic power to lift the blade. But other adjustments are still done with hand crank wheels.] |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Ateco company profile in our Sep 2021 magazine Caption: An Ateco ripper doing double duty on a Caterpillar No.14B motor grader. As well as maintaining the haul road, this machine also rips the cut for a fleet of Cat DW21 scrapers to speed up production. Kevin Pianta: drove a 14d back in the 70,s one tough machine |
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| John W. Coke posted [I had never seen a grader for more than one lane of traffic before. I wonder if this is intended for doing both lanes of a divided 4-lane highway or for a mining operation.] |
A video of a 25M pushing dirt during its test run. I noticed that its model number is one more than the 24M above :-)
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| Steven Large posted, cropped The first of many Caterpillar 24H graders that I hauled. In 1997ish. It was sitting in a yard near Elko Nevada and had been taken over by Cat Finance or RDI and was sold to Klemke Construction from Fort McMurray Alberta. The machine was still all together and we had to disassemble it to get the weight down to transport it but the customer didn’t have any contacts in the Elko area to set up the dismantling and cranes to load the machine, so with the help of our heavy haul fleet manager to secure the proper permits and pilot vehicles and another heavy haul guru that had done lots of it but had recently came into the office, we came up with a plan and I went down to Elko to get it. Idaho had some restrictions on that was complicating things but once we knew the route and the weight we could permit, we hired a local mechanic with his service truck and a small forklift and in a couple hours, we had it taken apart and loaded on this Aspen 9 axle and a flatdeck to haul the wheels/tires, mouldboard, ripper and pushblock. Judy Jones from Belgrade Montana was my pilot and a couple days later, Klemke was putting it back together and put it to work. If there are any Cat fans interested, it weighed just under 110000# plus the load of parts. I think the machine was s/n 7KK00036. It was a good job! Tim Combs: Operated an O&K 9630 back in the day. About 10% larger than a 24,moldboard was 5' x 30'. |
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| Legendary Machinery posted Brian Rupert: I ran a CAT 140 and it was amazing the control you have. With small adjustments you could cut the roads to control water run off. It took some practice but miles of quarry roads I became the master.😁 LoL Danny Jeffrey: Don't stand up quick. Bad headache!! Dennis Melnychuk UG20K Motor Grader GVM* 15,000 kg Engine model Cat C7 ACERT™ TIER 2 Frame articulation left/right 20 degrees Steering range left/right 47.5 degrees Turning circle inner/outer 60/227” 1524 / 5766 mm Overall length (shortened spine) 26 ft 0.2 in 7930 mm Width over front tyres 96.4” 2449 mm Tyres 14.00 x 24 Triangle 12 ply E2 Tubeless Modified 120k for underground [It has a lower profile.] |
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| Big Engine posted Looks nice this model! 🫰 |
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| Big Machine posted Looks great! CAT 120M ADW 🫰💪 [I'm glad they specified the model number in the description or I would have missed the "1".] Michael Menalia: Love the beer drinking windows. Hobart Carl Legg: Company colors |
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| Old & Vintage Machinery added to an album [There are several other examples of graders in the album that use hydraulic motors instead of rams.] |
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| Big Engine posted Nice! Allis Chalmers Model D Motor grader 🥰 |
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| Mark Haby commented on a posting This towed unit appeared on the side of the road in the district where I work. After sitting there for a couple of years it just as mysteriously vanished again. |
At the 2016 Will County Threshermen's Show they had an Allis-Chalmers M 100 road grader. Note that this is an older design because everything is done with either hydraulic motors or "arm strong" shafts except moving the blade from side to side. That has a hydraulic cylinder. The shaft along the top of the box beam frame is obviously for stearing. The shaft along the right side of the beam (see second and third photos) is probably to adjust the tilt of the front wheels.
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Forest Preserve District of DuPage County posted two photos with the comment:
The District's Fleet recently completed a total refurbishment of their oldest piece of equipment – the 1976 John Deere Grader.🟩 The sandblasting and repainting were paid for by the American Lung Association’s B20 Club to help promote the use of biodiesel to other government agencies.🟩 Fleet Management replaced the seat, fan, wipers, hydraulic lines, and upgraded to LED lighting.🟩 Facility Management’s Sign Shop replicated the old District logo and printed out new decals for it.🟩 Grounds crew transported the Grader to and from various worksites.A true group effort with some remarkable results. In addition to looking ‘pretty’, the refurbishment will ensure that the Grader will get many more years of life for use by our Roads crew. We look forward to displaying the Grader at local Green events and Touch-a-Truck events next year to showcase the District’s biodiesel usage in all of our diesel equipment.
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County: Currently 95% of the District’s fleet of more than 170 vehicles is powered by alternative fuels — liquefied petroleum gas, compressed natural gas, ethanol, biodiesel, hybrid electric, and electric. Learn more:
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine shots from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar No.12 motor grader profile that ran in our October 2017 edition. Jeff Hockett: They slicked that steering box up with the 12E...that was the best grade-cutting machine Caterpillar ever made. Just my humble opinion of course 🤭 |
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| NA Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine shots from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar No.12 motor grader profile that ran in our October 2017 edition. John Boyd: My uncle ran over my cousin's midsection with a Cat 12. He pissed blood for a few days and they recovered completely. |
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| Brad Young posted Notice that there are no hydraulics, just "armstrong!" |
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| Screnshot Tim Tuel Once you use joysticks on a CAT you won't even want to drive this antique! Kevin Thomas An updated and improved, operator designed, joystick option is now available on John Deere Motorgraders. Bruce Robinson After running the new CAT I have to say JD Is much better. Jeff Douglas Hey Paxton Robinson. You ever seen a grader exactly like that one going down the road moving that much dirt?? Dale W Funkhouser Lol nice sand he's moving round. Richard Surrency Austyn Surrency that's me run that grader in that video. Todd Marshall John Deere. Over priced and overrated. Justin Elliott You spelled Cat wrong! David Jr Firth Junk |
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| Machinery Planet posted A John Deere 872GP Motor Grader |
I've seen this photo before, but I guess I didn't save it then.
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| Construction Machines posted Nicholas Patient: Does it stand like this? Chris Turner: Nicholas Patient Yes. Until weathering which causes the sharp top corner to crumble and fill the ditch line. Then it’s time to grade it again. Ml Hatch: I was never that good. The best to this operator. |
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| Big Machine posted While opinions vary on the efficacy of this particular model, it has demonstrated strong performance capabilities.💪🫶 Clint Smeathers: Common practice even get a lot higher up with the back wheels |
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| Big Machine Great job!👍 |
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| 10:59 video 16G was Cat's "flagship model" (biggest?) when it was introduced in 1973. |
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| Embedded photo of video of largest in the world Legendary Machinery posted Francis McIvor: I remember reading about theese massive machines the were a special order for Libya but the orders were canceled due to trade restrictions and the machines remained in Italy ?? Gary Erskine: Was to be exported to Libya but after the Lockerbie crash Libya was deemed a threat and all exports were stopped. |
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| Big Machine posted Ed Twehous: In 1969, another massive motor grader, the double-articulated Autoblade, was introduced by CMI Corporation. This machine was 40 feet (12 m) long, weighed 65,000 pounds (29,484 kg), and contained a power module at both ends. Each module contained a 225 horsepower diesel engine using hydrostatic power. Each engine drove four wheels, making it an eight wheel drive machine. This model, whose cab could rotate 180 degrees in either direction, was capable of precision grading in paving jobs. Mario Torres: This is not a Photoshop, but an actual machine. The CMI Autoblade came out in 1969. |
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| Rudi Suryo commented on the above post I think this 14 H is already big....just know 24 H was much more bigger. |
Big graders need big trucks.
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| Heavy duty machinery operators posted Kurt McDermott: 24H |
The cab is a lot lower on this one.
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| Big Machine posted Awesome graders!💪 The era of big motor graders began in 1955, when the Galion Iron Works launched the T-700 with an operating weight of 40,000lb. credit: sir Tom Cander Tim Combs: That WAS a BIG machine for the fifties. |
This was posted in a snow removal group.
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| Garry Desjardine posted Champion made this "Little Fella" to strip gravel pits. The mo-board was 5 feet tall. They had it in the 100 year Town Anniversary of Goderich Ontario Canada where Champion then had a Plant. [A comment points out that the guys indicate the blade is taller. A comment says the blade is 24'.] Shawn Marcil: Champion was the best grader ever! Such a shame Volvo bought them, took credit for all their innovations, then discontinued them. But that's Volvo. Look what they did to Euclid, Michigan, Mack, Autocar, etc. |
One need not put "Little Fella" in quotes for this one.
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| Machine World posted Matt Rauch: Operated a lot of different graders in my time and that one takes the cake when it comes to no visibility to see the mow board. |
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| Big Machine posted Champion blade ❤ Mike Kunz: Champion T100 worked and ran one at Simplot |
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| Big Engine posted Great player!💪👌 The Champion 100-T looked just like a normal grader, except it was much bigger! Built by the Dominion Road Machinery Co, beginning in 1975, it claimed to be the world’s largest production grader with its 24-foot blade and operating weight of 202,000lb. Dick Halstead: We had a rago Giant it was the last one built we used it for compacting the fill on road jobs Hall roads and I had some landfill jobs where it worked really good for Hall roads and knocking down the waist which we had a lot of it but I had that thing for many years and we never had any trouble with it it had two V8 71 in one in the front one in the back with a 22-ft blade I had a guy working for me that drove one all across South America on demonstrations they were originally built by a contractor in South Dakota by the name of Kenny Harris and they used them a lot for compassion and bleeding on the interstate highway system through South Dakota |
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| Elton Baker commented on the above post But in 1980 this was built with 33 ft blade and 1700 horse both engines. Jordan Haden: Elton Baker acco grader. Prototype and mostly cat Skello Murphy: Elton Baker Yes but this was built but not used as it was for Libya and Gaddaffi had sanctions put on him same as the super bulldozer wasn’t used. Made by ACCO in Italy Neal Hodges: We found the 16 too cumbersome and settled on the 140G. I can't imagine WHAT this big brute would be used for except maybe large pads. We once had to use two blades to finish a 450,000 square foot pad, but since we had to be closer than a tenth, I'm not sure that big machine could get that close. MY pads were always +/- .4 not the usual 1.0. I can almost guarantee that champion couldn't get that close! |
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| Kjell Oystein Kirkeluten commented on Garry's post Kjell Oystein Kirkeluten: There's one i Norway too, placed in Mo i Rana |
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| Senior Big Machine posted Wow Pink CHAMPION grader ! |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Champion grader profile in our November 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Champion grader profile in our November 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Champion grader profile in our November 2019 magazine. John Doerksen: They were very popular with municipalities in Western Canada too. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Champion grader profile in our November 2019 magazine. |
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| Big Engine posted Cool! 💪 [Instead of wasting our time with "cool," I wish a model number was provided.] |
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| Senior Big Machine posted, cropped Never seen one of these ! |
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