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What the flying fuck is the point of this machine?
Im No tradesman im a computer engineer but even i see how stupid this machine is

Litterally makes no sense at all. A wheel loader or a dozer can do what this machine does but better
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Precision, mainly. It's for the final passes, getting everything to a precise grade and smoothness. It's not intended for the heavy work, it's a precision machine.
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>>2980433
the long wheelbase means bumps and uneven areas have far less effect than a relatively short wheelbase implement
if you had ever actually used something like a front end loader or skidsteer you would quickly learn they accel at doing what they are designed for (picking up and loading loose material/moving shit around) and become increasingly annoying the further you stray from that intended task
obviously a giant motor grader is specifically designed to grade a large amount of a roadway width area extremely accurately and quickly
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>>2980435
>>2980436
Wrong answer
Spotted the grader salesman
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>>2980437
Enjoy your bumpy road, retard.
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>>2980441
Enjoy grader propaganda
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>>2980441
Dilate
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Fuck graders

nothing more pathetic than when you get to a workplace and you see a fucking grader
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My dad used to love these things. Used to just want to go up and touch one. He was a teacher and would sometimes just ramble on about them. I hate them though since they're the reason he got locked up. It happened when I was young.

When I asked my mom why the cops took dad away she said it was because he touched his 3rd grader.
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>>2980437
>>2980447
Can't say that I've seen grader rage before
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This is now a grader hate thread

holy shit i hate graders and even more grader operators
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>>2980464
you know that graders was invented by jews in order to control the construction masses and cause internal chaos in goyim construction businesses?
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>>2980464
Probably a suspension shop owner.
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>>2980475
Kill yourself faggot grader fanboy
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>>2980433
the blade in between the wheels will have less variation than one levered out in front...you're a fucking engineer? bullshit
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>>2980433
Long protruding nose
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>>2980479
idiot
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>>2980433
Graders are awesome for grading roads with a nice crown, cutting ditches, berming dirt up, etc. I love my grader. Also there are a ton of dirt county roads around here that would be in horrible shape if they didn't send a grader around maintaining them constantly.

You do have a grader don't you?
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>grader this
>grader that
We're I'm from, we call em blades
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>>2980503
>We're I'm from, we call em blades
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4sbIFshzc
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>>2980495
how dumb are you? graders havent been relevant since the 90s
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>>2980509
>Yeah bro jets just maintain these county roads and mine roads with a loader or dozer!

Lol wut? Fuck off tard.
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>>2980433
it make flat good
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>>2980510
seek help

a d11 can fix a road much better than some fucking grader
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>>2980516
if by fix you mean completely remove then yes, certainly
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>>2980516
Fix? Possibly, depending on the damage. Maintain? No. The undercarriage would be toast in no time flat with the amount of miles a grader can cover.

Sounds like some cope a graderlet would come up with... Why don't you tell us the real reason you don't have a grader?
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>>2980517
>>2980519
dumb

im no machine operator i only have experience in playing construction simulator 25 and fs25 but even i know that if i show up to a fucking road i can fix it with a d11

tell me how a d11 cant fix a road but a grader can
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>>2980521
in the age of rtk any machine with firm wheelbase can level a plane to sub inch precission
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>>2980539
>firm
You need a long wheelbase to remove the bumps. That's exactly why it looks like that.
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>>2980542
why do you think that? the shields height is computer guided on the specified slope and the tracks are behind it on smooth ground.
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>>2980542
This. Why do wood planes and jointers have long flat precision surfaces leading up to the blade? Why don't we just use wood chisels for everything? Road graders are exactly like that only for dirt work.

>>2980521
>tell me how a d11 cant fix a road but a grader can

Yes a dozer can fix a bad part of a road like a washout. It will not level an entire 10 mile long county road very well and be a stupid amount of wear on the undercarriage for a job that would be better handled by a grader. And how far away is the dozer from the bad part of the road? 10 miles? 20 miles? You gonna track it there or load it onto a lowboy? Graders have extreme mobility compared to dozers and the new ones will do 40mph quite easily.
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>>2980433
look up grader mountain road and then try and find a 3rd world video. they can get a lot of stuff done. the articulation and blade angle it can do its cool
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>>2980463
Kek
>>2980519
>>2980521
He prob can't afford one...
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>>2980593
Kys
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Because a bulldozer would leave threaded tracks duh
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man fuck graders
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>>2980433
imagine going on to 4chan and blatantly and plainly stating as loud as possible
>I AM STUPID
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>>2980433
due to long wheel base and fully articulated blade, its just more comfy (fast and cheap) for high volume (distance) light duty precision work.

A dozier that can't tilt its blade 720degs of freedom will have to do several passes to do same thing.

Wait till OP finds out about picrel.
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>>2980717
I gotta get my 613B scraper up and running again. Been sitting for quite a few years and has some leaks I need to address. They're a blast to run.
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>>2980717
>>2980723
fuck scrapers
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>>2980479
>you're a fucking engineer?
No, he said he's a computer engineer, which means he has no real engineering knowledge and probably didn't even take Statics.

>>2980717
As fast as those things are at getting dirt moved from one place to another on a site, I think we have two of them on our grounds that haven't moved in two years because they're always being serviced.
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>>2980717
Scraper, I hardly know her
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>>2980433
dont post here you retarded faggot
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>>2980784
>we have two of them on our grounds that haven't moved in two years because they're always being serviced.
They have a very specialized application. If you can afford to have equipment sitting idle for that long, you can probably afford to lease it when you need it.

I've worked in and around the construction biz for years and I'm amazed at how many business owners just look for excuses to acquire neat toys and tie up capital. Dozers and loaders have many more uses and are better purchased. But graders excell at the one thing they do.
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>>2980433
>What the flying fuck is the point of this machine?
>Im No tradesman im a computer engineer but even i see how stupid this machine is

its funny how some faggot who knows nothing about something tries to justify their hate for that thing when they never used or have no knowledge of its operation. what a pathetic fucking retard
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>>2980433
they are becomming rare. today most road maintendance crews here use fully rigged multi purpose dump trucks.
pic related got a grader blade in the middle,snow blow mount in the front and can accept anything from a salt/sand spreader in the back of a dump truck bucket for road maintendance use
>pmow your route back and forth
>lower grader then scrape and salt/sand your route
in summer time
>using dump bucket lay out fresh gravel on bumpy gravel road
>grade it on the way back
and when no road work is required
>use it as a whatever truck
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>>2980934
show it cutting ditch
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>>2980433
>thread theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4kQG_BvhYw
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>>2980471
Now? Isn't that pretty much how OP laid out out in his, well, OP?
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Just mount an attachment on your loader
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>>2980947
fuck graders
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I HATE GRADERS
FUCK GRADERS
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>>2980737
Got to run graders with scrapers, rough haul roads between your cut and fill will beat the shit out of your machines hitches and slow them down, graders used to smooth the haul road and wow you dont have to bounce the scaper like a monstertruck free style event
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>>2980433
https://youtu.be/MGQCJQPmKto?si=qMcdHu5XaFbtTCF3&t=205

can you do this with a dozer?
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>>2980433
dirt roads...
They are a thing outside the us.
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>>2980433
Heavy equipment operator here. Graders have their place but it's disappearing. GPS equipment machines have took a lot of their jobs but municipalities love them for maintaining shoulders because you can just drive it to a job instead of requiring a truck to get it there. Plus they can move snow pretty good so they're year round machines.



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