This may sound like a silly question, but I've always wondered what the purpose of the front wheel tilt was? Does it increase traction to the front tires? I've watched graders work but have never operated one.
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Front Wheel Tilt
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Grader4me
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Ah! I can answer that one. Front wheel tilt is to aid in steering for making sharp turns etc. Also good when making a heavy cut, as you can lean your wheels toward the windrow to maintain better control of your grader. For example, you are blading your material to the right side, so this would have a tendency to push your front end to the left, so lean the wheels a bit to the right to overcome this, and you are not fighting with the steering wheel all the time.
Also when you are ditching you lean your wheels to the high side for balance/steering/ etc.
Hope this answers your question.
Also when you are ditching you lean your wheels to the high side for balance/steering/ etc.
Hope this answers your question.
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Not silly cause I don't know either although I think traction would be an answer because the corners of the tire would have more "bite" in that position.
Oops typed too slow. Funny how I see the grader out here everyday and have never asked the operator that question.
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I wondered about the steering radius. I kept working it out in my head trying to figure out if it helped but came up empty.
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Being a grader man is just like a cat skinner its a skill that takes years to master. Many of the old farts I know cut their teeth on old 740 Champions and loosing their hearing from a screaming 6/71.
Grader4me
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Old farts? Naw... I won't bite on that one :Banghead Seriously though...I wear two hearing aids due to hearing loss.
This day and age the machines are sooo quite, but if you are operating older equipment that is loud.....wear hearing protection as I am living proof of what can happen if you don't.
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The new machines are really quiet the days are gone with the screaming engines. The highways maintenance contractor has a near new Cat 14H grader has lots of power seen it running around yesterday.
komatsukid
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I can contest to the hearing issue. two summers ago my 988F lost oil pressure and I had to run a 1970s 988. No airconditioning all the windows open, including the rear sliding window, oh yeah that was a roaring s.o.b.
Grader4me
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It's not to bad if you are in a loud environment once in awhile. But day after day and year after year it can really sneak up on you. I was very foolish not to wear hearing protection. But you know hearing loss is painless and you think that heck it won't happen to me.
Getting away from the original topic again...this thread highjacking is starting to get fun :yup
Getting away from the original topic again...this thread highjacking is starting to get fun :yup
digger242j
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I'm sorry, can you please speak up?
Grader4me
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I'm sorry, can you please speak up?
:laugh Smart ass :laugh My god it's hard to be serious in this forum!
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Dwan Hall
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say what?
Grader4me
Senior Member
Try to prevent other members of this great forum from suffering hearing loss and this is what I get
Hey Dwan how's the grader coming along? eh? what?
Hey Dwan how's the grader coming along? eh? what?
digger242j
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That was only partly in jest. If we were having this converstion in person, rather than typing over the internet, chances are I'd have asked you to repeat yourself several times already...
I'll second what you've said. If you haven't already ruined your ears--
USE EAR PROTECTION!
Grader4me
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And I took it in jest ...right on digger..and thanks for reinforcing this:thumbsup
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Dwan Hall
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I got the grader back inside today and now it is time for me to think about what I was doing.
First to go is the hearing then the memory.
I went to renew my hearing aids last November and the people @ Costco ware I get them did another hearing test. The results said I had a large air gap in my hearing. This means I can feel sound through my bones but cant hear it. They said they would not sell me any more aids till I seen a specialest. I made an appointment and they said my problem is correctable with sergery. Si I will be heading to the seattle area as soon as it quits snowing.
I am deaf in 1 ear and can't hear out of the other LOL.
They say by cutting some of the old bone out with a laser and replacing it with a plastic one I should be able to hear as well as I did when I was younger.
Digital hearing aids in Alaska start around $3200 a pair and go all the way up to $9K
@ Costco in Tacoma they run me $1800 for there top of the line. (a pair)
Now if they could just replace the part of my brain that has to do with spelling???
First to go is the hearing then the memory.
I went to renew my hearing aids last November and the people @ Costco ware I get them did another hearing test. The results said I had a large air gap in my hearing. This means I can feel sound through my bones but cant hear it. They said they would not sell me any more aids till I seen a specialest. I made an appointment and they said my problem is correctable with sergery. Si I will be heading to the seattle area as soon as it quits snowing.
I am deaf in 1 ear and can't hear out of the other LOL.
They say by cutting some of the old bone out with a laser and replacing it with a plastic one I should be able to hear as well as I did when I was younger.
Digital hearing aids in Alaska start around $3200 a pair and go all the way up to $9K
@ Costco in Tacoma they run me $1800 for there top of the line. (a pair)
Now if they could just replace the part of my brain that has to do with spelling???
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dayexco
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i sat on a drott 50 with a 6v-53 screamtroit and a cracked exhaust manifold when younger for about 5000 hrs....huh, whad you say?
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Holy crap hearing aids are expensive
Grader4me
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It's great that your hearing loss can be fixed :thumbsup Mine can't, so I will just have to live with it. My hearing aids cost $3500 but I'm lucky because compensation pays for them. They also pay for all repairs, batteries etc.
Your spelling is no worse than anyone elses here, me included.
Squizzy246B
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