i sent you a link to a video of the grader ushing snow that had the wing that could be raised up and down to keep the snow from rolling into driveways when they went by not sure if you rember that oh and i was the headlights on the crane comment guy hey now you can use it at night
I worked for one company that wouldn't hire a grader operator under 40 years old. Of course they did encourage them to retire after they hit their mid 70's, but were good at making exceptions. A couple they stopped paying after they stopped showing up for work, being dead was an accepted excuse. I think the the hardest lessons I ever had to teach new operators, was to stop and think, and slow down.
@@jz1340 When I see Jeff or Chris Guins use a grader, it always worries me that they have so many levers, and that are constantly tweaking them. Jeff demonstrated how he operates the scraper a few years ago, and that looked even more complicated. Blimey. That was five years ago! ua-cam.com/video/iLKpauTxKxI/v-deo.html
"I think the the hardest lessons I ever had to teach new operators, was to stop and think, and slow down." Funny I had an old hand tell me the same thing when I was 18-19 . Once I figured that part out...Oh say five -six years into it and a lot of having to do it again. I guess I was around 23 or 24 I started to become a pretty good blade man. I am 60 now and while I don't operate grader any more for work. When I fire up my old 8T No12 it does not take long to get it back!
My Great Uncle, who ran a grader on the Alaskan highway wouldn't have been nearly as diplomatic as you were in your reply to the whipper snappers Jeff. Grader operators can make or break the profit margin on a highway job. Their little mistakes cause trouble in the road surface for decades on, be it gravel, or paved. One thing I remember him telling me while showing me how a grader worked was "The fewer passes you can make, the less chances you have to have a mistake" He was rather colorful, when the pint in his back pocket get down below half-full so "mistake" wasn't the term he used. What the younger guys forget is the lack of ability is the reason they invented GPS equipment to take up for newer operators lack of skill in the first place.
If a guy can start an old grader with a pony motor, then go out and blue top with a wrist buster, he’s probably a motor grader operator. I have a hunch that Jeff has done that.
A great bit of kit Jeff. Makes a lovely job. If its available why not use it. Yeah all the critics are probably those young "experts ". What they dont realise is that we never stop learning no mater how old we get. Us old buggers seem to become invisible to a lot of younger folk these days. They need to respect us for our experience, you dont learn this stuff over night. Cheers Glenn from Australia 🇦🇺
Oh, i understand now Jeff. It's a strap-on device to enhance Your ability to perform. Gotcha. 😅 I'll just grab my hat and GET OUT now. Best Wishes to everyone at Anderson Construction.
Hey Paydirt , you would not get your backside in a grader down here in Australia. Your jobs are finished far to neat and the finish on your roads are no where near rough enough for what passes as roads here. 👍
I was in Melbourne in 2019 for the Mad Max 40th Anniversary and I can say as a American driving on the Australian roads that your roads are way better than here in America
can't run a grader....ya, rite ! !! haha. Your vidya years ago when you showed how to use grade feathers got me to subscribe. And then a few years later, I got to run a Grader and remembered tips you said and plucked many boulders out of a bush road and caused people who travel on that road to drive 20mph over the suggested speed limit. hahaha
He’s currently in training…, has been for bout 40years now… But He’ll catch on…, hahaha..! I throughly enjoyed his videos of miles of Forest Service cinder rock grading, and “the boys” running their big ole Wabco mine truck dumpers.
Only thing Jeffry I'm mad about you didn't show the finished product dang you. I used to use one spreading hot mix and it worked wonderfully. Kept the product straight no running in and out.
Great video Jeff always enjoy watching you work dirt with 14G that's a nice attachment for what you were doing on that road surface. Thanks for sharing stay safe Jeff.
Oh baby, Jeff that is a “pretty” nice touch to your blade work. I remember way back when you were taking about this attachment. Seeing it in action is pretty awesome. How “freaking” simple could it get, genius work by Mr. John Schiedeck. Always love you grading videos, Thank you sir. P.S., lovin the split screen…
Hey Jeff! I have run into the same problem with my local quarry here in CA sometimes. When I order 3/4” road base I’ve had some loads come all fines or all rock. Makes a terrible road when that happens. So I have had to call up and make a stink, which I hate to do. You would think they would figure that out. I think we all would if we were operating the quarry. You are a pretty damn good grader operator Jeff! Love your videos!
Wow what a Great tool angle adjustment on the fly.❤👍 We had a shouldering shoe that attached to the blade only Fixed angle. Thanks for the video 👍👍😎😎 Wish I would have saw that when I was still working, would have built a copy. Just a few track links and a little welding. SUPER idea whoever designed that wing❤❤. Love the channel ❤ Pat from northwest WI
At Colorado DOT we always used something like this on our 570 John Deere graders when we were blade patching HBP. Worked well, almost like a screed on a laydown machine. Put down thousands of tons on the secondary roads with them.
Good morning Jeff, hope all is well with you and your family.Thank you for the video,to operate a grader in general take's some skill and what ever you operate you my dear friend are very skilled, You've been a round plant long enough. Take care and stay safe 👍😎🇬🇧.
That’s one machine I’ve never run. I’ve done a little grading with a rear blade on a tractor, but the center mounted blade just gives such a nice even cut.
Love how manufactuers of these equipment ecpect us old timers to remember how to wiggle and shove it in at our age.....................................................................🤣🤣
Jeff you are a great operator and mechanic keep up the great work and don't listen to them runny nose kids. You should take a look at Lonestardiggin he is a grader operator with the use of only 1 arm take a look 👍
Takes a lot of seat time to get good on a grader and I’m not ashamed to say I’m not any good on one either brother👊 but only way ya learn is get out there and push it back n’ forth till ya wear out them rocks👍
The 'that was easy' buttons came out when our sister plant that had manufacturing responsibility kept f'ing up. We changed it to a 'tactical nuclear' button. You could tell when someone was struggling with the plant. That damn button would go off two or three times in less than a minute. Thanks for posting, Jeff.
We live in a world of wannabe operators that watch half alright operators that think they’re heroes on the internet…than they think they’re experts. That’s why I watch paydirt because he’s got that natural instinct and uncommon sense that only people have because they grew up in the industry
Segregation thats big problems with highreach stackers! The fines on top and the bigger stuff ends up at the bottom. Here they are not allowed anymore to use highreach stackers. They have to build the stockpiles in 10ft layers.
Have you had to explain what a Bluetop is to the young experts? Or staking your own grade for that matter. I still chuckle when I remember those times 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Do you ever wonder why a kit like that, the manufactures were not smart enough to make all the bolts the same size, so we don't need multiple size tools all the time?
I ran a grader for over 35 years, 25 years for a municipality and I wis I would have had that wing thing you have.. Would have mad life much easier lol
I need to figure out how to make one of these for the grader/planer attachment for my tractor. Leaves a rill just to the edge of the box which I have to rake out at finish, only thing I don't like about the implement.
Try to run the wing/ shoe straight with your edge whenever you can..will be less stress on it instead of cutting the last several inches with it..awesome tool…spread many thousand ton of asphalt and gravel…good luck !
I called the TikTok /Facebook job hotline, they are sending a customer service representative from India and a grader operator from a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean who claim vast experience based ooff what they have read from books
I think it’s slick as hell. I always get a kick out of listening to the younger guys who think they know better. You want a crash course in grader operating jump on an old cat 14. That will make you appreciate hydraulics lol
The young grader operators would be lost without all the electronics. If they spent years operating a knuckle busters they would appreciate the wing they have no clue as what it's real purpose is.
hi jeff i been work strip mine coal truck haul road i asked for less fines. Greg perry fabracated grader wing for his gallion grader in the 80s he was my first employer OM Perry sand company. thanks for the memorys jeff
Yep taught j everything i know about running a grader i have had fifteen minutes on one took them that long to run be down and fire me when they realized i didn't have a clue what in the hell i was doing took another operater two hours to fix what i F up in ten minutes i retired after this
You CAN run a grader. It takes experience to know that the machine's geometry is what gets the job done; set the blade then don't touch it. Of course, knowing where to set it takes skill too. By the way, that road has great ditches!
Stylish WINGTIPS... and more bolts needed..?Hey -- watchout for that tree...! JAY , JAY , JAY OF THE JUNGLE..! THELMA AND URSULA NEARBY..? Good golly grease all that stuff !!BTW...CROWN IN THE ROAD ..IS THAT A ROYAL PILE..?
Amazing how many Armchair Experts come out of the wood work, when they think you're doing something wrong. About time you got back to road building... At least you've got you "Eye" in . Lol.
Most of the young lads probably use some sort of tremble and don't do anything freehand the engineer probably gives them a usb stick telling the machine what to do hahaha If the attachment was no good it would never have developed further in such things as box graders and so forth 🤷♂️
I've had an engineer that couldn't figure out how I was doing the grading to build terraces, cuz I didn't have GPS or lasers, I just told her I didn't get drunk the night before and I'm not on dope. I eventually walked her over and showed her I had a slope gauge on the back of my dozer blade. Her comment was she's heard about guys like me. But there aren't any around anymore. For her to check my grades and to check to see what I did cost you $120,000 in survey equipment, and I did it with $150 slope gauge. I can underbid anybody there is, because I didn't spend a fortune trying to draw a straight line.
If you want a wing like mine built by John Schiedeck let me know in the comments and I'll hook you up
i sent you a link to a video of the grader ushing snow that had the wing that could be raised up and down to keep the snow from rolling into driveways when they went by not sure if you rember that oh and i was the headlights on the crane comment guy hey now you can use it at night
@@mrtowmonster seen a lot of those flop boards you mentioned they work great but the operators hatd em,was told they are a Canadian design
I worked for one company that wouldn't hire a grader operator under 40 years old. Of course they did encourage them to retire after they hit their mid 70's, but were good at making exceptions. A couple they stopped paying after they stopped showing up for work, being dead was an accepted excuse. I think the the hardest lessons I ever had to teach new operators, was to stop and think, and slow down.
Not every operator has the eye/hand coordination to be a good blade operator.
With 2D & 3D grade control...not as long a learning curve.
@@jz1340 When I see Jeff or Chris Guins use a grader, it always worries me that they have so many levers, and that are constantly tweaking them. Jeff demonstrated how he operates the scraper a few years ago, and that looked even more complicated. Blimey. That was five years ago! ua-cam.com/video/iLKpauTxKxI/v-deo.html
"I think the the hardest lessons I ever had to teach new operators, was to stop and think, and slow down." Funny I had an old hand tell me the same thing when I was 18-19 . Once I figured that part out...Oh say five -six years into it and a lot of having to do it again. I guess I was around 23 or 24 I started to become a pretty good blade man. I am 60 now and while I don't operate grader any more for work. When I fire up my old 8T No12 it does not take long to get it back!
The people that criticize those wings are the first ones that will tell you that you need grade control on every piece of equipment
Operators now days can't do anything without a laser ,they can't feel the road with their butts
Looks like a pretty dam good grader man to me.
I've seen a lot of different grader operators on UA-cam, and Jeff is clearly the master. His V-ditch videos are worth a watch.
My Great Uncle, who ran a grader on the Alaskan highway wouldn't have been nearly as diplomatic as you were in your reply to the whipper snappers Jeff. Grader operators can make or break the profit margin on a highway job. Their little mistakes cause trouble in the road surface for decades on, be it gravel, or paved. One thing I remember him telling me while showing me how a grader worked was "The fewer passes you can make, the less chances you have to have a mistake" He was rather colorful, when the pint in his back pocket get down below half-full so "mistake" wasn't the term he used. What the younger guys forget is the lack of ability is the reason they invented GPS equipment to take up for newer operators lack of skill in the first place.
Jim H per chance ?
If a guy can start an old grader with a pony motor, then go out and blue top with a wrist buster, he’s probably a motor grader operator.
I have a hunch that Jeff has done that.
A great bit of kit Jeff. Makes a lovely job. If its available why not use it.
Yeah all the critics are probably those young "experts ". What they dont realise is that we never stop learning no mater how old we get. Us old buggers seem to become invisible to a lot of younger folk these days. They need to respect us for our experience, you dont learn this stuff over night.
Cheers Glenn from Australia 🇦🇺
Oh, i understand now Jeff. It's a strap-on device to enhance Your ability to perform. Gotcha. 😅 I'll just grab my hat and GET OUT now.
Best Wishes to everyone at Anderson Construction.
Hey Paydirt , you would not get your backside in a grader down here in Australia. Your jobs are finished far to neat and the finish on your roads are no where near rough enough for what passes as roads here. 👍
I was in Melbourne in 2019 for the Mad Max 40th Anniversary and I can say as a American driving on the Australian roads that your roads are way better than here in America
can't run a grader....ya, rite ! !! haha. Your vidya years ago when you showed how to use grade feathers got me to subscribe. And then a few years later, I got to run a Grader and remembered tips you said and plucked many boulders out of a bush road and caused people who travel on that road to drive 20mph over the suggested speed limit. hahaha
He’s currently in training…, has been for bout 40years now… But He’ll catch on…, hahaha..! I throughly enjoyed his videos of miles of Forest Service cinder rock grading, and “the boys” running their big ole Wabco mine truck dumpers.
Only thing Jeffry I'm mad about you didn't show the finished product dang you. I used to use one spreading hot mix and it worked wonderfully. Kept the product straight no running in and out.
I hadn’t realized that you could change the angle by shifting the mold board in and out. That’s pretty cool.
Say you can't run a grader? You could have fooled me!
Great video Jeff always enjoy watching you work dirt with 14G that's a nice attachment for what you were doing on that road surface. Thanks for sharing stay safe Jeff.
I always dumped lime over clean gravel to make it bind if I had to.
Oh baby, Jeff that is a “pretty” nice touch to your blade work. I remember way back when you were taking about this attachment. Seeing it in action is pretty awesome. How “freaking” simple could it get, genius work by Mr. John Schiedeck.
Always love you grading videos,
Thank you sir.
P.S., lovin the split screen…
We call it a blade in California. You get more production with that 14G than allot of men i see on the M series
To be qualified to run a grader you need Grey hair and a bad attitude
Lots of guys claim they can run grader and in fact cannot run em fer sh**, you sir ain’t one of those guys, you do great work!
Howdy, it is nice to have good equipment!!~~~~~1!!!!!@ I loved the split screen and your operating looked pretty good to me.
Hey Jeff! I have run into the same problem with my local quarry here in CA sometimes. When I order 3/4” road base I’ve had some loads come all fines or all rock. Makes a terrible road when that happens. So I have had to call up and make a stink, which I hate to do. You would think they would figure that out. I think we all would if we were operating the quarry. You are a pretty damn good grader operator Jeff! Love your videos!
Wow what a Great tool angle adjustment on the fly.❤👍 We had a shouldering shoe that attached to the blade only
Fixed angle. Thanks for the video 👍👍😎😎 Wish I would have saw that when I was still working, would have built a copy. Just a few track links and a little welding. SUPER idea whoever designed that wing❤❤. Love the channel ❤
Pat from northwest WI
At Colorado DOT we always used something like this on our 570 John Deere graders when we were blade patching HBP. Worked well, almost like a screed on a laydown machine. Put down thousands of tons on the secondary roads with them.
Good morning Jeff, hope all is well with you and your family.Thank you for the video,to operate a grader in general take's some skill and what ever you operate you my dear friend are very skilled, You've been a round plant long enough. Take care and stay safe 👍😎🇬🇧.
Thanks for giving us some more footage of your artistry Jeff 🍻🇦🇺
That is so neat. It works so well. Be some neat finish on those finicky jobs now got me thinking 🤔 cool. Cheers, Jeff 🍻
Mr. Peter we’ve been using those at Odot for many years. They work great on paving to leave a nice edge lot less raking Ray from Oregon
Interesting attachment it near makes you look skilled 😂😂😂 great work you have potential 👍 ❤ I like the easy install idea.
That’s one machine I’ve never run. I’ve done a little grading with a rear blade on a tractor, but the center mounted blade just gives such a nice even cut.
Old guys rule!
You are a much better patrol hand then welder lol love the content.
I admire all the things you do with great skill. My only suggestion is to get some help with the heavy lifting. Your back will thank you!
THEY SAY THAT THE SCRAPER IS THE HARDEST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO RUN ALONG SIDE OF A DRAG LINE...
Nice to see a operator, not a want to be . Takes years to feel that cut.
I think I would call that a "gravel saver" , man o man that leaves a nice clean shoulder!!!!!!!!!
As always bro a great video, a cool gadget too. Safe travels. Ken.
Love how manufactuers of these equipment ecpect us old timers to remember how to wiggle and shove it in at our age.....................................................................🤣🤣
Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota. Agree that loader operator should know to re-blend his material
Jeff you are a great operator and mechanic keep up the great work and don't listen to them runny nose kids. You should take a look at Lonestardiggin he is a grader operator with the use of only 1 arm take a look 👍
It’s a great day when Jpaydirt uploads a new video, good stuff 👍🏼👍🏼
Takes a lot of seat time to get good on a grader and I’m not ashamed to say I’m not any good on one either brother👊 but only way ya learn is get out there and push it back n’ forth till ya wear out them rocks👍
Yer gettin' fairly whippy with that camera Jeff, doin' a split screen, I thought ya broke your grader for a minute there...........
I've been playing with graders a long time. Looks good to me, work smarter not harder. 💪
I can't run a grader❌️
I can't out run a grader✔️
😂😂
Come on! I wanted to see a close up section of the road after you were done. That shit looked perfect! Lol Your videos are fun to watch. 👍
Awesome tool, and nice job using it to help you!
The 'that was easy' buttons came out when our sister plant that had manufacturing responsibility kept f'ing up. We changed it to a 'tactical nuclear' button. You could tell when someone was struggling with the plant. That damn button would go off two or three times in less than a minute. Thanks for posting, Jeff.
We live in a world of wannabe operators that watch half alright operators that think they’re heroes on the internet…than they think they’re experts. That’s why I watch paydirt because he’s got that natural instinct and uncommon sense that only people have because they grew up in the industry
Mighty fine Jeff, mighty fine!
Segregation thats big problems with highreach stackers!
The fines on top and the bigger stuff ends up at the bottom.
Here they are not allowed anymore to use highreach stackers.
They have to build the stockpiles in 10ft layers.
Almost makes me want to go back to running a grader.
That wing makes a really nice finish,bet you think how did I ever do with out it,Jeff wins again.
Nice job Jeff
That’s interesting as all heck, learned something new
Thanks Jeff like the video on the Grading .
Have you had to explain what a Bluetop is to the young experts? Or staking your own grade for that matter. I still chuckle when I remember those times 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great video mr Jeff
I was always fascinated by a good grader operator most I have met were a bout your age. I have the age but not grader operator. Lol
Great video
Do you ever wonder why a kit like that, the manufactures were not smart enough to make all the bolts the same size, so we don't need multiple size tools all the time?
I ran a grader for over 35 years, 25 years for a municipality and I wis I would have had that wing thing you have.. Would have mad life much easier lol
I need to figure out how to make one of these for the grader/planer attachment for my tractor. Leaves a rill just to the edge of the box which I have to rake out at finish, only thing I don't like about the implement.
great job jpay
That kitty cat sounds great. BTW how dare you use something to help you.. 😂
Jay them guys are running Tonka toy graders
That tool saves time and time is money when you are the owner
Lol , u tell em jeff !
Hell that's one good motorgrader
I’m just happy that you didn’t use an ingersol impact!
Yup
Try to run the wing/ shoe straight with your edge whenever you can..will be less stress on it instead of cutting the last several inches with it..awesome tool…spread many thousand ton of asphalt and gravel…good luck !
No Jeoff can't out run a grader! But you in shit load of trouble ..if he is in the grader chasing you !!
How to turn your blade into a semi box blade. I bet that road is smoother than the paved highway after a fresh run over it with the blade. 🙂
I called the TikTok /Facebook job hotline, they are sending a customer service representative from India and a grader operator from a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean who claim vast experience based ooff what they have read from books
Nice job 👍
Another Fine Video Mr PayDirt Keep at it, you just might learn how to hold a grade,Ha
Jeff Wins!!
Tom
I think it’s slick as hell. I always get a kick out of listening to the younger guys who think they know better. You want a crash course in grader operating jump on an old cat 14. That will make you appreciate hydraulics lol
Right on
The young grader operators would be lost without all the electronics. If they spent years operating a knuckle busters they would appreciate the wing they have no clue as what it's real purpose is.
you got more time backing, then most have traveling forward.
Just remember Jeff wins.
Good job, whats your favorite piece of construction equipment?
You're doing grade A grading Jeff !
Did you tell Mrs. Paydirt what you found out about that new characteristic, __y an all.
I always understood that a great blade operator had a bubble in his butt....
I used one of those end shoes on a blade 30 years ago made from scrap steel from the junk pile. Worked damn good too
The people that say it’s gay live in their moms basement and run a grader from tonka.
hi jeff i been work strip mine coal truck haul road i asked for less fines. Greg perry fabracated grader wing for his gallion grader in the 80s he was my first employer OM Perry sand company. thanks for the memorys jeff
Yep taught j everything i know about running a grader i have had fifteen minutes on one took them that long to run be down and fire me when they realized i didn't have a clue what in the hell i was doing took another operater two hours to fix what i F up in ten minutes i retired after this
You CAN run a grader. It takes experience to know that the machine's geometry is what gets the job done; set the blade then don't touch it. Of course, knowing where to set it takes skill too. By the way, that road has great ditches!
Craftsmanship.
Jealousy is such an ugly creature. Who guves a f___ if they like how you do your work, they aint paying for it.
Stylish WINGTIPS... and more bolts needed..?Hey -- watchout for that tree...! JAY , JAY , JAY OF THE JUNGLE..!
THELMA AND URSULA NEARBY..?
Good golly grease all that stuff !!BTW...CROWN IN THE ROAD ..IS THAT A ROYAL PILE..?
teaching old dog new tricks
Jeff, how did you do that without a satelight, GPS and a gallon of DEF?
Amazing how many Armchair Experts come out of the wood work, when they think you're doing something wrong. About time you got back to road building... At least you've got you "Eye" in . Lol.
U probably have more seat time in a blade with a flat tire than most the people talkin shit do all there lives
....it even has a window near the top for camera, cool.
👍🏻
Hell ya as far as the haters jealousy is the greatest compliment
Most of the young lads probably use some sort of tremble and don't do anything freehand the engineer probably gives them a usb stick telling the machine what to do hahaha
If the attachment was no good it would never have developed further in such things as box graders and so forth 🤷♂️
I've had an engineer that couldn't figure out how I was doing the grading to build terraces, cuz I didn't have GPS or lasers, I just told her I didn't get drunk the night before and I'm not on dope. I eventually walked her over and showed her I had a slope gauge on the back of my dozer blade. Her comment was she's heard about guys like me. But there aren't any around anymore. For her to check my grades and to check to see what I did cost you $120,000 in survey equipment, and I did it with $150 slope gauge. I can underbid anybody there is, because I didn't spend a fortune trying to draw a straight line.
skill has to be used to keep it fresh, gps has it's place but sadly takes away the skill after continuous use.........just say no to it LOL
Your right you can't operate.