Great video & even better explanation of how you equipped your motor grader, I've always loved dreaming about running a motor grader & hopefully some day the dream will come true,l do see that your tire chains don't know the heavy truck cleat tabs on the links which would help greatly with traction and around the area of the peace country in northwestern Alberta graders are bad for flat tires because they leave shards of the cutting edge on the road & found a flat on my road with a 1989 cbr 600f first year non hurricane name on the tank & 1 of 3 middleweights of the same brand 1989/1994 & finally a 1999F4 last one brand new at $10K Canadian , All great bike's but my all time favourite is 1 of 2 new Yamaha 2 stroke sport bikes I purchased in red deer Alberta in 1985 & 1986 , the giant killer 1985 RZ350F the favourite of all bike's I've had the opportunity to purchase & One day if I win the lottery I'd buying a fleet of heavy equipment from a Motor grader & skid steer & T/A T800 or W900 short hood 2 piece windshield with either a mechanical Caterpillar or 3406B or C15 accert with heavy diffs & 18 spd & air ride. But again Thank you for showing us around your grader & please make more videos working in and around this machine. From Alberta Canada
My favorite truck. KW 900L. Have you seen my truck history video from my heavy haul days? KW tri-drive we built with 6NZ C15 and 18. I wish I was doing UA-cam then. It would have been interesting content.
Sounds like you're 1985 dodge truck is one heck of a reliable machine, too bad it has a elk magnet though but a very nice workhorse of a truck even though it's a 360 gas job it a nice truck , please do a detailed like this video walk around of it some time. Thanks
Just bought a 1977 John Deere 570-A grader for snow work. No front plow...no wing. Please provide make and model number of the front chains and the rear chains. Can machine work well with only a single set of chains at the rear ? Thank you !!
Tire chains are from Quality Chain Corp through the dealer Chains R Us.com. The rears are a Square Link Alloy, two link spacing, 14-24 size, model 6515-2 in 10mm /3/8 inch. The fronts are a Diamond Back Square Link Alloy, model 2715-DP-11, 11mm/7/16 inch. As far as how much chain you need depends on the terrain and conditions. We have very steep hills and leave a little on the road each time to protect gravel and so snowmobiles can travel on them. This gets packed and can get icy so I need them all and the 2 link spacing helps the drives and the heavy fronts help with steering. You can always try it with the rears and see and carry another in case. Some don't have chains on all the time and just carry them and put them on when needed. I would be chaining all the time and it isn't fun. These are too heavy to handle that often. Thanks.
And I forgot to respond to the chains on all four comment. The four grader drives are driven by a single locking differential with chains on both sides to lock the axles on each side together. In trucks that do have transfer cases and in both cases, far more pressure on the drivetrain and especially a transfer case to have one axle with traction and the other trying to slip. It has been my experience, and lots of others, not to have problems with chaining all four and it is what we have to do to get the job done even if it is problematic. Thanks.
Wow great stuff! You are not messing around and are very squared away. Great equipment thanks for the walk around
Thanks for watching!
Great video & even better explanation of how you equipped your motor grader, I've always loved dreaming about running a motor grader & hopefully some day the dream will come true,l do see that your tire chains don't know the heavy truck cleat tabs on the links which would help greatly with traction and around the area of the peace country in northwestern Alberta graders are bad for flat tires because they leave shards of the cutting edge on the road & found a flat on my road with a 1989 cbr 600f first year non hurricane name on the tank & 1 of 3 middleweights of the same brand 1989/1994 & finally a 1999F4 last one brand new at $10K Canadian , All great bike's but my all time favourite is 1 of 2 new Yamaha 2 stroke sport bikes I purchased in red deer Alberta in 1985 & 1986 , the giant killer 1985 RZ350F the favourite of all bike's I've had the opportunity to purchase & One day if I win the lottery I'd buying a fleet of heavy equipment from a Motor grader & skid steer & T/A T800 or W900 short hood 2 piece windshield with either a mechanical Caterpillar or 3406B or C15 accert with heavy diffs & 18 spd & air ride. But again Thank you for showing us around your grader & please make more videos working in and around this machine. From Alberta Canada
My favorite truck. KW 900L. Have you seen my truck history video from my heavy haul days? KW tri-drive we built with 6NZ C15 and 18. I wish I was doing UA-cam then. It would have been interesting content.
Sounds like you're 1985 dodge truck is one heck of a reliable machine, too bad it has a elk magnet though but a very nice workhorse of a truck even though it's a 360 gas job it a nice truck , please do a detailed like this video walk around of it some time. Thanks
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Just bought a 1977 John Deere 570-A grader for snow work. No front plow...no wing. Please provide make and model number of the front chains and the rear chains. Can machine work well with only a single set of chains at the rear ? Thank you !!
Tire chains are from Quality Chain Corp through the dealer Chains R Us.com. The rears are a Square Link Alloy, two link spacing, 14-24 size, model 6515-2 in 10mm /3/8 inch. The fronts are a Diamond Back Square Link Alloy, model 2715-DP-11, 11mm/7/16 inch. As far as how much chain you need depends on the terrain and conditions. We have very steep hills and leave a little on the road each time to protect gravel and so snowmobiles can travel on them. This gets packed and can get icy so I need them all and the 2 link spacing helps the drives and the heavy fronts help with steering. You can always try it with the rears and see and carry another in case. Some don't have chains on all the time and just carry them and put them on when needed. I would be chaining all the time and it isn't fun. These are too heavy to handle that often. Thanks.
You must like straight blade because everyone buys Vplows . And chains on all 4 tires is hard on the transfer case .
I have a v-plow but you can't clean up cul-de-sacs, wide highway approaches, and parking areas and push it off the end or pile it with a v. Thanks.
And I forgot to respond to the chains on all four comment. The four grader drives are driven by a single locking differential with chains on both sides to lock the axles on each side together. In trucks that do have transfer cases and in both cases, far more pressure on the drivetrain and especially a transfer case to have one axle with traction and the other trying to slip. It has been my experience, and lots of others, not to have problems with chaining all four and it is what we have to do to get the job done even if it is problematic. Thanks.