this channel is a gift to anyone who calls themselves an operator. a lesson in humility and respect for the trade, as well as a total goldmine of information. I operate equipment in a completely different trade but the common thread is that Vern tirelessly strives to improve and increase efficiency. so whether you are on a grader or not, from a philosophical standpoint as well as a technical one, there are a wealth of lessons to be had here. the sheer patience and focus of this guy is literally evident in his cadence of speech. Awesome. Thank you Vern Kyle
Great videos Vern. Im a grader operator in California and love watching other operators do their thing. Definitely learned a thing or two from you! Thank you keep them coming!
Hi JR Hurt, you are the first comment from California, I'm glad to hear you learned something from watching, that's the main reason I stated this channel.
Hi Stephen, to answer your question is "No" I think the M series are nice machines, but at this point in my life I stayed with the old H. As an "owner operator" it was not only the price of the M, but the difficulty in maintenance and repair. It's a good question, and one that I personally struggled with.
I never considered the owner operators. There were 3 top hands here in Reno, Nevada. But they all hung it up in the early 2000's. I'm sitting on an H with 19,000 hours today, but my main blade is a 14 M with under 4000 hours. They just spent $40,000 US to get it set up for mastless GPS. It also has a telescopic mast for total station prism. We use that stuff a lot down here. Thanks for the reply Vernon. Good luck to you guys up north!
Nice in cab lesson. Thx great stuff. Too many steaks for me :) Its weird to me only using clay no gravels. In Alaska we have gravel for days and there you have none. LOL rock in the sh$tter were did they find that rock not 1 in the whole vid may be its a meteorite. Luv the control view. P.S put some lube on them control pivot points plz as a mech its killin me:) squeak squeak ssssssssssssssqueeeeaaaaak lol
Hi Bear Bait, Nice to hear from Alaska. In Edmonton, Alberta we have 2 feet of black topsoil, then clay, sometimes wet clay. That is the reason the next step will be to stabilize the clay with cement powder, and then comes the gravel. The geographical areas, call for different procedures. P.S Before I started watching my videos, I didn't notice that my control pivots squeak. I also didn't realize that I said "Ah" so much, I thought I knew how to Talk.
@@onlyamillionmistakesvernky7937 well if you cant hear the sqeeks than run her;)funny what the cam picks up. I have been looking for good grader vids my search is over. Sorry if im bit^%y about squeeks. Here in Alaska private machine owners never grease "ever" like whats grease? Than i have to fix it. Its a lil sour spot 4 me . Keep up the great vids and Thanks for your time. And P.s if you find black or redish orange gravel on bedrock it will almost always have gold in it. Keep an eye out>fur them nuggets:0
this channel is a gift to anyone who calls themselves an operator. a lesson in humility and respect for the trade, as well as a total goldmine of information. I operate equipment in a completely different trade but the common thread is that Vern tirelessly strives to improve and increase efficiency. so whether you are on a grader or not, from a philosophical standpoint as well as a technical one, there are a wealth of lessons to be had here. the sheer patience and focus of this guy is literally evident in his cadence of speech. Awesome. Thank you Vern Kyle
Hi Patrick, thank you for the compliments,
I'm glad I could be of help.
Great videos Vern. Im a grader operator in California and love watching other operators do their thing. Definitely learned a thing or two from you! Thank you keep them coming!
Hi JR Hurt, you are the first comment from California, I'm glad to hear you learned something from watching, that's the main reason I stated this channel.
Thank you for the videos. Love the the name “only a million mistakes”. So true when running a grader.
Yes, It's a lifetime of learning.
I miss this crew, you guys were the best! Another great video Vern!
Hi Jacob, thanks for the positive input, I hope things are going well for you.
I see where all the old H blades from the US end up. Have you run the Cat M blades at all Vernon?
Hi Stephen, to answer your question is "No" I think the M series are nice machines, but at this point in my life I stayed with the old H.
As an "owner operator" it was not only the price of the M, but the difficulty in maintenance and repair.
It's a good question, and one that I personally struggled with.
I never considered the owner operators. There were 3 top hands here in Reno, Nevada. But they all hung it up in the early 2000's. I'm sitting on an H with 19,000 hours today, but my main blade is a 14 M with under 4000 hours. They just spent $40,000 US to get it set up for mastless GPS. It also has a telescopic mast for total station prism. We use that stuff a lot down here. Thanks for the reply Vernon. Good luck to you guys up north!
Portopoty ,I been on some job sites where they put one for 20 workers,pathetic
Nice in cab lesson. Thx great stuff. Too many steaks for me :) Its weird to me only using clay no gravels. In Alaska we have gravel for days and there you have none. LOL rock in the sh$tter were did they find that rock not 1 in the whole vid may be its a meteorite. Luv the control view. P.S put some lube on them control pivot points plz as a mech its killin me:) squeak squeak ssssssssssssssqueeeeaaaaak lol
Hi Bear Bait, Nice to hear from Alaska. In Edmonton, Alberta we have 2 feet of black topsoil, then clay, sometimes wet clay. That is the reason the next step will be to stabilize the clay with cement powder, and then comes the gravel. The geographical areas, call for different procedures. P.S Before I started watching my videos, I didn't notice that my control pivots squeak. I also didn't realize that I said "Ah" so much, I thought I knew how to Talk.
@@onlyamillionmistakesvernky7937 well if you cant hear the sqeeks than run
her;)funny what the cam picks up. I have been looking for good grader vids my search is over. Sorry if im bit^%y about squeeks. Here in Alaska private machine owners never grease "ever" like whats grease? Than i have to fix it. Its a lil sour spot 4 me . Keep up the great vids and Thanks for your time. And P.s if you find black or redish orange gravel on bedrock it will almost always have gold in it. Keep an eye out>fur them nuggets:0
@@bearbait2221 "Bear Bait" is the perfect handle for an Alaskan, thanks for the tips, but be careful you don't start another Gold Rush.