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Important points of operating a motor grader

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Different types of heavy equipment are highly required in the construction industry. When you want to use this equipment then you have to know all the critical ways of handling it properly. It is really difficult to know the proper ways of controlling or handling a heavy equipment of construction site. The motor grader is very useful equipment that helps the operator to make roads. Motor grades especially use for making roads. If you use this machine then you will be able to maintain the job properly as well as the site.
Follow some instructions:
• You should check some important things before operate this motor grader because without knowing it properly you will not be able to operate this system. This process of safety checking include some actions like you have to make sure that all the parts of the equipment are able to perform all the task and can function well. Essential safety equipment like fire extinguisher is available in the system. You should check the grader properly and inspect it that whether this machine can serve you its best or not.

• After checking all its parts you should start the machine and check its clutch, brakes, transmission and controls. Make sure that you have used the proper gear during the working time. You need to very conscious over the speed of the grader. You should not move it very fast. Remember that if you can maintain or control the motor grader in the working time then you will be able to perform your job more smoothly.

• You have to know the entire process of controlling your machine. Here are two middle levels in the machine that control the rotation of blade as well as the circle shift. It actually helps to operate the machine. Through this blade rotation you will be able to make a right angle for your blade and thereby it will be able to move properly. The circle shift is also an important part of the equipment as it helps you to move the blade. There are several levers that help to lift the blade. It actually makes things easier for you.

• You have to know the basic functions of the machine so that you can properly operate the motor grader. If you know all the little details of your machine then you will be able to use the blade smoothly. This information will help you a lot.

• You also have to know the process of pulling a ditch because in all your operations you will need to use these tricks. You have to perform this task very safely so that the blades cannot harm the tires.

These are the basic tips that will help you to operate a machine. But you have to be very careful. Motor grader is a very helpful machine but if you do not use it properly and not apply the proper maintenance then it will stop working. Therefore it is highly necessary to maintain the machine at a regular basis.

Running A Motor Grader- Know the Basics

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Being involved in the construction industry and not having to deal with heavy construction equipment is like learning to swim without getting wet- in short, impossible. And when these equipment are so important a part of the entire business, it is only best to be aware of certain basic aspects first. Among the many heavy equipment that are put to use in the construction forum, the motor grader definitely qualifies as being one of the most important.

Getting To Know a Motor Grader

If you are into the arena of construction, then you need to be well aware of what a motor grader is all about. Also known as the road grader, the motor grader forms an important part of particularly the road construction industry. Used for the purpose of creating a flat surface during the process of grading, a typical motor grader has an engine and a cab positioned over the two rear axles and another axle at the front of the equipment. You must have noticed that before a road is covered with asphalt, the dirt is graded and smoothed over for the final layering. The equipment which flattens the surface and makes it ready for the final asphalt covering is the motor grader.

The Basics of Operating a Motor Grader

The construction of a good road largely depends on how well the base for laying the asphalt has been created. And for the base to turn out good, it is important to operate motor graders in a proper manner.

  • The very first thing that a motor grade operator needs to keep in mind with respect to the operation of the heavy equipment is performing the safety checks before starting a day with the grader. Make sure that the motor grader is in perfect working condition and none of the parts are faulty.
  • It is important to have the gear of the motor grader in the perfect position for the work to proceed smoothly. It is wise if you do not move too fast with the grader, keeping it under control for overall safety and for having quality results.
  • The correct way of operating the controls is another aspect that operators should pay attention to. There are two levels in the middle that help in operating the rotation of the blade. This is important, as it is the proper angling of the blades that will help you in locating the exact place where the debris are to be moved. These levels also help in circle shifts that are actually responsible for the rotation of the blades. Operators can also make use of the blade shift control in order to set the direction of the blade.
  • The operators also have to ensure that the blades do not hit and damage the tires in any way while the rotation is on.
  • There is also the fact that motor graders require different blades in order to fulfil different jobs. It is the duty of the operators to understand which blade would be suitable for the job at hand and then proceed accordingly.

Like any other heavy equipment, operating motor graders also require a professional hand at work. However, getting to know the basic aspects of the entire deal wouldn’t be too bad either.

 

Graders and excavators are must for your construction project

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In a construction project, grading is meant to be the process in which a base is created for the construction. The machine or equipment that is used for this purpose is termed as a grader. There are different names for graders that are very commonly used for this purpose such as a road grader, a maintainer, a blade or it can also be a motor grader. The typical or traditional model of a grader has three axles, one engine and a cab that is positioned on the rear end of the axles. Other than the grader, the other very important machine or construction equipment that is most frequently used is the excavator. It is a heavy construction machine that has a stick, a boom and a cab with the controlling engine. The task of excavation by an excavating machine is however accomplished by steel ropes and winches. In case the excavators are hydraulic excavators, the functions are performed by the hydraulic fluid.

Use of graders:

The most common and wide spread usage of graders are on the roads. For maintaining the gravel roads as well as the dirt roads, the heavy construction equipment named graders are used. The function that is performed by these is to create a base or flat and wide surface area for the roads to place the asphalts on the base. Another important role that the graders can perform is the building of soil foundation for the large constructions or buildings. In countries where on the sides of the highways, a cross section or construction like a ‘V’ shape is made, it is done by the graders. The graders can also cut ditches very efficiently.  Other than these construction jobs, the graders can also remove trees, after construction or post demolition debris, or it can also remove rocks. In a single statement, if you want to comprise all the functions of a grader, then it must be said that a grader creates the surface or base of any construction or other heavy load works so that the later equipment can perform their duties.

Use of excavators:

The basic usage of an excavator is at the digging sites or trenching sites. The long stick, boom and cab that are the main parts of an excavator, very efficiently performs the task of trenching or excavating. Not only digging a trench, the excavators are used for the archaeological excavation sites also where digging and removing the unimportant large amount of debris can be performed only by an excavator. The excavators also perform their task in the process called the “earth moving”. These excavators can be of two types, either a tracked excavator or a wheeled excavator. Both type of excavator can perform with equal efficiency. However, the tracked excavators are more preferred than the wheeled ones as they have the better floatation or it can be simply said that the tracked excavators can move easily on any platform, whereas the wheeled ones have this limitation. Otherwise, they are very versatile.

What Heavy Equipments Are Needed For Road Construction

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Construction of roads is an ardent task for both the government and the one who has taken the job. Companies given the job to construct roads need to have all sorts of heavy equipments available with them as heavy equipment has its own significance in road construction and without them it’s pretty unimaginable to even move a stone from one place to the other. We need a bulldozer to level the land or an excavator to excavate the land, remove the waste mud from the place and then level the land. Then we may also require a loader to take off the snow from the land or if it used to construct a road in mid of a forest, then it can be used to carry the logs and ferry it from once place to the other. Therefore, each machine has its own significance in this purpose and the absence of any of the machine can severely impact the entire project.

The construction company needs to have a thorough knowledge on how things work in this domain. Any previous experience in constructing roads will always work as an added advantage to them. We would be discussing in brief about the role than heavy equipments play towards the construction of roads in US.

Hydraulic excavators:-  These are used to excavate earth and remove the unwanted mud from the face of the earth and dump it in a truck. It’s not only used to excavate earth but also used to remove huge blocks of stone, logs lying on the ground and things which are unwanted and needs to be dumped. With the help of the shovel, it takes up the stuff from the earth and put it in the truck which then ferries them in the dump yard.

Bulldozers:-  Bulldozers are ideally used to level the land. They have those heavy rollers in their front which is used to crush every particle that’s in its way and mixes it with the layer of the earth. Bulldozers are seen in many road construction sites rolling the tar on the road and make the surface smooth as ever.

Loaders:-  This is another important heavy equipment which is widely used during construction of roads. Especially places which have the surface covered with snow, the loaders are extensively used to load the snow in the bucket and ferry it to the truck. Many construction companies are using hydraulic loaders which give them high power, more efficiency and low fuel consumption.

Articulated trucks:-  When we talk about construction of roads, articulated trucks plays a significant role in getting the work done quickly. The heavy equipments take off the unwanted materials. However, that is loaded on the truck which eventually ferries the stuff to the dump yard or which is on the same job site. Without these trucks, life would have been very difficult for the construction companies and thus considered as important equipment.

Companies that manufacture heavy equipments are Caterpillar, John Deere, Hitachi, Volvo etc. Roads bridge the gap between 2 cities and are very imperative as far as the growth of the nation is considered.

Find Out the Features & Utility of CAT 140 Motor Grader

Taking off snow from the road or putting aside huge logs and dump it in the truck, all these can’t be done without the help of a grader. Not only taking the snow off the roads but also it is used for moving earth. It can be widely seen in a construction or a mining site taking away huge blocks of debris or mud and dumping them in one corner. It has a long blade in the front which is used to make a flat surface. All the standard models come with 3 axels. The engine and the cab are located above the rear axle and the third one is situated near the front end of the machine. The blade is located just between them. The engines have a capacity of 125-500 hp which increases the productivity of the grader.

Having given a brief description of a grader, we would now be discussing in length about CAT 140 Motor Grader and how useful it is with respect to the construction and mining industry.

Let’s us begin with how useful it is in view to the operator. Engineers working with CAT have ensured that they pay more stress on providing high level of visibility to the operator. This is how they came up with angled cab doors, engine with tapered enclosure and slanted back window. This has helped a long way for the man inside the cabin to have an eagle’s view to things outside the box. They have also changed the control levers and steering wheel with joystick controls which facilitates the operator to work on those two things rather than keeping a count of number of switches inside the cabin. The space in the cabin has also been extended to give more room to the operator. Well, this lets him to relax inside the cabin when he’s got nothing to do.

The model 140 and its subsequent series are fitted with C9.3 ACERT engine which is considered as one of the best in the industry. This particular engine has supreme torque and significant capacity to pull things which are either sudden or short-term loads. While it does this, it can also maintain desirable grading speeds which permit it to get the work done faster without any sort of downshifting. The 140 series has been installed with “hydraulically demand fan” that automatically adjusts the cooling speed of the fan which is certainly done as per the requirements of the engine cooling system. This actually takes off the burden from the engine which allows it to use more horsepower on the ground and thus increases the efficiency of the desired job.

The brakes provided in the 140 series are hydraulic which gives more power to the brakes when they are applied. It also reduces the chances of the brakes getting deteriorated and thus increases its life. 

Overall, CAT grader 140 series is a machine with low maintenance cost, thus saves good deal of money of the owner and also consumes less fuel thereby help the company to make maximum profits.

Types of Heavy Construction Equipments and Its Attributes

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A construction site is filled with different types of heavy equipments which are busy moving from one place to another. A non-construction person passing around such a site may only wonder what use are they off as he may not see much utility in it. However, it’s only people who belong to the construction business or who works in this industry does know the real worth of these machines. There have been instances where a break-down in a machine has brought the entire work to a standstill and probably huge sum of losses to the company.

Nowadays, big construction companies have a team of technicians ready on the site that can work on the faulty machine and can get it up and running. This saves them from the trouble of keeping a replacement of a machine which in a way is practically not possible. You just can’t keep a replacement for all the machines that’s there on site. Thus, by having a team of technicians do a lot of good in getting the stuff back to business.

Here we would be discussing in brief about the different kind of heavy construction equipment and its utility to the construction industry as a whole.

Bulldozer:-  Bulldozers are widely used to level the land. They have huge dozer blades that is attached to its tractor which can be moved in the forward as well as in the backward direction. It becomes very difficult to work on uneven land and hence they use bulldozers to level the surface and make the road smooth. They play a huge role as far as construction of roads is concerned. One can’t think of doing the job without the presence of the dozers.

Excavator:-  As the name suggests, excavators are extensively used to excavate land and with the help of the shovel, the mud is taken and dumped in the truck. Seeing this machine in a construction site is quite common as they are used for digging huge holes deep inside the ground. To give more power to excavators, it has been added with hydraulics which helps to get the work done quickly and by consuming less fuel.

Wheel Loader:-  This heavy equipment is used to remove huge blocks of demolition debris and ferry them to the truck. They have a loader/bucket attached in the front, with the help of which it collects the debris in the bucket, fill it up and then dump it in the truck. The wheel loader is also used for constructing roads and in mining industries. It plays a pivotal role in clearing heavy blocks of snow, thus making way for the workers to construct the road. Similarly, in the mining industry, it is used to carry huge pile of dirt, coal etc and place them at their right place.

Scraper:-  A Scraper is a huge machine used for earth moving purposes. It is also extensively used in the mining industry. The back portion of the scraper has a bowl which is hydraulically powered and be raised or lowered as per the command of the operator. It is this bowl which when lowered fills the stuff in it and when it’s full; it’s closed with a vertical blade so that the mud doesn’t falls out.

Wanting To Rent a Motor Grader – Follow These Important Steps

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There are many people who want to set up a construction business of their own but they are often deterred knowing the price of heavy equipments as they may not afford to spend whatever they have procuring heavy machineries and then have nothing to pay to the workers or take care of the other expenses. Most of the people who dared to enter this industry had to shut their business as they were unable to take care of the operating expenses. Things were becoming pretty unmanageable for them which compelled them to take up something else.

Well, this kind of a situation definitely leaves a good scope for people who have their heavy equipments sitting idle. They can certainly put them on rent and can generate good money to keep their business floating. There are many big construction houses that have wide range of heavy equipments with them and may not need them all the time. They have come out with the splendid idea of renting it to small construction businesses which serves both the purpose of the giver as well as the taker.

We would be talking in detail about the different mode where a person can list his motor grader on rent and can make some money out of it.

Listing it on classified:-  If you want to rent your motor grader within your city, then listing it in a local news paper would be the most suitable option for you. That will allow the listing to be seen by people living in your city and those who are interested can then get in touch with you. It’s advisable to spend some more money to buy descent space in the newspaper which will make it visible enough for everyone to read it. Motor Grader is expensive heavy equipment and therefore you can expect a good rental price for it.

It’s important to mention your contact details so that people interested in the stuff can reach you and the ones who are ready to take it at the stated price can also meet you in person to seal the deal. You can also list the motor grader in online classifieds but that opens the window for people outside the city to go for it. In order to avoid that, you can mention in your listing that you’re willing to rent it to people from your city.

Putting it on online selling site:-  There are sites which provides a platform to both buyers and sellers so that they can trade. In the same perspective, there are sites which allow lessor to list their items for rent. You can make use of such sites and list the motor grader on rent. You can take few pictures of the grader and put it on the listing. Mention the specifications and things that are important for the taker to know. State the rental amount in bold and if you’re not ready to negotiate, you got to mention that clearly on the listing.

Signing the contract:-  This is perhaps the most important thing before you let out the grader. You should state all possible points in the contract which will serve yours as well as the taker’s interest. Once the contract is signed, you can give away the grader.

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