A Grader Way To Remove The Snow

[@bobw7066]

Hi from Australia, am a retired diesel mechanic ( now 78) and worked on Detroit's for over fifty years. It is good to see you going about the correct way to start that 4/71 Detroit in the cold. WE used to fit heater elements in to either the sump or radiator to warm them up, I hope that you did not use ether as it ruins the engine, another way is to wrap a bit of rag to a length fencing wire dip it in the fuel tank light it and hold it over the air intake as you crank the engine saves starter motors and batteries.

[@timhansn362]

We live in central ND USA there were a couple times in 2019 it got -40 and we started a 1968 IH #60 hough with a v6 cummins(used to feed the cattle) . It was parked in an unheated shed . It had a block heater in it so we put a battery charger on it for a few minutes then took the air filter out and blew hot air down the intake and a little shot of warm ether and it fires right off. We have used the hair dryer trick many times. Even had a couple of guys in town have trouble starting their walk behind snowblower so I told them take a hair and warm up the carb a little then blow some warm air in the intake and they take right off.

[@admiraltroll5255]

Corn cob back in the threshing days

[@wdrdiyman1674]

Love the old Austin-Western Super 300 [6-wheel] motor grader !! Thinking of buying a 1969 Pacer 300 [4-wheel] with the 4-71 Detroit Diesel two-stroke engine....6000 hours. You may have just convinced me to do it. Got to love the 4-wheel drive and steer capabilities. Get earmuffs for the entire family. Tinnitus is bad news...for life.

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

It’s always fun to run the grader! Thanks for watching

[@brazosbear4593]

I used to own an old 60s model 118 Galion with a 4-71. I would use ear plugs and muffs too, yet it would still blast. It was as though there was vibration that penetrated everything. Yes, I have bad tinnitus, but I've learned to cope. No choice.

[@46fd04]

My grandfather had a grader like this one back in the 1970's. I wish he had taken for a ride in it. He was hired to build roads, and to snowplow in the winter.

[@joedirt9600]

I miss the good old days on the family farm, get hammered with snow. Spend all day boosting the tractor and warming it up the same way only we used a Coleman 2 burner camp stove and a blanket..clean our driveway and then head to the neighbors 2 miles down the road...good times

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

We definitely don’t run out of things to do. Thanks for watching.

[@trevorfillmore698]

Just found your channel I from Atlantic Canada and work for the DOT I plow in the winter and run grader the r rest of the year. Before doing this I drove tractor trailer for 15 years I had a couple Detroits and your right they don't like the cold. To bad you couldn't get your self setup with a front plow V-plow or even a one way it would make your plowing a lot simpler but hay work with what you got great video got you subbed up.

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

I have been on the lookout for a v plow. Thanks for watching

[@Military-Museum-LP]

One of the advantages the AW graders had was their front wheel assist. Allot of counties used them for this reason.

[@markbrommer9373]

my cat has front wheel assist

[@Anonymous-uno]

3 little words Sully.. Six wheel drive!!

[@byronbarrow9260]

My Grandpa used let ride with him on the Road Grader on the Sugar Cane Plantation while grading the head land roads

[@paulmallery6719]

I started detroits at 40 below. Start with a full warm can in spurts to keep going

[@billysullivan8601]

Very cool video. Damn that old GM sounds good!

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

She does sound good. Thanks for watching.

[@raincoast9010]

Yup, i have heard that sound in things from dozer boats to off highway logging trucks and bulldozers and it sure is sweet.

[@olddave4833]

simple solution, put in a block heater and park closer to the ele when it's going to storm.. been doing it with tractor for years,, if bitter cold and going to snow, I even have the charger so it will go on an hour before daylight, for many years I spent a couple hrs every time it stormed getting the things running., even used to take the battery inside nights so it would be warm.. got old, got smart. hope you haven't burnt up your truck battery or alt or grader starter yet..

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

Sounds like good advice. Thank you

[@trackmader]

John Deere 80% ether is your best friend when starting a cold Detroit... Currently waiting for 10 degrees so my wheel loader with 4 71 will start to push snow away

[@raincoast9010]

That's a great machine to have at your disposal. I wonder about its history, was it used by some county or for a construction firm perhaps?

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

It’s great to have for the amount of roads that we have to maintain. I’m not sure of it’s history. It would be cool to know. Thanks for watching!

[@trackmader]

Get that kid some earplugs around that Detroit too...

[@EssentialMountainHomesteading]

Great video, love the grader!

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

You have a nice one too. Thanks for watching!

[@janettyree938]

Repowering my grader-6BT VE, doubles the torque and increases the fuel mialage from 1 to 10 miles per gallon, adapter required as is the case with installing a Cummins.

[@leehobin5132]

great to have the equipment to work with

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

I don’t know how we would survive without it. It sure would make living out here a lot more difficult.

[@markbrommer9373]

@@offgridathiddenhills4079 at least a catepillar would of started in the cold

[@MrSaemichlaus]

That grader needs a lookout basket on top of the cabin for the kids!

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

That would be fun. Thanks for watching

[@46fd04]

Do the front tires tilt vertically, for better control when pushing snow to the right? If they do, you'll have better control

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

They don’t tilt, that would be very helpful. Thanks for watching

[@reaganhulet9535]

That’s a lot of snow!🥶

[@vica153]

Not exactly the right tool for the deep snow, but it gets the job done. I would like to see it with a V plow on the front. Set it just below wheel centerline to cut down the bigger drifts, then it might do quite well thru deep snow. I'm always in for some Detroit Diesel music though.

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

That would be a nice setup. I have had my eye out for one. Thanks for watching

[@markbrommer9373]

my dad was a heavy machinery operator and the aw they had was Junk. It co't get thru drifts.But My dads cat had no prob;em making it thru drifts

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

Ours gets the job done. I just put 6 new tires on it and it goes pretty well

[@lancemerwin7864]

I say bring on the snow , let’s say no more politicians and there bullshit ,

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

Sounds perfect. Thanks for watching

[@gregmattes8053]

Can you “roll” the mouldboard forward on that machine? If you can get the cutting edge completely perpendicular to the ground or even further forward, it greatly reduces digging into the soil.

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

I can’t on this old machine. Thanks for watching and the tip.

[@gregmattes8053]

@@offgridathiddenhills4079 yeah, I wasn't sure if you could. Good video.

[@admiraltroll5255]

@@gregmattes8053 just before the end credits is looked like it had the linkage that you loosen a bolt and manually adjust it

[@BobSmith-dm3vp]

would be easier to just hook up a generator and plug it in?

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

Yes. That is a good idea. I ended up putting 2 new batteries in it and it starts up much easier now. The previous owner only had one and it had to be pretty warm to get it cranking. Thanks for watching.

[@dancurrier6421]

buy some tire chains ⛓️⛓️⛓️ for the Grader for better traction control

[@randykov]

Why would you take your children in that Detroit powered, tin can cabbed machine to suffer in the future hearing loss and tinnitus?

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

That was the first time we let them out of their protective bubble. Don’t worry they are back locked away where they will be safe. Thank you.

[@trevethan82319841]

Why didn't you guys just use the military truck and get a big ass snow plow to put on it just curious not trying to give you a hard time

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

The road is pretty uneven with lots of ruts. We find it easier to use the grader because the blade is in the middle of the machine instead of the 5 ton truck. The blade would be way out front and it would dig in going up and down the hills. Thanks for watching

[@wademacdougall1600]

Making a home video or plowing, this sucks

[@genelund1705]

I'll never understand why clowns think making a big window is big.. a old case and a 600.00 snowblower would do twice the job

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

???

[@markbrommer9373]

ever hear of a 'V" pLOW

[@offgridathiddenhills4079]

Yes

[@raincoast9010]

Why don't you buy him one?

[@markbrommer9373]

@@offgridathiddenhills4079 you can find them on line or in junk yards

[@markbrommer9373]

@@raincoast9010 i love my cat grader . won't want a gallon

[@markbrommer9373]

had my cat grader since 1990 sits in my pole shed all raring to go w V plow and wing. used it 5 times already.