CAT 12 Motorgrader Blade Work

[@danielpullum1907]

I worked 33 yrs in the CAT Plant in Decatur, IL where the motor graders started in 1955. Later I was a line supervisor on the motor grader line before they changed to cell construction. We were bldg 17 to 21 per day on the old pull change assembly line. I drove some of the graders in plant but never got to move dirt.1!! They acquired the first #12 and kept in on display till they moved motor graders to Little Rock, Arkansas. Great machines!!!!! Thanks for the video.

[@jackrabbit8703]

I run a 1946 cat 12. Still does the job, runs like a top and is my favorite piece of equipment to operate.

[@huckstered]

No thanks, I have had my share of stuff that is so much work to operate. New equipment is ergonomically designed to exert but a fraction of the physical demand placed on a guy in comparison to the old stuff. I have seen the progress of equipment over the last forty years. It is amazing what Cat has done. Loaders which do not bounce inside the cab, graders with no steering wheel and have only two joysticks for doing what took so many levers to operate before. And I thought the G model graders were such an improvement!

[@lucianacamilo1683]

wow

[@lesteraizlewood8457]

I drove both a 17K and a 21F Cat for quite a few years. They were very hard working and dependable. The G series just took out the hard work for the operator when they came into production and were so versatile, but the 12E graders are legendary.

[@pseltoro4]

Great job. Love watching the older equipment at work. Good for the soul.

[@isikelibuki3254]

New operator should learn from the old machine

[@premimunnanayakji1646]

सर हमेभी सीखना है मेरा मोबाईल नम्बर 6395004512 है

[@bazzinbulgaria4826]

I love these old girls...I started out many years ago, as a kid on a Gallion DD and stepped up to this model about 18 months later. I reckon that when you can final trim at + or - 10mm in one of these, the rest comes real easy. I'm 71 now and wish I was still doing it.

[@huckstered]

As a guy who operated fine graders for years, bluetopping is easier because you know exactly how much you need. It is hitting the top of the hub with the cutting edge without tearing it out, not all can do that. GPS has taken the skill out of it...I think. I have been retired for 12 years.

[@jimmychanbers2424]

Same here. We never had GPS on our jobs. Lots of times they undercut too much

[@huckstered]

@@jimmychanbers2424 What? The GPS -would undercut the grade? Maybe the GPS was not set up right? I do not know as this technology came down the grade, after my time. We did it all by the trained eye.

[@Laazyxo]

@@huckstered I think they meant because they did not have GPS, they undercut 👍

[@sunsetranch9780]

Yep !!

[@huckstered]

@@sunsetranch9780 Yep what?

[@braedonphillips2617]

Awesome! Just got done with an 8hr day of running a 1950s cat #12, grading an old berry field for greenhouses to go on, long, lound day but fun, although hands are ready for a brake (the clutch style control engagement and old nobs gets painful)

[@DesertDigger1]

That looked like a lot of fun. Nothing like the sound of a Cat 12.

[@mhoff5777]

I have operated the #12 Cat blade.. They were a good motor grader in it's time. This guy is a good blade operator..

[@fjstrain1]

Nice job by the operator especially with the ungrizzled material he had to work with

[@laurencedarabia2000]

Right what told my grandpa. A grader cat has no end. I remember this machine when I was a child... now I am 57...

[@jimmychanbers2424]

Yep. We always said we had a bubble in our butt. Never the less I ran the motor grader standing up instead of sitting on my ass.

[@davidd3377]

When I was a kid they worked the roads once a month with these. The main highways were the only paved roads back then.

[@jjajjamuwanga615]

I believe we are few operators who can manage to operate this CAT 12o old model .l did my training in this grader and long time operating it

[@byrnejr]

Just keep practicing you’ll get it . Thats a handy machine for making roads

[@andypressley578]

Love the old cats nothing like them takes me back to the good old days yall

[@desmondcastro3679]

Looks like one of the old bivwac roads we used to train in back in my Army days at Fort Polk !

[@michaelcurtis250]

Just got a cat 12,set#8t15671, been sitting for twenty years, got it to start, sounds great,doing brakes now.learned on one thirty years ago, got some work for it, now it's for the fun of it.

[@jeffreysheldrake3243]

Saw these buggers back in the early seventies I think. Unmistakable sound of one working

[@jesseedwards131]

you got a lot of old cats....keep up the good work!!!

[@justinmyslive4108]

A grader is probably gonna hardest piece of equipment to master. That operator makes it look easy

[@catanddeereD11T]

Engine sounds extremely cool!

[@tonyabbot6771]

Are you still alive today?

[@Boot_185]

there is some large rocks for road grade. I remember being the one to go and grab the large stone and toss them in the ditch when I was a kid

[@TheCattlekings]

I remember being a 5 year kid riding along with my dad. The feedlot / ranch i grew up on had one. I wish i could have kept it

[@gilvanoliveira4697]

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[@gilvanoliveira4697]

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[@sunsetranch9780]

These old machines can still do a lot of work!!!

[@bubbagreensmith7174]

She may be old but will get the job done!

[@Xatruch504]

Looking at the vegetation looks like North Texas, around DFW area.

[@UraFlight]

12 years old video but the quality is awesome

[@mikecubes1642]

you can make it a race track in a few more hours with that grader. i have a 12 and it works pretty good.

[@richardalmazar2497]

grader is very important to road works

[@charlyjimenez3040]

Me lo juras wey ??😑

[@OHJUSTFORKU]

Hard to believe that was the best of the best in it's day...

[@arizonabladebroker5010]

a cat is always the best of what ever day it was made.

[@dannevang44]

He has got the front wheels leaning the wrong way.

[@jimmychambers1501]

Plus the front tires are on backwards.

[@lwhitte837]

i'v operated these old knuckle busters graders have come along way there more operator friendly the M models are like the cadillac of motor graders

[@kutzbill]

I've never operated a new one like the M. I wonder how many of the electronic ones will be running when they are as old as this one. I ran a 212, and it still worked great. I liked the option of standing up to help my legs during the day. I wonder how the kids running the new 140M models are going to do after they get to 60 years, and can't stand up to run one. I will say it would be nice to have a heater when moving snow. Ours didn't even have a cab.

[@jimmychambers1501]

Junck. 140 g is the best. Any operator knows that

[@leroybullied7705]

the laser is in the seat of your pants or in this case your shoes and the hydraulics are in your biceps.

[@johnbennett2259]

Reminded me that a plant hire firm I worked at, used to have a Blaw Knox grader. Must be fairly rare, can't find one on here.

[@huckstered]

Never even heard of a Blaw Knox grader.

[@rogerwalsberg]

That's my next toy. I'd like one a bit smaller though.

[@richardnelson5115]

Many so called "operators" of today, wouldn't be able to start this machine, much less finish with it.

[@dellsims9276]

Richard Nelson I remember watching these road graders as we called them when I was a kid. First one I ran was a 12 in 74 and I learned right quick to give those great operators my greatest respect. Learned a lot from operating and listening to great operators.

[@richardnelson5115]

Dell Sims Very true, I have worked with some very impressive blade operators, they finished without the use of GPS or other gadgets.

[@rickyboyz1006]

No shit! They show up with their little 20 week college ticket and want a brand new machine and 30 bucks an hour. They pout when I tell them to jump on the packer

[@paulmontagner6360]

I operated these 30 years ago many operators couldnt final trim road base with one this was the test of skill the old nuckel buster wrist slapper

[@parexc07]

Was faster to leave the blade up at night and tow start it the next morning. Love those old AT12 knuckle busters..

[@thegunman9775]

That's how I learned at 15 standing up on a old 12 f knuckle buster

[@manuelivanlopezherrera3440]

Yo tuve el 8T14823 fabricado en 1953 un abuelo CAT, como pocos, CATERPILLAR LO MEJOR SIEMPRE

[@jerryodom222]

MAN!!!!,,THEM OLD MOLDBOARD WOULD KICK LIKE MULE,,,SWEET SOUNDING OLD D-318 THO!!!!

[@nonickname9930]

Leroy Bullied, I doubt if hardly anybody knows what yer talking about. Everybody didn't have a feel to operate a grader back years ago. Wonder how many folks even know what blue topping is now days. Now that separated operators from cowboys.

[@theloudamerican2193]

Nonickname I used to work road construction in Portland Oregon and Vancouver Washington; I'd bet you're right on the blue top comment. I never ran grader, I was the grade checker.

[@Hillbillysniper]

Could you explain what blue top is? Please?

[@alanlambert5717]

Blue topping done after the blue topped stakes are driven down to grade level. Grader operator grades to the top of the stake for final grade.

[@lesteraizlewood8457]

Aircraft runways are also graded to the top of the steel pegs. You just have to expose the top of the peg without pulling it out of the ground.

[@doug1234dougx]

Thanks for the video! Where is this?

[@anthonymacneil2279]

Operator's needed to be an octopus great video good for the soul

[@ThePaulmonty]

I remember operating one of these many years ago they were a hand full but did a awesome job if you knew how to get by with the old girl

[@huckstered]

Each click the blade made while raising was a hundredth.

[@JG40061]

Thank you for sharing-Awesome!

[@DieselPowerTV]

@mog5858 Those set of tires were up on 12 years ago.

[@raymondquave2843]

That's a stand up only machine lol,, doing a great job rocks and all

[@Nick-nw6zg]

People say the front tires should be on with the tread, facing backwards for better traction on inclines

[@luisquezada9469]

beautifull machine

[@edgullickson2395]

The old knuckle buster,. All live gears in the controls. Now it is all electric over hydraulic control.

[@faroukchebli2478]

Quand on a un bon conducteur on oublie l'engin merci pilote. C'est rare de nos jours trouvez des conducteurs pour ce genres d'engins

[@dahlia1925]

very good job!!! not easy with no laser and no hydraulic *****

[@carlarodgers5011]

dahlia1925?

[@johnsomerset1510]

Smoothing out a thick layer of gravel or rubble would be more use if it rains.

[@JOSUERODRIGUES_.]

beautiful outfit ....

[@paulmcclain920]

Need to tilt steering tires to help counter the side ways push of the of the cutting blade.

[@joebarbjb6668]

Use your lean wheel for stability on long side hill cuts.

[@lanegramendez9618]

Este fue mi primer vídeo que me ayudó aprender a trabajar

[@muhammadkarim2047]

Hello my friend, I wish you health and safety. Are there schools to teach the operation of these machines? How much are the wages per hour? Thank you.

[@chrisdevore9912]

I was getting into watching that wish ther was more i mis having my grader

[@eduardoduvoisin2238]

Isso sim era uma máquina de verdade

[@greglebon402]

Front tire tread facing wrong way. On this old girl the front axle is only there to steer

[@KG-yn9qi]

So really why did you not start working from shoulder to center then move from center to shoulder to set a crown ?

[@andrepontespontesdematos8566]

Parabéns patroleiro vc é muito bom tem uma cidade chamada Adrianópolis pucha lá na enternet e vê essa cidade precisa de um patroleiro bom e vc é cara bom parabéns

[@claudinonascimento2728]

SHOW. MINHA INFANCIA . VALEU.

[@gastoncasanova4199]

La mejor moto niveladora

[@richardalmazar2497]

good job

[@catdieselpower193]

Sweet Ole girl!! but dam!! lol what a rock pile mess!! lol

[@edgullickson2395]

Rocky ? On a scale of 1 to 10 that would be a 4....

[@vijaykaumryadav8762]

CAT

[@jackmcandle6955]

Poor bastid what’s that 16 in. Minus, every one of those Huber’s will have a nice pot hole around them the next rain, but if they can afford to screen it, he doing a great job with it

[@yogaadisetiawan3335]

Nice videos 👍👍👷

[@DieselPowerTV]

Thank you very much!

[@JOSUERODRIGUES_.]

ótimo video.....

[@afcmaishiranuichun-li.1815]

Salve amigo. Acompanho seu canal. Que magrela simples mais forçuda. Falou man 👏✌😁

[@buelowexcavating]

Good job. Is it a Cat 12 8T?

[@juanasanelli6831]

Gloriosa 8T

[@naftalimsangi3336]

I like it verry much

[@wi11y1960]

I hope you remembered to crown the road

[@jimmychambers1501]

Why. Crowning don't help at all

[@juanasanelli6831]

Vieja y confiable 8T

[@pattylebon2927]

Front tires are on backwards, need to flip flop

[@danielmckay3458]

They are not

[@orlandozeferino7578]

Os pneus dianteira estao virados , quando se trata de roda livre, tem que ser invertido, mais parabéns pela máquina.

[@eltonlopes1257]

Não entendo muito bem, mas realmente já vi em vários vídeos, de motoniveladora que os pneus dianteiros são invertidos. Uma pergunta, porque? Obrigado.

[@maiconhenrique4637]

Old school

[@DieselPowerTV]

@joecool248 When the tires lean left \\\\ or right //// to turn sharper.

[@donpaolino5075]

and counteract the side draft when blade is rotated.

[@samuelmohr6196]

Wheel to heel

[@henriqueze4040]

Essa é a famosa arrebenta pulcera de realogio"engrenada"

[@DieselPowerTV]

@joecool248 Power steering with tilt .

[@carlarodgers5011]

DieselPowerTV. wheel lean. flip your front tires around and it will bite better in turns

[@jbg9466]

aaaaaah se me quedan "dormidos" los brazos solo verla........jejejejej

[@daveketola6702]

What are you going to do with the win row?That's the hard part!

[@integr8er66]

windrow, Win row is where the old ladies in Vegas sit

[@jimmychambers1501]

Where you from? You use it the next time you blade. Duh

[@mog5858]

you get new rubber for that ?

[@thomaswaddell9012]

The front tires are on backwards

[@antonicarcamo1263]

Yo quisiera tener una de esas

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

ยาง​ ปาล์ม​ ทุเรียนผลประโยชน์​เท่าไร

[@Carla-tz7qw]

Swap the front ties. It bites better

[@رائدعمران-ح9س]

cater pillar D6❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@feramliramli4782]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@robertodouzer4699]

esa es 8t??

[@Bushguyrocks]

Try "windrow".

[@СергейМорозов-у2ч]

Где же они раритет токой то нашли а в итоге хорошая штука для своих лет

[@samgogo5883]

Wes kasar suara ne kui pak de, ngerti ngono pun di gas ae

[@pig_74]

Крутой, простой, надежный!!!

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

เก็บรายชื่อที่ดิน2ข้างทาง​

[@claudio.napoleaoferreira995]

Motorgradeer.good

[@jeandresonoliveira8097]

kkk tudo começou numa dessas aí

[@Pedrofaslon]

Jeandreson Oliveira kkkk

[@polattl1552]

Jeandreson Oliveira haw is yo my neyy haw is frow bwiy you si )

[@joserinaldoagostinho5519]

Jeandreson Oliveira verdade,foi uma das minhas professoras.

[@sungsam5681]

Good

[@chevydiesel350015]

no roller ? hope it don't rain it it be a mud bog lol

[@ΑναστάσιοςΓκαμανής]

Αγιοοτος

[@ΑναστάσιοςΓκαμανής]

Οχι

[@nato1968fm]

ME PARECE QUE DEIXOU DE DEIXAR A RUA, COM ACLIVE E DECLIVE NA VOLTA.

[@joserinaldoagostinho5519]

nato1968fm e o pior e que deixou mesmo,kkk.

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

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