Deere 772GP blading roads

[@billyeuerle3307]

Thank you for the video! I really enjoy the content and it’s really helping me become a better operator! There have even been times I’ve been out and didn’t like how my road was turning out and have went to a video of yours to help me out at times while being out there! I do wish my townships would let me leave a maintenance windrow on the shoulder, I like how you always have material there when you come back the next time. Hoping it will finally turn nice here in central Mn soon to start pulling shoulders! Had a heck of a good winter plowing snow though, was out alot and really enjoy that too! And beautiful machines you have there!

[@graderman140m]

Your welcome I’m happy that you enjoy the videos and that your learning from them and have helped you out I’ve never understood when some are against a maintenance windrow the good outweighs the bad I would also highly recommend reaching out to your local MNLTAP see if they have any training that you could go too I do the hands on motor grader training for my SDLTAP. Thanks for watching!

[@billyeuerle3307]

@@graderman140m yes I looked into going last year but if they didn’t have it offered, I’m not sure if it was because of COVID but I will look again, thanks for the reminder! Maybe I’ll have to come out to the South Dakota one!!! Have a great day!

[@chuckboone7845]

Merry Christmas from southern MO. Hope you keep the good weather we're going to be 70 degrees today love it! Like blading with doors open don't get to do it much in December but can today!

[@graderman140m]

I suer hope we do also looks like the deep freeze is setting in next week but still no snow I can handle the cold can do without the snow

[@kabbrewer5974]

Howdy, I ran across your channel when I was looking for videos about Colton. I'm retiring from Garfield county in Oklahoma in a few months and we are moving north. There is a home in Colton that we are interested in so we're checking out the area. I've worked about 23 years combined with 3 counties. 17 years with Garfield county that I'm retiring from...about 12 years of that is a blade man. I've enjoyed watching a couple of your videos. Very informative and I look forward to seeing some more.

[@graderman140m]

Happy you found the channel Colton is a very nice small town know a lot of people in that town welcome to the great state of South Dakota thanks for watching the videos.

[@benlaubscher6371]

How many passes do you do when grading for brine?

[@graderman140m]

I generally will make 2 rounds on it I cut the whole road out then relay it

[@graderman140m]

I also would recommend you use a stinger bit edge system or a serrated edge that way you have loose material all across the road for the brine to go down in to the gravel

[@adriannettlefold9084]

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 to You and Your Family Mark. God's Richest Blessings, Best Wishes from Emerald.

[@ferrell517]

I'm retired old school. My bubble is in my butt...lol I can put a 2% grade in by eye and feel of the machine. I'm probably out of practice now tho... I enjoy your videos.

[@graderman140m]

I can do it that way also but for newer operators the crown gauge helps them a lot thanks for watching the videos glad to hear you enjoy the videos

[@Knelsen6.7]

I sure like your camera angles 👌🏼

[@graderman140m]

Happy to hear that thanks for watching the videos.

[@calum672gp6]

Do you never use the cross slope indicator on the grader display aswell as the bubble?

[@graderman140m]

I do use them periodically but I’ve operated a blade long enough ik how much crown I have in my roads my feeling it when I do use them it’s just for a reference thanks for the comment and thanks for watching the videos!

[@calum672gp6]

@@graderman140m me too, i always grade by eye, its useful to check with the cross slope indicator, great videos 👏

[@brandonpadget5515]

Was that road frozen when you was blading it ?

[@graderman140m]

No it wasn’t frozen if it was froze I wouldn’t of been able too cut the road the way I did

[@brandonpadget5515]

@@graderman140m I didn't figure it was. Mine are hard as a brick right now and we got 10 inches of snow coming Saturday. You got any advise foe pushing snow or got any good videos for me ?

[@graderman140m]

@@brandonpadget5515 as far as snow plowing goes keep your wing out of the ditch don’t drag your wing I generally try to leave an inch or 2 of snow on the roads that way you keep gravel on the roads if you have heavy drifting and you need your v plow use your plow to open road then you can widen with wing and plow also if drift is deep you have to hit it in the middle then the left then the right widening you cut as you go if you don’t you get half way in the wings on your plow will push in once you back up they will spring out cussing you to get stuck so work your way in I also turn moldboard to the left while in deep snow leave your board up and tuck it in so your not hitting any snow I will be doing a how to plow snow videos if we ever get any snow hopefully this will help you good luck and stay safe out there

[@brandonpadget5515]

@@graderman140mokay thanks I'd appreciate it

[@terrancewilliamson6194]

@@graderman140m Thank you for taking the time with a great response

[@brandonpadget5515]

I would of like to seen how you bladed around that one corner you did. I got alot of those .

[@graderman140m]

Watch the how to blade a township intersection video I did a whole video explaining how I do my intersections.

[@kabbrewer5974]

I'm figuring I'll work part-time, maybe full-time, for at least another few years once we get settled somewhere. Wouldn't happen to have any grader positions open would you?

[@graderman140m]

I know of a couple of townships that are looking for operators and I could definitely use another guy to help me with my stuff in the winter for snow removal send me an email at [e-mail] with your info will pass it along to them see if I can find ya something.

[@Jason-jh9ue]

you always run soft blades?

[@graderman140m]

Not suer what your asking here?

[@Jason-jh9ue]

@@graderman140m just wondering if you run carbide blades in summer or are those continuous carbide edge blades we run the ones that have carbide pins the sections dont seem to break as often. we have lots of rock

[@graderman140m]

@@Jason-jh9ue I gotcha I run a inch thick double carbide edges they have the carbide inserts and hard facing on the front of the edge really like them I average 2 to 3 years on them.

[@bryanbrooks2634]

I'm from South Carolina, it doesn't snow often here; but when it does I notice the county doesn't blade the snow off on gravel roads. I never understood why.😅 Merry Christmas 🎄

[@graderman140m]

I can believe that it doesn’t snow often and I’m suer you don’t get more then a couple inches when it does snow we generally don’t plow our roads unless we have 5 inches or we have drifts we need to clean up

[@christenmorris3856]

How deep do you cut?

[@graderman140m]

Well that’s a tricky question there really depends on your road condition and how much gravel you have on the road in this video I cut down about an inch to remove some light washboards so I cut each side of the road and then relaid the cut material back on the road creating my 4 to 5 % crown

[@Aleff3306]

jhon deere has the same power as caterpillar, which do you think is better?

[@graderman140m]

The Deere and cat are very similar in power but the cat had much better low end torque then the Deere does

[@Aleff3306]

I liked to know, here in Brazil there are not many DEERE but I hear very good about them.Thanks for the answer Gradermam 140m hug!

[@danieltrumbla7024]

Can you do a video on a 3 way pass the roads are 9.6m and do require a 3way pass but I've seen the operator's cutting the crown off so I'd like to see how you do it the proper way

[@kevinbeene1124]

Thanks for all the good info Sir. I. Can you share your knowledge of blades? Looking for what you believe is the best, how long they last, do you swap sides to help with uneven wear, and how you manage wear. You know basic 101 moldboard blade maintenance. 😀😀 Thanks for any advice your willing to share and happy new year to you and yours.

[@graderman140m]

I personally like the stinger rotating bits or the double carbide edges they don’t crown out i do rotate them to help offset wear every year I’ve gotten 3 to 4 years on a set of the double carbide edges and I’ve had a year on the stinger rotating bits and showing very little wear I love both setups here is a link to where I get my cutting edges from good princess equipmentblades.com/collections/carbide-curved-grader-blades equipmentblades.com/collections/bits-boards

[@kevinbeene1124]

Thanks for the quick reply Sir, I definitely have to upgrade my blades.

[@graderman140m]

@@kevinbeene1124 your welcome hopefully this will help you out if ya have any other questions ask away also thanks for watching

[@Dunlap-uj5zl]

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[@michaelalan1546]

Hey buddy

[@graderman140m]

How you doing buddy hope all is well out west for you happy new year

[@michaelalan1546]

Hey man I just wanna give you a heads up we are heading out towards South Dakota towards the end of April.

[@graderman140m]

@@michaelalan1546 that’s awesome buddy thanks for the heads up you will have to stop buy send me an email at [e-mail] when your coming and will plan on meeting up.

[@woos31]

So...........we the operators of the shop I work out of are in discussion, otherwise known as a pissin match about the types of cutting edges available for graders mainly for snow removal on paved roads............and I'm 99.31% certain I've seen one of your videos that talks about running carbide edges on your machines right, I'm not just losing my flippin mind? Because we're being told that there's 'nothing out there' besides the standard CAT cutting edge or the ice bits that are gapped, I know there are other options cuz well......Google, but it's just aggravatin that we want to figure out a better option as operators to be more efficient removing snow pack and then the people in charge act like we're asking for triangular wheels and there is no other technology available for graders.

[@graderman140m]

I do run the carbide edges in the winter but I wouldn’t recommend them for the plowing hard pack on asphalt there too thick to cut much I’d recommend a regular steel or using the sharq edges or the serrated edges.

[@woos31]

@@graderman140m ah 10-4, good to know and thanks! We usually use the normal steels too but play hell with them cutting hard pack when it gets cold and trying to be productive without just wasting fuel doing nothing but burnin edges off.

[@briangraham540]

@@graderman140m We do not use Serrated edges on Asphalt as its can and does score the Asphalt which leaves lines and can do more harm than could and due to the fact we plow on Concrete, Asphalt and Gravel all in the same day we use straight blades, use our tilting of the Moldboard to keep blade sharp and it works great ! ( from Canada ) Merry Christmas and stay safe and healthy !

[@daspicsman]

You need a dedicated compaction roller and another dude.

[@graderman140m]

That would be nice but unfortunately I’m a one man operation so I do the best I can with the tools I have.