The first time I climbed up on a grader an old duffer told me this. "Remember, every person will tell you how they could do a better job in that grader than you, but not a damn one of them could actually do it". I never forgot that. Carry on. I have no advice for you my friend. Thanks for the ride along though.
When I was teaching people how to run grader I told them; Every operator you talk to is going to have some different ideas and techniques, listen to them all and take away the best tips that you find work for you.
It is obvious in the starting picture that the wind comes from the left side of the grader , & piles the majority of the snow on that side , so I would be plowing that side first , rolling the snow as far across the road as possible , then on the return trip , Change the direction of the blade to plow to the left to finish the road , while I did high banking with my wing to cut the bank down & move it further away from the road ! May take more than one round , Also the township or county should erect a snow fence out in the field , which causes the wind to rise & drop its snow 50yds from the road ! You can see in the pic at 7.55 that the snow is being plowed to the right side here (which is wrong) this is where the wind is coming from , this causes the snow to pile more on that side instead of blowing all the way across & just keeping on going to drop at the next high ridge it comes to Old snowplow truck/ grader operator from Canada
This was just one of the back up units my neighbor has that my brother used to help them. I believe he has 2 others and on of them is all wheel drive. can push through bigger snow banks in one shot and not have to hit it 2 or 3 times to get through because you start to lose traction.
Floats are the fastest way to get a sloppy mouldboard, you wear out your circle pins and bushings super fast. If you want to be a skilled operator you pretend they never existed.
What do you do if your doing back roads -30 deg and no cell service and your machine catches fire and you can't put it out and your only there in t shirt like you are there what would yahh do
for 1 there are multiple farms in the area, not sure where your from but here there is usually 1 within a mile. 2 it normally isnt -30 if it is even with the heater on you would need more then a t shirt. 3 he has a coat, hat and gloves with. because it isn't new and things need fixing and need to go outside.
for the snow plowing you only use a few of them. - one switch on the side, controls the wing up and down, you mainly leave it set unless going by a mail box or stop sign it may need to be lifted up. - one lever controls the front blade up and down. you only have to use that one if going over another road or turning, otherwise he made a custom guide wheel so you can just put the lever in float and the guide wheel will keep the blade a consistent high off the ground. - the main two levers that are used are for the blade under the grader. one controls the right side of the blade up and down and the other one controls the left side up and down
Gotta Love the Champion graders. Volvo bought Champion then Goderich built Volvo badged graders then Volvo closed the plant and not long after that they quit building graders all together. Champion had a 100yr history of building road maintenance machines. What a dumb move by Volvo as the market was/is there for another grader manufacturer. Ill never buy a Volvo anything now.....
Good story My cousin worked their on the floor then on the road for sales He loved working there When I working on the township near Godrich in the seventies we had I believe a740 and a 600 and old Addams grader
The front blade is on float because it rides on a wheel and keeps it off the ground about 6". If he put the belly blade on float it would dig in to the gravel road to much, and come spring there wouldn't be any left on the road. Its not like a tar road or hard pavement where you can put it on float and not have to worry about it digging in.
@@farmingourway8493 we plowed stone parking lots for years with a Galion grader and never had problems. You'll always drag some off the top then you grade it back in the Spring
My brother never did, but the owner of the grader has had a few employees get stuck. sometimes its a guess at where the road is when you don't have any electric line poles running along the road.
The first time I climbed up on a grader an old duffer told me this. "Remember, every person will tell you how they could do a better job in that grader than you, but not a damn one of them could actually do it".
I never forgot that.
Carry on. I have no advice for you my friend. Thanks for the ride along though.
When I was teaching people how to run grader I told them; Every operator you talk to is going to have some different ideas and techniques, listen to them all and take away the best tips that you find work for you.
The old grader must have a heck of a heater! I’m cold just watching this guy in a t-shirt!!
It's an Allis Chalmers, they keep you warm at -20
Large engine produces a good amount of heat for the coolant lines.
Usually gotta keep the heaters cranked to keep the windows from frosting in
My step father was a machinist who helped build Champion road graders!
I was about to comment “the music kills it” but then it stopped lol... good!
Thanks for watching
I wish I found your page sooner I love snow plowing plowing is awesome it's an art using these graders though awesome
Thanks for sharing the Ride , hope there are other's
You bet
Awesome vid bro. Love to see more of this
sounds good
It is obvious in the starting picture that the wind comes from the left side of the grader , & piles the majority of the snow on that side , so I would be plowing that side first , rolling the snow as far across the road as possible , then on the return trip , Change the direction of the blade to plow to the left to finish the road , while I did high banking with my wing to cut the bank down & move it further away from the road ! May take more than one round , Also the township or county should erect a snow fence out in the field , which causes the wind to rise & drop its snow 50yds from the road ! You can see in the pic at 7.55 that the snow is being plowed to the right side here (which is wrong) this is where the wind is coming from , this causes the snow to pile more on that side instead of blowing all the way across & just keeping on going to drop at the next high ridge it comes to
Old snowplow truck/ grader operator from Canada
Great advice thank you I’m new to the trade
Ooo the front view of the plow is cool
thanks
I like watching the wing plow the snow looks almost fluid coming off of it conforming to whatever it encounters
awesome snowplowing video. Stay safe
Allis Chalmers T shirt!👍
Thanks
Are you still plowing. interesting video.like it a lot.
Made in Goderich Ontario I believe. 8 speed power shift transmission? Cummins 5.9 litre engine I believe.
Very interesting, did not know that. thanks.
How do you turn it off I just got one with a broken throttle cable and In order to kill it I have to undo the fuel line
Great video. What general area is this?
sw Minnesota, NE of Marshall 5 miles
Have done that job of plowing snow in champion 740 a many hours. Up graded to a John Deere 772gp which is all wheel drive.
This was just one of the back up units my neighbor has that my brother used to help them. I believe he has 2 others and on of them is all wheel drive. can push through bigger snow banks in one shot and not have to hit it 2 or 3 times to get through because you start to lose traction.
This grader should have float on blade height adjustment why don't use it? Adjust the moldboard to where it works best without damaging pavement.
There is no paved roads, its all gravel roads. If it is put on float it will plow a lot of the gravel into the ditch.
Floats are the fastest way to get a sloppy mouldboard, you wear out your circle pins and bushings super fast. If you want to be a skilled operator you pretend they never existed.
What do you do if your doing back roads -30 deg and no cell service and your machine catches fire and you can't put it out and your only there in t shirt like you are there what would yahh do
for 1 there are multiple farms in the area, not sure where your from but here there is usually 1 within a mile. 2 it normally isnt -30 if it is even with the heater on you would need more then a t shirt. 3 he has a coat, hat and gloves with. because it isn't new and things need fixing and need to go outside.
Those have to be the most difficult vehicle to operate. There is so many different levers!
for the snow plowing you only use a few of them.
- one switch on the side, controls the wing up and down, you mainly leave it set unless going by a mail box or stop sign it may need to be lifted up.
- one lever controls the front blade up and down. you only have to use that one if going over another road or turning, otherwise he made a custom guide wheel so you can just put the lever in float and the guide wheel will keep the blade a consistent high off the ground.
- the main two levers that are used are for the blade under the grader. one controls the right side of the blade up and down and the other one controls the left side up and down
Farming our way One controls the angle (rotation) & one the vertical of the blade ,And you can put the mold board in float
This is how the US Air Force clears snowy roads on their bases.
They use graders? not snow plow trucks?
Is that grader still running? Anyone with some knowledge
Yeah. Just used as a backup
Gotta Love the Champion graders. Volvo bought Champion then Goderich built Volvo badged graders then Volvo closed the plant and not long after that they quit building graders all together. Champion had a 100yr history of building road maintenance machines. What a dumb move by Volvo as the market was/is there for another grader manufacturer. Ill never buy a Volvo anything now.....
Good story My cousin worked their on the floor then on the road for sales He loved working there When I working on the township near Godrich in the seventies we had I believe a740 and a 600 and old Addams grader
Has he made and recent videos?
Front blade looks useless. Doesn’t seem like it’s scraping at all maybe cause you’re using the other blade for that?
the front blade stays off the ground 6-8", mainly use that for any big drifts. the bottom blade does the touch up work.
LOL I misread your title, I thought you were calling yourself a snowplow champion.
haha, I think he's a rookie for the first year plowing.
Add float to the grader blade
The front blade is on float because it rides on a wheel and keeps it off the ground about 6". If he put the belly blade on float it would dig in to the gravel road to much, and come spring there wouldn't be any left on the road. Its not like a tar road or hard pavement where you can put it on float and not have to worry about it digging in.
@@farmingourway8493 we plowed stone parking lots for years with a Galion grader and never had problems. You'll always drag some off the top then you grade it back in the Spring
! That Was A Stop Sign ! NUMB NUTS,!
He slowed down and looked for traffic
Sometimes when you stop with the blade full of snow it’s impossible to get started again you’ve lost all your momentum
I wouldn't stop either
ever put it in the ditch
My brother never did, but the owner of the grader has had a few employees get stuck. sometimes its a guess at where the road is when you don't have any electric line poles running along the road.
@@farmingourway8493 Ya i bet when everything looks as white and featureless as a sheet of printing paper