I'm a grader operator and getting close to retirement. This machine was quite advanced for it's time. The new Cats are joystick controlled and all wheel drive with traction control and have enclosed cabs. They have 14 forward pointing LED lights for night work.
Wow power steering!!!! I have a AD4 with power nothing and a steering wheel as big as a pirate ship it's a work out to run but love them old grader you learn really quick to leen wheels
These days, you take a machine to the dealer for repairs and they'll find every reason they can't figure out what's wrong, to keep racking up the bill. These guys back then made it very clear they didn't want you to have to fix it, they didn't want it to break on you.
Or be like John Deere and not even allow you to work on your own machine. Whatever happened with that anyways? Did they stop that BS or are they still like that? My dad has a friend who bought a brand new tractor and they would charge him from the time they left their shop until they got back home for the work they did on his machine. Stuff he could have done but would have invalidated the warranty or something like that. Bunch of BS in my opinion. If I paid several hundred grand for a new machine I'd work on it whether they liked it or not.
The hardest thing about running one of those was turning it around ! Backing up wasn't a bad option for sure . Put the blade down and that MACHINE was unstoppable !!! . Very powerful !
Blues Man, to turn it around, we would get out and lift the front end off the ground and physically turn this behemoth around. Sure that's a lot of weight but we were young and strong and didn't know better.
I drove the Adams grader and I can tell you those mechanical controls truly earned the nickname knucklebusters. Not to bad if the resistance is low but quite a pain when you need to get into something. Still a lot better than nothing since the county wasn't taking care of the county road will lived on someone needed to be able to plow snow and grade spring time ruts out. Cleared a fair number of trees and other stuff with that machine as well.
516 was the same used in the HD11 dozer. This was a Buda holdover. The supercharger is quite an interesting item on a 4 stroke diesel. It was not on the 11 I ran. It was naturally aspirated and said Buda Diesel on the exhaust manifold. I don't know if it was a used replacement or an early machine as the later ones had Allis Chalmers.
Que maravilla ! Allis tambien producia una motoniveladora del mismo tipo que esta chiquita con motor a gasolina (No se la identificacion) El cuerpo de ingenieros del US Army la empleo en operaciones aero transportada Tambien el chasis era hecho con un tubo
@@trackhoe23 The grader, but also an old magazine add for it on the wall in my barn, it was $3300 brand new back then. Actually I have two one is a parts unit, and I have a 1956 HD6G Track Loader. They are hard to run but obviously last forever
so when youre pushing with the blade it tends to push the tractor to the side trying to make the blade go straight instead of at an angle so the wheels tilt to the opposite side to counteract this
The old cats had the same idea put if you tried to put to much pressure it would let your wrist no I don't know when cat put power assist in there steering put you soon figered out why you lean the wheels
I sure miss those things. It seems like just yesterday when I was an operator in 1955.
And the day before yesterday when Biden “operated “ one just like he “drove “ an 18 wheeler 🚛.🥴
my neighbor still uses one of these to keep the roads graded out in sierra foothills hills of Nevada
I'm a grader operator and getting close to retirement. This machine was quite advanced for it's time. The new Cats are joystick controlled and all wheel drive with traction control and have enclosed cabs. They have 14 forward pointing LED lights for night work.
How were the knuckle busters on these? Familiar with the Adams grader with the mechanical controls.
Awesome machine for the time , it reminds me of the Cat 14 E motor grader . Those were the days ! 👍👍👍👍
Wow power steering!!!!
I have a AD4 with power nothing and a steering wheel as big as a pirate ship it's a work out to run but love them old grader you learn really quick to leen wheels
Damn, I wanna run out and buy one of these after watching this.
The wife and I just did buy one this morning
Looked at it yesterday
Love the old equipment. Might have been a little harder to run than the new stuff but it still, got the job done.
Good Job. Thank you brother. God bless you. 🙏🏽
These days, you take a machine to the dealer for repairs and they'll find every reason they can't figure out what's wrong, to keep racking up the bill. These guys back then made it very clear they didn't want you to have to fix it, they didn't want it to break on you.
Or be like John Deere and not even allow you to work on your own machine. Whatever happened with that anyways? Did they stop that BS or are they still like that? My dad has a friend who bought a brand new tractor and they would charge him from the time they left their shop until they got back home for the work they did on his machine. Stuff he could have done but would have invalidated the warranty or something like that. Bunch of BS in my opinion. If I paid several hundred grand for a new machine I'd work on it whether they liked it or not.
These movies are awesome !!
The hardest thing about running one of those was turning it around ! Backing up wasn't a bad option for sure . Put the blade down and that MACHINE was unstoppable !!! . Very powerful !
Blues Man, to turn it around, we would get out and lift the front end off the ground and physically turn this behemoth around. Sure that's a lot of weight but we were young and strong and didn't know better.
I drove the Adams grader and I can tell you those mechanical controls truly earned the nickname knucklebusters. Not to bad if the resistance is low but quite a pain when you need to get into something. Still a lot better than nothing since the county wasn't taking care of the county road will lived on someone needed to be able to plow snow and grade spring time ruts out. Cleared a fair number of trees and other stuff with that machine as well.
Awesome machine.!
516 was the same used in the HD11 dozer. This was a Buda holdover. The supercharger is quite an interesting item on a 4 stroke diesel. It was not on the 11 I ran. It was naturally aspirated and said Buda Diesel on the exhaust manifold. I don't know if it was a used replacement or an early machine as the later ones had Allis Chalmers.
6th July 2024
The wife and I just bought a 45 with cab .
still in its original Persian orange paint .
To make / maintain roads on our farm
"energy cells and tornado turbulence"
Sounds like Mike Wallace as the narrator.
I believe you’re right!
The AC 45 sounds like it is quite a bit nicer to operate versus the Adams.
08:41
That vertical up weld doesnt look like it belongs
This looks like it was made by Kling Film in Chicago.
Some of the cans are marked "Chicago Film Laboratory Inc."
Que maravilla ! Allis tambien producia una motoniveladora del mismo tipo que esta chiquita con motor a gasolina (No se la identificacion) El cuerpo de ingenieros del US Army la empleo en operaciones aero transportada Tambien el chasis era hecho con un tubo
Could be Mike Wallace doing the voice over.....
That was cool! Do you have anything like this about the Model D grader?
I have one, I could make a video
@@integr8er66 Do you have a dealer movie or a D grader? I've got a grader, but I love to see these old films.
@@trackhoe23 The grader, but also an old magazine add for it on the wall in my barn, it was $3300 brand new back then. Actually I have two one is a parts unit, and I have a 1956 HD6G Track Loader. They are hard to run but obviously last forever
What is the purpose of the leaning front wheels?
so when youre pushing with the blade it tends to push the tractor to the side trying to make the blade go straight instead of at an angle so the wheels tilt to the opposite side to counteract this
Its alot better ike leaning a bike to turn
Ball And Socket Joint sounds like the name of a tavern.
I’m scared of the scarifier.
Jeez, its not hydraulic, it's all PTO and worm gears...
Hydraulics drift, mechanical will hold grade
Could I get a job just pointing to the different parts of the grader with a stick? 🤷♂️
Stopped to watch because I have a 1935 Model D, it amazes me that those made then STILL run but Crap made today won't last 15 years
The grader doesn't have an enclosed cab.
Glenn Lego 4:50
That's where all of the charm in this baby is! Real men don't need a cab
Stefan but it would be sure nice in the winter plowing snow up here in Minnesota
I won't argue that fact...
A cab was optional.
The old cats had the same idea put if you tried to put to much pressure it would let your wrist no I don't know when cat put power assist in there steering put you soon figered out why you lean the wheels
The governor? You mean like Gavin Newsom? JB Pritzker? 🤷♂️
Bank sloping. Is that like bank robbing?
All the foriegners are taxing are country ..
Time to clean the undergrowth