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Mid 40s Adams grader.

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old

02-03-2006 18:02:00




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I got a call today from a woman with an Adams grader, she called it a knuckle buster. Any body ever heard of it. She want me to look at it but she doesn't have a clue what it is etc. She say it is engine driven but thats about all she knows other then refering to it being called a knuckle buster. Any body have any ideas?????
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Don BC

02-04-2006 17:12:25




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 Re: Mid 40s Adams grader. in reply to old, 02-03-2006 18:02:00  
A book that I have says that the first self propelled grader appeared in 1928. In 1934 they installed power operated controls on larger graders. In 1954 the J.D. Adams Company was sold to LeTourneau-Westinghouse.



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Billy NY

02-05-2006 06:43:13




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 Re: Mid 40s Adams grader. in reply to Don BC , 02-04-2006 17:12:25  
Cat must have bought the other outfit making these back then, the name escapes me, I do recall seeing a few models of the early ones with powered controls, early powered models, theres a guy in AZ trying to get a #32 grader off a parcel of property, time to clear out, but is one example on an earlier powered model currently posted somewhere I can find:

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Billy NY

02-03-2006 20:14:30




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 Re: Mid 40s Adams grader. in reply to old, 02-03-2006 18:02:00  
See if you can get a model number, I think a lot of those are in No.'s for type, some Auto Patrol, a lot of them were drawn, then they started to power them. They are interesting to watch work, manual adjusments for the moldboard, arms get a work out. The pull type are popular lately, the antique crawler crowd likes them for the shows, something to tow and work. Try ACMOC and or ACME websites for info, I've seen a lot of literature posted on them over the years and a few at shows, someone will be able to help you with the details on these. You say mid 40's not sure but they may have been bought out by Cat by then, might be older, they are interesting, recently someone turned up with what was apparently the 1st one of a serial number run production. Good to follow up on it, before a scrapper gets it, they do have a following for restoration.

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old

02-03-2006 21:14:27




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 Re: Mid 40s Adams grader. in reply to Billy NY, 02-03-2006 20:14:30  
The woman asked me how much it might be worth and I had to tell her with out seeing it I could only guess. She said it still ran, I told her from $300 to a couple grand depending on a few things. I plan to go look at it in a few days, I hope maybe by then to have a few $$ and if I think its worth it I may buy it. If not I"ll probably let the other people here know about it.



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syumpyMe

02-03-2006 18:31:57




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 Re: Mid 40s Adams grader. in reply to old, 02-03-2006 18:02:00  
Itis like the old cat graders that have cog drive
for moving the moldboard ,swing and wheel pitch.



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