road grader $500

Geo-TH,In · Aug 17, 2014

Saw this on craigslist this morning. A piece of american history.
road grader from the past

Dick2 · Aug 17, 2014

If there were any rocks in the road, that grader would throw the guy on the back every which way. Our township had newer ones with rubber tires that were still kind of dangerous to ride if there were rocks imbedded in the road. Liked the safety of being in the cab of the Galion grader that I had. It had a UD14 engibe, which was plenty of power for that grader.

MarkB_MI · Aug 17, 2014

That would be a great lawn ornament.

Ray · Aug 17, 2014

Those things sell pretty well,collectors and farmers with gravel drives like them.I saw one that size that was made by cat sell for 3000 last summer.

earlschieb · Aug 17, 2014

That is cheap. If it was located 200 miles to the East, I would be interested in it.

Dachshund · Aug 17, 2014

Those come up for sale around here all the time. The Amish buy them up - usually for scrap price or less. Neighbor bought one last summer for $50. Hauled it home, and used it the next day.

ericlb · Aug 17, 2014

not sure where that is, but around here they bring more than twice that and most of them are rusted into 1 solid piece, a working one is almost unheard of, it would be nice to have

Loren in MN · Aug 17, 2014

I had a Adams #3 that when I sold it, found it's way to Canada. I still have a good front trucks for a Adams #3.
This looks similar to a Russell.

Geo-TH,In · Aug 17, 2014

It came from Terriable Haute's craigslist. I think it's cool but I have enough yard ornaments.

Geo-TH,In · Aug 17, 2014

I don't think the amish use internet. It takes two people to operate it with horses.

Dachshund · Aug 17, 2014

Nobody said anything about using the internet but, now that you mentioned it - they have access to more than you'd think! They come over to use (or have me use) my internet to look up stuff all the time!
They also have plenty of kids/family/neighbors to help run stuff - if need be.

Geo-TH,In · Aug 17, 2014

Sneaky amish, shame on them.

jon f mn · Aug 17, 2014

That is a cheap price if it was near me. I see them sell for much more than that and in not as nice shape. Too bad it's so far away, I could make some money on that if it was closer.

VaTom · Aug 17, 2014

(quoted from post at 05:28:28 08/17/14) Saw this on craigslist this morning. A piece of american history.
road grader from the past

Looks to me like a working machine in need of a small improvement. Here's mine:

JMS/.MN · Aug 17, 2014

Decades ago it was common for each township here to own one. Farmers used it to grade roads in their area, then another farmer borrowed it to do his. Over time, too often no one could remember who had it last, and it sat in the weeds while the grading job was taken over by the pros.

VaTom · Aug 17, 2014

"Over time, too often no one could remember who had it last, and it sat in the weeds while the grading job was taken over by the pros."

One of those was what I bought. Guy who sold it to me cut off 4" trees that had grown up through it. He'd been intending to take it to sell as George thought, an ornament.

I put rubber tires on, and started using it. Took a couple of tries before I got the operator's platform correct with the multiple controls that mount there. Platform was long gone before I got it. Not only can the operator adjust the blade every which way, but the back axle will both offset and steer. Very little these machines cannot do. Mine even has a shock absorber to protect the blade and frame.

Then I bought a considerably newer Galion, which didn't work as well. A motorgrader that didn't have a low enough gear for my driveway. Now it sits in the weeds, while the old Galion does the work.

Paul from MI · Aug 17, 2014

My cousin had a similar grader that he used to grade all the lanes on his farm. His uncle drove the Farmall H and Rich rode the grader. Bet it's still sitting in the woods.

farmerjohn · Aug 17, 2014

I do know that the Amish around here have cell phones, if they graduated to a smart phone they will have the internet.

Owen Aaland · Aug 18, 2014

My wife's parents had one of those. I would have like to have gotten it but after my FIL, died my MIL sold the house and building site. The people who bought the place wanted to keep the grader for their own use so it went with the property.

Bret4207 · Aug 18, 2014

I walked a lot of miles behind a grader like the one in the OP. We had 9 miles of private road to maintain. Pulled a big heavy grader with a JD450 and my job was to fling the foot ball sized rocks it pulled up to the side of the road. Then we;d come back through with the dump truck and I got fling the same rocks into the truck bed, then they get used where run off was a problem.

The Amish around me don't use internet or have cell phones or any of that. If they want something they contact machinery truckers and they find what the Amish guy wants. Pretty good system. Or they watch the ads in papers like Lancaster Farming, Country Folks or others. I swear you can find anything you want in Lancaster Farming.

jm. · Aug 18, 2014

Gorge Thanks I got it bought, to go with the larger ones I have. Will post photos when I get it set up behind M d2.. jm.

road grader $500

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Member

Member

Well-known Member

Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Similar threads