Well sir, I am very impressed. I've run road graders for a long time. I've always wanted a mini grader just for little jobs. Never thought of building one. I like what you have done. I have a mile long road to grade now that I've moved to my new place. If you lived closer I'd just have you come do it or build me one. Or maybe the plans 🤔. Hahaha . Nice job.
Ok, I am really impressed with this grader. I am going to watch and save the series in memory of my late Father who was a Master Mechanic for 50 + years. He passed in 1991 but he would be so impressed with this.
That's an awesome machine wish I had one myself it would come in handy since i live on a farm. The dump tractor u keep mentioning would also be very helpful too. Keep up the awesome work cant wait for the next video
You're missing one light. A light shinning on the back of your blade so you can see what you cutting. The only reason for that is if you was running at night though. If you get snow where you're at then you might be out in the dark pushing snow but that would be the only reason for that light. You might want to add a bracket and cylinders out front of the blade for a ripper or in front of the wheels for a ripper and/or blade that just goes up and down to knock down piles or to plow with and the ripper of course to help you loosen the surface of whatever you're grading or cutting. Awesome little grader you've got. Really, really cool! You did an amazing job building this and making it strong enough to do the work. The trailer hitch serving as the pivot for the blade frame is genius and makes it easy to take on and off too I'm sure. Making me jealous. I want one now. LOL!
Hi, thanks for the comments. The pair of lights in front of the dash tower illuminate the blade and traction frame pretty well. I've been thinking about a ripper on the rear. It would really help with the compacted driveway.
The 6 wheel drive graders will have them forward. If you look at pictures on machinery trader quite a few front tires are forward on rear drive units... proving the salesman doesn't have a clue😉
This is so awesome. It is abundantly clear that you’ve got some SERIOUS time put into thinking and planning this thing. It’s amazing and done absolutely perfect. I don’t think a full staff of engineers could have done any better. Well done!
I'm building a Dozer/Loader/Grader from a 2006 GT2544 on my channel and saw this in my recommended and can't stop staring in amazment at the scale beauty of this glorious machine. Fantastic build.
I had a 68 Cub Cadet. The 12 HP Kohler was a strong engine. I started having issues with it idling. Upon examination the carburetor shafts were all worn and it was leaking air around them. A kit that rebushed it and it was back to running like a top. With the cast iron engine, cast iron transaxle and liquid filled tires it could move incredible loads.
The hydraulics all run off the forward axle's hydrostatic transmission which has auxiliary hydraulic ports. The reservoir is the axle housing, holds 7 quarts. The hydrostatic transmissions have finned aluminum bodies and fans provide cooling though the entire axle assemblies also act as heat sinks/heat dissipation.
Appreciate the new video and detail. Great work in general! Organizing the shops for this seasons projects and looking forward to moving forward with the fabrication projects and less of the legal and advocacy work.
Thanks for the walk thru on the machine beautifully made machine, sounds good and looks factory been wanting to build one myself for a while, still collecting.
that thing quite cute i got an idea though a hot rod grader take a regular grader, mod the hell out of it, maby do a chop top and maby rearange things, put a v8 or somethin up in it and let er' eat
all that and the back lights dont work off the forward/rev lever .. just tossin it out there.. this the one with the blown hydro pump ??? think was the 2 auto valves ??
Awesome. Been thinking about building one from lawn tractor parts for decades. Actually thinking of getting bigger and older small model I can trailer behind my 1ton these days. Currently have a John Deere 1010 dozer and a M440 Vermeer trencher with backhoe attached now. No trailer yet to haul them on and hoping to learn which small motor grader model under 5 tons would fit the trailer I am hoping to build.
Front axle is a regular cub cadet axle with spindles upgraded to carry the trailer hubs. The mold board is actually a 5 foot Land Pride blade. The cylinder trunnions are home made.
Wow bud iv got the same idea you have done here but mine would be a log 6x6 are you my long lots brother lol seems like it wed get along just fine in my shop lol
My husband said you sir are a genius. He's really into anything like this. He was an aircraft mechanic (mostly sheetmetal) for close to 40 years. Anyone thumbs down this is just jealous
Pretty slick. I had a grader someone built in the 50's. Had a 25hp kolher and reminds me alot of this one. It ended up breaking a drive motor and I was gonna have to replace both and a couple other things when the guy down the street offered me a price I couldn't pass up and let him have it. I wished I still had it though, so handy for the grade work I do.
Kudos !! VERY impressive build and design.. as a long time builder/fabricator my only concern is where you joined the new arched frame tube to the narrowed original frame rail... a very high stress point I'd add a heavier duty and larger overlapping 360* gusset plate surrounding that joint ..
I don't fully understand which joint you are referring to but I think you are referring to the main frame (the 4x6 tubing) to the tractor's original frame. If you look at the new video I posted of the Build, Part 1, you'll see that the main frame tube overlaps about a foot and is welded to a large 1/4 inch thick plate that is welded under the tractor's original frame, The 4x6 tubing is first welded to this 1/4 inch thick bottom plate, then diagonal plates are welded to the sides of the 4x6 tube and down to the bottom plate, then the two sides of the tractor's original frame are bent and welded to the 4x6 frame. The bottom plate is continuous welded to the bottom of the tractor's original frame. Check out that video to see what I mean.
@@woodandmetalshoptime8048 yes, o.k... sounds good.. you've done a fabulous job in design and execution.. I'll have to look for the build videos... I love watching these kind of videos as I've built and modified all kinds of vehicles.. cars, trucks of all types and sizes, tractors, boats, bikes, etc. I love how you incorporated the Cub parts into the design.. Thank you for your reply and detailed explanation..
Awesome job!! I would like to know where you got some of the parts. Hydraulic cylinders, spool valves, the large gear that rotates the blade, hydraulic motor, bearings for hydro cylinders that raise and lower the blade, etc. Thanks for the walk around video, I would love to see that in person. I restore old Cub Cadet machines and have 5 of my own. I typically rebuild/restore to original condition, but I did make a zamboni attachment for one of mine to resurface our pond. I fabricated all of that from scratch, but building a grader would require a lot of parts that need to be purchased. any info would be greatly appreciated.
Beautiful build! Nice and heavy duty! I built a PF Engineering FEL for my WheelHorse and had a great time. So satisfying to see the progress on a project like this. What are you using for a welding setup? Have you thought about adding a scarifier to the rear or a front plow? Those would be nice add one. Thanks for sharing and for your inspiration!
@@woodandmetalshoptime8048 I built a tractor with a cub cadet rear and a Honda twin tractor eng. I will need a foot control as my steering tower is hand made, and no place for a lever. I might use Toro as it's simple to complete.