Thought some of you grader buffs would like to see this rebuild. It is on another forum , and has dozens of pics. http://www.practicalmachinist.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/10/112.html doug
I'm not a big grader buff, but that is quite an undertaking, Great Pics, thanks for the link!!
The link doesn't work anymore, but I have find the pictures on another site, very interesting pics! http://www.pbase.com/impalass/24h&page=all
When I first saw the 24H rebuild I was not thinking model number, not familiar with Cat Graders, I thought it meant they did the overhaul in 24 HOURS! I see it actually took something like 6 months. Wonder what the total man hours involved would be from the time the truck hit the yard till it was loaded back up?
Judging by the team involved in the rebuild there would be a large amount of man hours involved in the rebuild. Our D10 & 16M rebuilds were done in 30 calendar days or less by a team of about 10 men. Not quite the same size machine as a 24, although that shouldn't affected anything other than the time taken to do the rebuild.
Where I just retired from it could take 30 days for management to decide on where I could buy a new cutting edge for a 980G! And that was after getting three quotes when we had just replaced tow in the last 9 months! Any idea as to why I did not stay past my 65th B'day?