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The original elevating graders (EGAs) were drawn by stock, and tractor-drawn elevating graders were used into the 1940s before being rendered obsolete by advances in belt loader and scraper technology ...

Caterpillar has been upgrading various machine categories to its “next generation” platform and used the recent Public Works Expo in Chicago to introduce the 140 LVR motor grader. “This machine is an ...

In the gravel-road-grading evaluation, the 11-speed transmission's 5th gear provided a workable intermediate speed that was an estimated 0.6 mile per hour faster than the 8-speed's 3rd gear, but 0.7 ...

At this year’s Public Works Expo, Caterpillar introduced its new Cat 140 Lever Motor Grader (140 LVR), giving attendees a first look at a machine designed to merge traditional operator preferences ...