Thread: Why is it so??

Ask LandyAndy. He drives one.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Ask LandyAndy. He drives one.

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The Graders steering wheels tilt to counter the side draught forces, when the blade is pushing to the side. ----- I think it's a bit like laying a motorbike into a corner !



On a mouldboard plough, the land slide plate or furrow wheel does much the same sort of job.


The land slide is seen in this picture and that wheel is a depth wheel not a furrow wheel


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I thought this was a Professor Julius Sumner Miller thing!!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIfxV7uNZXQ]Julius Sumner Miller - Why Is It So? - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTBPS_Dtv8]Cadbury Commercial : Julius Sumner Miller - YouTube[/ame]


But you know what? I'm glad someone asked because Ive always wondered!

I've met the Prof.
Very nice fellow he was. He signed a block of chocolate for me.
I asked him, "Once you've got the egg in the bottle, how do you get it out?"

Well! what was his answer?

How does a cyclone work?
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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I've met the Prof.
Very nice fellow he was. He signed a block of chocolate for me.
I asked him, "Once you've got the egg in the bottle, how do you get it out?"

when I was a kid I was a milk runner for the local milky,
nothing made your heart drop more than arriving across the lawn to the front door and finding a bottle with a bloody egg in it...but they also had bits of burnt paper, some had soot, some had raw egg (what the hell where they trying?) and they all had to be cleaned before the depot would accept them. (we used coat hangers to mash the egg and pressure to wash it out)

I hated that ad for so long!!!

and it played and played and played.......


Apparently this contributed to the removal of bottles and going to cartons in SA (and probably other states too!)

Originally Posted by disco_goose

Over the past months been watching the work progress on the pacific hwy upgade and one thing i have seen im not so sure about.
Graders....why do and what are the benefits of the front wheels being able to "tilt" (insert correct term)??
Cheers goose

as Wrinklearthure said the 'lean' or angle on the front wheels is to compensate for the side force from the blade.

In the hands of a 'final trim' operator they are a awesome to watch.