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Owning & Operating Costs
Hourly Fuel ConsumptionTables
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Motor Graders
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Motor Graders
Typical Application Description
(relative to work application)
Low
Light road maintenance. Finish grading. Plant and road mix work. Extended idle.
Medium Haul road maintenance. Average road maintenance, road mix work, scarifying. Road con-
struction, ditching, loose fill spreading. Land forming, land leveling and elevating grader
use. Light to medium snow removal. Lower speed travel on slight grades.
High
Heavy maintenance of hard packed roads with embedded rock. Heavy fill spreading, base
material spreading and ditching. Ripping/scarifying of asphalt or concrete. Continuous high
load factor. High impact. Heavy snow plowing. High speed travel on grades.
Load Factor Guide
(average engine load factor based on Product Status Report for description for each range)
Low
20%-30%
Medium 30%-50%
High
50%-80%