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MOTOR GRADERS
LEAD STORY

Fast Facts

 The motor graders market size has the potential to grow by $671.49 million during 2021-2025, and the market’s
growth momentum will accelerate at a CAGR of 2.90%.
 Several tasks such as leveling the ground, making smooth surfaces, leveling soil, shifting tiny amounts of dirt,
and setting native soil foundation pads can be performed with the motor graders with higher efficiency.
 The repair and rebuilding of motor graders is gaining momentum as the key global motor graders market
trend.

Motor graders are increasingly being used in mining and Wide & varied usage
construction applications to create a smooth surface during These graders come in different shapes and sizes, but they all
construction. Usually, motor graders are used to construct and have the same details and configuration. Generally, all grader
maintain dirt and gravel roads in the construction industry. In the models come with a long blade positioned between the back
global market, motor graders are available with engine capacities and front wheels. This long blade is usually made from stainless
ranging from 60kwatt to 373kwatt and blades ranging from around steel and is known as a ‘grader.’ These blades can be controlled
2.5m to 7.3m. Motor graders are used for different applications in mechanically or hydraulically. Modern graders come with a blade
the mining and construction industry by operating with multiple that can be extended from one side to another, and the blade can
attachments. Motor graders are also used for soil foundation before also be raised or lowered depending on the application. One big
building construction. A small motor grader within a range of 80-150 advantage is the fact that the graders can be used with different
horsepower is usually enough for most jobs. The smaller graders attachments to complete different construction or mining tasks. A
are perfect for jobs that need to be completed in a tight-spacing wide range of attachments converts the grader into an extremely
environment, while larger motor graders can be used in broader versatile machine, capable of performing and doing different tasks
spaces. on job sites.

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