# 13000-23000 pound graders

*/Products/13000-23000_pound_graders*

Graders

## Product Bo M

**Input To**:
- [Road Grading](/Processes/Road_Grading)
- [Site Earthwork](/Processes/Site_Earthwork)
**Summary**: A self-propelled motor grader in the 13,000-to-23,000-pound operating-weight class, a wheeled earthmoving machine carrying a long adjustable moldboard between its axles to level, crown, and finish road and site surfaces; it is built up from a frame, engine, blade, and cab and feeds into contractor and municipal equipment fleets up the chain.
**Output Of**:
- [Heavy Equipment Assembly](/Processes/Heavy_Equipment_Assembly)
**Components**:
- Name: Articulated Frame · Quantity Note: front and rear frame sections · Required Input: Structural Steel
- Name: Moldboard Blade · Quantity Note: the grading blade and circle mount · Required Input: Wear Steel Plate
- Name: Diesel Engine · Quantity Note: prime mover · Required Input: 
- Name: Hydraulic Cylinder · Quantity Note: blade lift, tilt, and articulation actuators · Required Input: Hydraulic Fluid
- Name: Operator Cab · Quantity Note: enclosed control station · Required Input: Steel Sheet
- Name: Tire and Wheel Set · Quantity Note: six-wheel running gear · Required Input: Rubber
**Financed By**:
- [Equipment Lease Financing](/Services/Equipment_Lease_Financing)
**By Product Of**:
- [Assembly Line Metal Scrap](/Products/Assembly_Line_Metal_Scrap)
**Delivered As**:
- [Equipment Rental Service](/Services/Equipment_Rental_Service)
**Described By**:
- [Machine Telematics Record](/Datasets/Machine_Telematics_Record)
**Warranted By**:
- [Powertrain Warranty Plan](/Services/Powertrain_Warranty_Plan)
**Physical Good**: true
**Produced With**:
- [Welding Robot](/Products/Welding_Robot)
- [Heavy Assembly Line](/Products/Heavy_Assembly_Line)
- [Paint Booth](/Products/Paint_Booth)
- [Hydraulic Test Stand](/Products/Hydraulic_Test_Stand)
**Runs Software**:
- [Grader Control System](/Software/Grader_Control_System)
**Assembled From**:
- [Powertrain Module](/Products/Powertrain_Module)
- [Hydraulic System](/Products/Hydraulic_System)
- [Blade and Circle Assembly](/Products/Blade_and_Circle_Assembly)
- [Operator Cab Module](/Products/Operator_Cab_Module)
**Consumes To Make**:
- [Welding Wire](/Products/Welding_Wire)
- [Paint Coating](/Products/Paint_Coating)
- [Hydraulic Fluid](/Products/Hydraulic_Fluid)
**Has Measurement**:
- [Operating Weight](/Metrics/Operating_Weight)
- [Engine Power](/Metrics/Engine_Power)
- [Blade Width](/Metrics/Blade_Width)
- [Turning Radius](/Metrics/Turning_Radius)
**Transforms Into**:
- [Construction Equipment Fleet](/Products/Construction_Equipment_Fleet)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Graders](/Products/Graders) — parent · Products

### Siblings

- [Grading equipment](/Products/Grading_equipment) — siblings · Products
- [Motor graders](/Products/Motor_graders) — siblings · Products
- [Tilt graders](/Products/Tilt_graders) — siblings · Products
- [Caterpillar Motor Grader](/Products/Caterpillar_Motor_Grader) — siblings · Products

### Who uses this

- [Highway Maintenance Workers](/Occupations/Highway_Maintenance_Workers) — uses · Occupations

### Consumes

- [Welding wire](/Products/Welding_wire) — consumes · Products
- [Coating paints](/Products/Coating_paints) — consumes · Products
- [Hydraulic Fluid](/Products/Hydraulic_Fluid) — consumes · Products

### Composed of

- [Hydraulic cylinders](/Products/Hydraulic_cylinders) — composed of · Products
- [Operator houses](/Products/Operator_houses) — composed of · Products
- [Diesel motors](/Products/Diesel_motors) — composed of · Products
- [Tire and Wheel Set](/Products/Tire_and_Wheel_Set) — composed of · Products
- [Moldboard Blade](/Products/Moldboard_Blade) — composed of · Products
- [Articulated Frame](/Products/Articulated_Frame) — composed of · Products

### Financed by

- [Equipment Finance Lease](/Services/Equipment_Finance_Lease) — financed by · Services

### Warranted by

- [Powertrain Warranty](/Services/Powertrain_Warranty) — warranted by · Services

### Delivered as

- [Equipment Rental](/Services/Equipment_Rental) — delivered as · Services

### Input to

- [Site Earthworks](/Processes/Site_Earthworks) — input to · Processes
- [Roadbed Grading](/Processes/Roadbed_Grading) — input to · Processes

### Requires input

- [Wear-Resistant Steel Plate](/Products/Wear-Resistant_Steel_Plate) — requires input · Products
- [Rubber](/Products/Rubber) — requires input · Products
- [Steel Sheet](/Products/Steel_Sheet) — requires input · Products
- [Structural Steel](/Products/Structural_Steel) — requires input · Products

### Produced with

- [Paint booths](/Products/Paint_booths) — produced with · Products
- [Hydraulic Test Stand](/Products/Hydraulic_Test_Stand) — produced with · Products
- [Heavy Assembly Line](/Products/Heavy_Assembly_Line) — produced with · Products
- [Welding Robot](/Products/Welding_Robot) — produced with · Products

### Measured by

- [Maneuverability Radius](/Metrics/Maneuverability_Radius) — measured by · Metrics
- [Blade Width](/Metrics/Blade_Width) — measured by · Metrics
- [Engine Power](/Metrics/Engine_Power) — measured by · Metrics
- [Operating Weight](/Metrics/Operating_Weight) — measured by · Metrics

### Problems this exposes

- [Tier-4 emissions compliance for the diesel powertrain in this weight class](/Problems/Tier-4_emissions_compliance_for_the_diesel_powertrain_in_this_weight_class) — exposes problem · Problems
- [moldboard blade-edge wear and replacement downtime in abrasive grading](/Problems/moldboard_blade-edge_wear_and_replacement_downtime_in_abrasive_grading) — exposes problem · Problems
- [circle and articulation joint slop degrading fine-grade accuracy](/Problems/circle_and_articulation_joint_slop_degrading_fine-grade_accuracy) — exposes problem · Problems
- [GPS/machine-control grade-system retrofit integration cost](/Problems/GPS%2Fmachine-control_grade-system_retrofit_integration_cost) — exposes problem · Problems

### Described by

- [Machine Telematics Record](/Datasets/Machine_Telematics_Record) — described by · Datasets

### Runs software

- [Grader Control System](/Software/Grader_Control_System) — runs software · Software

### Output of

- [Heavy Equipment Assembly](/Processes/Heavy_Equipment_Assembly) — output of · Processes

### By product of

- [Assembly Line Metal Scrap](/Products/Assembly_Line_Metal_Scrap) — by product of · Products

### Transforms into

- [Construction Equipment Fleet](/Products/Construction_Equipment_Fleet) — transforms into · Products

### Assembled from

- [Operator Cab Module](/Products/Operator_Cab_Module) — assembled from · Products
- [Blade and Circle Assembly](/Products/Blade_and_Circle_Assembly) — assembled from · Products
- [Hydraulic System](/Products/Hydraulic_System) — assembled from · Products
- [Powertrain Module](/Products/Powertrain_Module) — assembled from · Products