Komatsu’s Largest Motor Grader for the U.S. Revealed
Komatsu rolled out its largest motor grader for the U.S. earlier this year, re-entering a market it had exited years back.
The 104,000-pound GD955-7 grader is designed for mining, primarily building and maintaining roads for haul trucks with payloads of 100 tons and up, according to our guest on The Dirt, Casey Zbinden, product marketing manager.
The DG955 represents a ground-up redesign over its predecessor. It runs on a 423-horsepower Komatsu engine and uses moldboards of 18 to 20 feet long.
“That thing is massive – and impressive,” says host of The Dirt Bryan Furnace.
To learn more about this beast of a motor grader and watch it in action, check out the latest episode of The Dirt.
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In This Episode:
00:00 – Komatsu’s Massive GD955-7 Motor Grader
00:33 – GD955-7 Overview
01:08 – Komatsu’s Re-Entry into Mining
01:35 – GD955-7 Improvements & Specs
02:50 – 2D & 3D Machine Control?
04:56 – Aftertreatment
06:20 – Final Thoughts