Adams pull type road grader

[DJ54]

Hard to tell with the small picture, but looks like the axle nut is exposed, due to no dust cap. It very well may have tapered roller bearings. Just hope there is something left of the race.

IF they are trb's and can find a number, do a search on ebay. I bought enough Timken nos USA bearings & cups for my tri-axle trailer, and two complete extra sets for like $40.00.

 

[Mace Canute]

Nice grader! I have an old A.E. Adams grader that has been converted from pull type (with a tongue and two wheel dolly up front) to just direct hook up to the tractor's drawbar. It is the plain Jane model, no options at all, just up, down and swivel! My buddy and I found an brand new 8' grader blade at the recyclers and bolted it to the moldboard, added a lot of strength to it and also quite a bit of weight too...(it was a very heavy duty blade). It's well worn and like the OP's, the spoke steel wheels lean over a lot when loading the blade up. We've talked about replacing them with spindles and hubs from a 3/4 ton truck (SRW) with full floating axles but there's other things that need doing more than that needs to be done.

One thing I've noticed is that there doesn't seem to be any Forums that deal exclusively with A.E. Adams graders and any of the grader forums out there don't mention anything about mine. I'd like to know more about it so if anyone has any knowledge about them please share!

 

[steam]

Just came across this thread and joined just to put in my 2 cents. I have a smaller Adams grader that I am rebuilding now. My steel wheels were lose but I wanted to keep them original so am re-bushing the old cast iron bushings. Your grader is an older one before they enclosed the gears. Adams did have an option of roller bearings. Its hard to tell from the picture but yours my have them. If you have questions I do have some information on some sizes. Does yours have any name plates on?

 

[rlfii76f]

It has the old copper name plate, but it is so faded you cant hardly read it. The steel plate on the side says adams no 8. The inside of steel wheels do not appear to have bearings.

 

[Taylortractornut]

I helped make one over to rubber tires. I had a rear axle from a 1 ton and one from a 3/4 ton and welded the spindles to axles. We did this so if it was ever restored that we could put the originals back inplace. On another we removed the whole front axle and put a hitch in its place to pull from the drawbar.