Surface Planning

Confirm the proposed configuration, worksite conditions and intended use before deployment. Describe the function required and assess it with the complete tractor and implement combination. Concept illustrations are not confirmation of available equipment or approved loading.

10 guides shown

• What Does the Land Need to Become?

  Start with the use of the finished land, then work backwards to the surface that use requires.

• The Surface Is the Handover

  The surface is the handover between operations.

• Cut, Collect, Carry, Place & Grade

  Cutting, collecting, carrying, placing and grading are different tasks.

• Carry vs Drag

  Dragging redistributes material along the path of the implement; carrying separates the collection point from the placement point.

• From Rough Grade to Fine Grade

  Rough grading establishes the broad shape; fine grading corrects the remaining smaller deviations.

• Design to Dirt

  A drawing becomes useful in the field when its levels, coordinates and version are understood by the people and equipment doing the work.

• How Far Does Your Dirt Need to Move?

  Haul distance is the distance material must travel from a cut to its actual receiving area.

• Weight That Works

  Working weight influences cutting, traction and ground loading, but weight alone does not establish grading performance.

• Machine Before - Dugong - Machine After

  The machine before Dugong determines what material arrives; the machine after Dugong determines what surface must leave.

• Global Land Grading Knowledge Centre

  The knowledge centre connects four decisions: the finished purpose, the problem stopping it, the work needed to correct it, and the equipment that can perform that work.