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LEAD STORY MOTOR GRADERS

motor grader is a highly reliable machine with low owning and compromise grading at an equipment cost marginally higher to
operating costs and will truly be their “Profit Ka Partner”. Our existing tractor grader but
RoadMaster range of motor graders has already captured over It is powered by a 74 HP CRDi engine coupled with a 3 m (10
20% market share, and we are confident that G75 Smart will further ft) wide blade and iMAXX telematics solution. This equipment
strengthen our position while transforming construction of small is designed to deliver superior grading with equipment cost
roads in India, which constitute about 60% of country’s roads.” marginally higher to tractor grader but still fractional as compared
The RoadMaster G75 Smart offers road contractors, liberation from to conventional motor graders making it ‘Profit Ka Partner’ of small
compromised makeshift solution, such as manual labor and farm road contractors.
tractor-based graders. It is the ideal machine for spreading and Arx is offering four models of motor graders: the G1000 (120 bhp,
grading applications for the rural, semi-rural and district roads, 11.5t with attachments); G1500 (173 bhp, 17.7t with attachments);
land development, internal housing and commercial roads. It G1800 (220 bhp, 20t with attachments); and the G3200 (315bhp,
enables small road contractors to participate in projects with 33t with attachments). The G1000 is for village roads and shoulder
grading needs for government flagship programs as Smart City, work on highways after paving, exit ramps and short roads
as well as PMGSY roads. where turning radius is critical. G1500 and G1800 are for road
The RoadMaster G75 Smart provides small contractors affordable construction; G1800 and G3200 are for mining applications (haul
uncompromised mechanization and an opportunity to deploy roads) and heavy construction sites. It is currently testing prototypes
a registered motor grader in the smaller projects which was not of the 10t and 32t grader. The 15t and 18t prototypes are under
possible hitherto with the conventional graders. Also, it will help final assembly, and the pilot batches will be launched in the first
improve the quality and longevity of work and quicker turnaround quarter of the next fiscal year. Arx G1000 Motor Grader of 11 tons
of projects. is the smallest in the range with a BS IV 120 hp engine and a 10
The RoadMaster G75 Smart is powered by a 74 HP Mahindra CRDi feet moldboard. It is designed for small roads, plantations, and
engine which is coupled with a 3 m (10 ft) wide blade and iMAXX for shoulder work on highways. Arx G3200 Motor Grader (310 hp,
telematics solution. This equipment is optimized to deliver zero 32 Tonne) is for very heavy earth work projects and haul road

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