Cat 140M grader
Motor grader used to maintain and crown the city’s gravel roads, and as a backup plow in winter. It tows the Handy Hitch rubber-tire roller to pack the gravel after grading.
PW05, Public Works Office
4,304.4 hrs as of September 18, 2026
+53.5 hrs since June 2026
Older machine, still in service.
Paper trail
- July 12, 2011DecisionCouncil moved to settle the outstanding RDO bills on the old John Deere gradersource p.3
- October 11, 2011PurchasePurchased for $238,299.19 from Ziegler CATsource p.5
- August 1, 2021PaymentFinal payment on the 2011 grader certificates, for which the city levied roughly $26,500 to $30,400 a year for ten years
- October 11, 2022RepairWater pump and machine cleaning (140M equipment supplies), $3,091.16source p.10
Repair lines are claims of $2,000 or more, hand-transcribed from the claims registers. Smaller bills exist but are not itemized, so this is not a complete maintenance history. Amounts are labeled by transaction type, because an estimate or authorization is not money spent.