I'm Jason Pearson sales manager with RDO integrated controls here we have the
John Deere 872 GP smart grade motor
grader. John Deere technology mixed with
Topcon technology gives you the first
ever mastless grader in the market.
Mu name is Ace Gardner. I work for Baranko Brothers. I run their finish blade.
The great thing about it, it doesn't have the mast poll anymore on the board so I got
lots more flexibility on what I can do
as far as tight areas or under trees. I
don't have to set it up in the morning
with the pole, put the pole on the
machine, put the antenna on, I just get
in, turn it on and I go to work.
I'm Jordan Kessel and I'm the IT manager
for Baranko Brothers. We do a lot of heavy civil
construction work. We have quite a few
road projects this year and we also do a
lot of work in the mines. Seven
years ago we ended up getting a job that
required the contractor to have some
form of GPS and machine control, but now
it's almost becoming a requirement on
almost all the projects. Tolerances are
getting tighter, project owners are
wanting the projects tighter, so it's
almost a necessity. Before
it was a tool but now it's almost a
requirement. (Ace) You're getting it to
grade so you're getting all your
material out,
putting in just the right amount of
material if you got fill. You don't
have to have a grade checker in front
you so you can go as fast as
you want. We used to have to put
in like bids for having to put in blue
tops and go pound in blue tops. I'd say
75% of our projects they don't even get
blue tops anymore because of our GPS
blades we have. The amount of time,
the cost of wood for lath, the cost of
the paint is significantly decreased. My
name is Don Emmile, I work for Baranko
Brothers, I am a superintendent.
Everything is to grade.  When the surveyors
come out, the county surveyors come out
to check everything, and we're right in
tolerance on everything. So they don't
even want to come out and check because
they know it's all gonna be good.
Everything's automated, we
have 150 users with tablets or PCs, to
motor graders to dozers, to scrapers,
all equipped with GPS. (Jason) They are early
adopters to technology, they know what
they're doing they know what technology
can bring to their company and they're
not afraid to invest in it and see the
return on investment.
 
