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The sonic tracer emits ultrasonic signals to maintain a set distance or elevation from
an object, surface, or the ground.
GRADING SOLUTIONS FROM BOBCAT
Bobcat offers a wide range of grading solutions based around the company’s compact loaders and
grader attachments.
The expanded range of grading
equipment is designed for use by
asphalt and concrete contractors for
excavating and grading work for new
roads, pavements, concrete flatwork,
tennis courts, utilities, and landscaping
projects.
Loader-mounted Bobcat grader
attachments can now be combined not
only with a comprehensive choice of
Bobcat laser grading equipment, but
also the Bobcat sonic tracer kit — the
first sonic tracer system of its kind for
compact loaders, to provide automatic
grade control in applications where
lasers may not be suitable.
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Laser grading requires the job site
to be on a plane, whereas the sonic
tracer can follow nearly every terrain.
The sonic tracer also provides an
advantage when grading inside
buildings with obstacles where the
laser beam could be interrupted. The
system offers the advantage that if
the user already has a laser system
mounted on the grader, they can also
mount the sonic tracer on the blade,
allowing them to switch between
using the grader with the sonic tracer
or the laser system.
The Bobcat sonic tracer kit is
designed for use with the 244mm
and 274mm-wide heavy-duty grader
attachments from Bobcat.
Heavy-duty graders
The 274mm-wide heavy-duty grader
attachment is approved for use on the
Bobcat S770 and S850 skid-steer, T770
and T870 compact tracked, and A770 all-
wheel steer loader models. The 244mm-
wide grader attachment covers the
same models with the addition of the
smaller T650 compact tracked loader.
The graders feature a six-way blade
plus hydraulic side-shift of up to 33cm
left or right, both of which are fingertip
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