County Board Accepts Bid For New Grader

The Board of County Commissioners voted to go with the bid from the CAT representative to purchase a CAT motor grader in their January 3 meeting.

The motion to accept the bid came from Commissioner Larry Brower.

“As far as graders, I can’t say that any grader is better than the other. They’re both very equal. CAT’s a little bit higher, but they’re benefit package is a little better. The trade in value seems to be better. We haven’t tried CAT for a while, but I would like to try the new CAT,” Brower said.

Commissioner Nolting seconded the motion to accept the CAT bid.

“I did talk to some operators, and they seem to be inclined to support trying the CAT,” Nolting said.

The accepted bid was for a CAT M2 Motor Grader. The Grader allows a trade in of a current grader for $34,000 with a $5,700 parts credit leaving the total cost of the machine at $191,143.. The grader also has a 5,000 hour/5 year total machine warranty.

According to the CAT representative, the grader should be delivered later this week.