Just how big does a township road grader need to be? The ole boy that beat out the last township trustee told me the grader he used was way to large for that type of work..uses 15gal/hr just pushing a little rock around. So I stopped him after he won the election last year...still driving this mammoth jd...opened the door and you could tell the inside must be pressurized..heard a hissing sound as it opened..Has toggles on both armrests, for steering and blade controls...gps...thought he told me it cost in excess of 300 hundred thousand, and yes he said..looks like they (the township) was going ahead with buying it..(was leased). The problem is, it takes so much fuel, they only make one pass down the roads (50 miles in the township) and leave a windrow on the sides which keeps the water, of which we've had plenty in this area of kansas, from going into what is left of the ditches. So our roads in some areas are washed out really bad. Guess the township 'officers' will show that to the govt fema boys when they apply for next years aid.