Aggregate Equipment Articles

Storms Place Heavy Demand on Contractors →

“We’re not a storm-chasing contractor,” said David Sharpe, whose C-Sharpe Company LLC nevertheless is overrun with hurricane reconstruction work. The storm came to him. The restoration and waterproofing company’s office is in Orange Beach, AL, which pretty much was ground zero for Hurricane Ivan. The category 3 storm blew ashore Sept. 16, flooding streets, downing trees and power lines and almost destroying the beach area where Alabama meets the Gulf of Mexico. Click for more...

Aussie Import Drives Success of Florida Firm →

In the world of landscape material supply, there are companies that offer colored mulch as part of their mix –– and then there is Forestry Resources Inc. Since its founding 25 years ago, the Fort Myers, FL-based company has established itself as the largest colored mulch processor and supplier in southwest Florida and largely credits its use of an advanced colorizing system for its ability to meet the demand for colored mulch. Click for more...

Demos Dominate at Terex ’Open Days’ Dealer Event →

Terex Pegson and Powerscreen dealers from the United States and Canada gathered in Austin, TX, Aug. 26-27 for product information presentations and practical demonstrations of the manufacturers’ new and recently introduced equipment. Terex Pegson products included the 1412 Tracpactor impact crusher, 4242 SR impact crusher, 1300 Maxtrak cone crusher and 650 HA Premiertrak jaw crusher. Powerscreen products included the Phoenix 1600 trommel, Finesmaster 200 sand recovery system, Chieftain 1800 3-deck and 2400 3-deck dry screen plants, and Powershredder 1800. Click for more...

MD Firm Finds Cost Effective Solution in Mobile Crushers →

David Berg is a man of his word — and he’s got drawers full of awards and certificates to prove it. Customers large and small — from private contractors to state agencies — are impressed with the quality operation and efficient demolition and crushing work his companies perform. Berg is a man in love with his job and the industry he is part of in Baltimore, MD. Berg is owner of two companies, Berg Corporation and the Crushing Corporation of America, focused on demolition and contract crushing work, respectively. Click for more...

Powerscreen of Florida Clears 20 Years in Business →

Powerscreen of Florida is celebrating its 20th year of supplying screening, crushing, and conveying equipment to its customers in Florida, Georgia and the Caribbean. With offices in Miami and Lakeland, FL, and Atlanta, GA, Powerscreen of Florida offers a large fleet of new and used equipment for sale, rent or lease. Richard Grant, vice president of Powerscreen of Florida, explained that the company’s average inventory is 150 pieces or approximately $15 million worth of equipment. Click for more...

Damon Pursell, Powerscreen Midwest Bring Recycling to KC →

Seven years ago, a 500-acre quarry just south of Kansas City, MO, sat dormant. Void of large equipment or bustling workers, it had been gutted by its owners through fifty years of underground mining. Due to the instability of the ground, it also was unsuitable for developing and many had given up on finding anything useful to do with the property. Except Mike Pursell, president of Damon Pursell Construction Company (DPCC) in Liberty, MO. Click for more...

Quarry Provides Unique Backdrop for BRD Custom Crushing and Screening →

Custom crushing and screening contractors lead a nomadic business life. They take their crushing and screening plants from place to place, work on a site for a short period of time and then move on to the next project. However, BRD LLC Crushing & Screening, which operates several crushing plants at various sites across New England, is working at an unusual site — a quarry. The Fairfield Research Management Inc. Click for more...

Downrite Sifts Yesterday’s Debris for Tomorrow’s Development →

South Florida construction has boomed right through the economic slow down experienced by the rest of the nation. Strong demand for expansion has led to some building sites being reclaimed from property previously designated for lesser uses, such as landfills. Powerscreen equipment is helping contractors sort through these dump sites, separating the debris of yesterday from the good soil in which tomorrow’s residential subdivisions and commercial outlets can be planted. Click for more...

Gravel Conveyors Takes Aim at Profitability With SHOOTER →

Contractor Pettijohn & Sons began using a conveyor system in the early 70s. The unit was designed from a grain conveyor and was not sturdy enough to handle gravel, so frequent repairs and modifications became necessary. When Mike Pettijohn went to work for his father at the company installing concrete foundations and poured walls, he often wondered if there might be a better way to place aggregate materials. Click for more...

New England Firm Finds Niche in Custom Crushing →

This is the dawning of the “Age of Custom Aggregates.” The process of crushing and screening aggregates is not something new, but demand for custom crushing is increasing in the New England area. For Mike Hollender, the crushing and screening industry and the state of Massachusetts have been playing an important role in his life. Most of his career he worked as a sales representative for aggregate equipment distributors, first in Canada for 12 years, then in Massachusetts for three years. Click for more...

Eagles Cheerleaders Sign On for Philly Expo →

Negotiations almost broke down at the last minute. Just as our prospective guests were about to sign the contract to appear at the Philadelphia Construction Expo V, their attorneys requested lavish personal dressing rooms at the Fort Washington Expo Center. We, at Construction Equipment Guide, responded by saying that we would only agree to this demand if the Philadelphia Eagles promised to either draft or sign some talent at the wide receiver position. Click for more...

Extec Screener Shows Carver New Production Highs →

Carver Laraway is not from the “Show Me State.” His companies are based in New York State and have been experiencing astonishing growth. When one of his companies, Carver Sand & Gravel needed a screener for a very specific type of sand and gravel production, he wanted the machine to show him what it could do before he made the purchase. Carver Sand & Gravel, in Halfmoon, NY, supplies products for use at Laraway’s ready-mix and asphalt plants located in Schoharie County. Click for more...

Black Dirt Uses ’Maximum’ Screening Power on Meigs Job →

As part of a longterm project to convert the old Meigs Field site in Chicago to a lakefront park, massive amounts of topsoil were needed for landscaping. The challenge in recent weeks was to make and deliver 2,800 semi-trailers worth of pulverized topsoil within 25 days for use as fill where runway had been demolished Black Dirt Inc., Mokena, IL, used two Screen Machine “Maximum” screening plants to get the job done. According to company principal Steve Wright, Black Dirt takes excess topsoil from area job sites, and screens, pulverizes, and delivers it for a wide variety of clients. In this case, Black Dirt loaded soil from scraper piles into the Maximum plants, which processed it for reloading and delivery to the Meigs Field site. Click for more...

Lippmann Impact Crusher Helps Swift River Devour Rebar →

For Swift River Associates Inc. of Buffalo, NY, a major challenge of its concrete recycling operations was processing concrete loaded with heavy rebar and wire mesh. With the help of a Lippmann 4248CC impact crusher, Swift River was able to break through the hurdle and move ahead. Swift River Associates, one of the original concrete recycling operations in Buffalo, recently purchased its Lippmann impact crusher from Joe Sidonio, Upstate Screens & Crushers Inc., and the plant was installed in June. Click for more...

Pioneer Crusher Makes the Day on Granite State Project →

When you’re doing highway work in New Hampshire, “the Granite State,” it comes as no surprise that you’ll run into that hard rock. That’s why Alvin J. Coleman & Sons Inc. of Conway, NH, is using a Pioneer 26 by 49 portable tracked crusher from Thompson Equipment Inc. of Lewiston, ME, on its latest project. Noah Coleman, vice president, said the crusher, leased from Thompson, is doing outstanding work on a $4-million road re-construction and widening job on 4 mi. Click for more...

Kemper, EESSCO Tour Omni Facility in Brazil, Test New Screening Line →

Omni Crushing and Screening, of Brazil, and REMco, of Livermore, CA, recently hosted a trip to Brazil for U.S. and Mexican equipment dealers for a tour of the Omni Screen Equipment facility. Two aggregate equipment dealers that represent New England and the Mid-Atlantic, EESSCO, and Kemper Equipment, of Honey Brook, PA, attended the tour and evaluation. Brazil, a country of 170 million people and similar in size to the United States, supports a large number of aggregate producers and is an ideal area to test the Omni screen concept, according to company representatives. Click for more...

J. A. Taddei, Furnival Solve School Expansion Equation →

A $9-million, multi-phase construction project to expand Pennridge High School is under way in Perkasie, PA. General contractor J.A. Taddei, of King of Prussia, PA, is confident in the success of the three-year project due to the company’s highly organized planning and coordination, the training and knowledge of its employees and its long-time relationship with equipment dealer, Furnival Machinery Company, of Hatfield, PA. J.A. Click for more...

Smooth Driving Prevails After PA I-79 Repaving Job →

A completed project on a stretch of I-79 in northwestern Pennsylvania not only came in under budget, but it also resulted in a far smoother ride than before — two results guaranteed to grab the attention of drivers using the Interstate highway. Running between the I-79/I-90 interchange to I-79’s interchange with State Route 20 (also known as 26th Street) in Erie, PA, the reconstructed stretch of 5.5 mi. Click for more...

Sandvik Crusher Saves Day for Westport Sand & Stone →

It’s hard to say goodbye, but Westport Sand & Stone recently had no choice when it bid farewell to its old Allis- Chalmers cone crusher. Founded in 1970, Westport Sand & Stone is a heavy highway, concrete, asphalt and aggregate contractor in Westport, MA, and a major supplier to Cardi Corporation, which is based in Warwick, RI. The company’s Allis-Chalmers crusher, which had been in continuous operation since Westport’s plant opened in 1970, had a major failure and its replacement cost would have exceeded the cone’s actual value. Keith Cloutier, plant superintendent of Westport Sand & Stone, immediately called Dick Vining, of EESSCO, based in Norwell, MA, to find out what his options were. “EESSCO worked very hard with us to make appropriate estimates on the repairs of our old crusher, and showed us that it would be to our advantage, particularly with increased levels of production to not spend the money to repair the old crusher, but to make an upgrade,” said Cloutier. “We had had a long and continuous operation for many years with the people at EESSCO, and we knew that the information and advice we received from Dick Vining, their sales manager, had a lot of credibility. Click for more...

McGee Rocks Out With Thompson Machinery Crushers →

McGee Construction, a residential, commercial, excavating, paving, and building contractor located in West Gardiner, ME, was started in 1976 by Steven McGee before he finished high school. His enterprise began as a trucking business, hauling lime, fertilizer and some construction equipment. With a vision to continue his company’s growth and with Thompson Machinery, of Lewiston, ME, providing equipment and support, McGee had the recipe for success. Click for more...

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