Aggregate Equipment Articles

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...

Custom Crushing and Materials Cuts Contractors’ Costs →

Custom Crushing and Materials Inc., located in Peekskill, NY, specializes in on-site crushing and screening. The company, founded in 1999 by Michael Divitto, processes mostly concrete, asphalt, and virgin blasted material in order to manufacture many materials on site for contractors. The company’s concept is to help eliminate some of the expenses of disposing waste materials by having to pay for hauling the material away or pay a tipping fee at a recycling facility. Click for more...

Metso Powers Fox River Operation With Technology →

Located 40 mi. west of Chicago in the Fox River Valley, Fox River Stone Company was at its capacity to provide rock products to its customers due to the increase in new-housing and road construction in the area. The quarry had adequate reserves but needed to increase capacity and lower operating costs. Consequently, in the spring of 1999, Rein, Schultz & Dahl, Fox River Stone’s parent company, decided to invest in a state-of-the-art aggregate processing facility. Click for more...

Mt. Hope Makes Paving History at Newark Airport →

Paving history was made recently at New Jersey’s Newark Airport. On Friday morning at 7 a.m., June 15, with temperatures inching toward the high 80s already, Mt. Hope Rock Products, a division of Tilcon, was charged with the duty of paving a 4,800 ft. long, 75-ft. wide section of taxiway “Y.” In all, this would take 14 passes. But for the Wharton, NJ-based contractor, the steaming tarmac would not be the only heat that Mt. Click for more...

Nittany Lions Roar for I-99 Corridor →

Commercial growth in and around State College, PA, has brought increased traffic and accompanying safety concerns. However, help is at hand with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) I-99 corridor project, now well under way. When completed, the Route 26 portion to the east of State College will connect the Mount Nittany Expressway (U.S. Route 322) to the Bellefonte Bypass (Route 26) and Interstate 80 at the current exit 24. Four prime contractors are currently overseeing construction of the new four lane, 8 mi. Click for more...

PA Disposal Facility Wastes No Time Building Landfill →

More goes into the construction of a landfill than meets the eye, and at the Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority, a small municipal waste disposal facility in Bradford County, PA. A project to expand the landfill there is employing state-of-the-art technology and materials to meet the stringent demands of today’s environment-conscious waste disposal industry. As the Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority’s (Authority) original 27-acre landfill nears full-capacity, an additional 19-acre plot has been purchased and is being prepared to accommodate the steady flow of waste that arrives at the facility daily, said Dave Terrill, executive director of the Authority. Terrill and his crew at the landfill spent most of the spring and summer excavating the first, four-acre plot of the new landfill in preparation for the next phase of work, which includes the laying down of a liner and 18 in. Click for more...

Nordberg Senator Keeps Production High With Three Stacking Conveyors →

The heavy-duty, self-contained Nordberg Senator comes equipped with three on-board stacking conveyors and a 12.7- by 17.8-centimeter (5 by 11 in.) four-bearing hydraulically adjustable screen, which allows for more material and higher production. A 6.1-cubic-meter (8 cu. yd.) loader can be used to feed the Senator and a bucket up to 4.4 meters (14 ft. 5 in.) can be used to remove underscreen product. Click for more...

Decades of Experience Guide Pageland Sand →

Carlisle T. Smith of Bennettsville, SC, was born in the first decade of the twentieth century. He remembers working for a company that used mules to pull pans of concrete to build bridges on the Blueridge Parkway and knowing that he was better off than many of his friends when he made $30 a week. As the twenty-first century gets under way, he is 90 years old, and his brisk walk and matter-of-fact conversation convince everyone that he is managing two companies of his own very well. Click for more...

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