Crusher Hire

[JD450A]

We have a large demo job next year (row of 5 x 4 bed houses), I'm thinking of crushing the lot into type 1 and keeping as you can never have too much stock of type 1 right?

Cost wise, which is the cheaper hire a crusher bucket for a 18 tonner or one of the tracked crushers ? Would look to do the lot in 3 days.

Right serious answer.

The amounts are borderline not worth it (I'd guess around 40t/house) But I could be wrong. only be £500 a house to bring in decent 40-0 recycled.

IF your using it on site i'd get a decent sized tracked crusher in on hire, slam it through and stockpile it. Ring the Demolition boys up - Wring group are only down the road and are good as gold!

IF it's for use elsewhere then I'd personally find someone processing recycled aggregate and get it mucked away for minimal cost, or a farmer that wants a road building. By the time you've had it tested (You will have to to legally stockpile it in your own yard) it's not worth the aggro. Only workaround is to crush on site then take directly to the site you need it at under a U1 Exemption. (Up to 5000t)

I'm personally not a fan of crusher buckets. I know Ollie Crunchy Kitchen (Current resident crusher expert) @Komatsu likes them, but personally I don't think the quantities involved tend to stack up. - That said I'm currently making a small mobile plant, so that's the pot calling the kettle

 

[Komatsu]

I'm personally not a fan of crusher buckets. I know Ollie Crunchy Kitchen (Current resident crusher expert) @Komatsu likes them, but personally I don't think the quantities involved tend to stack up. - That said I'm currently making a small mobile plant, so that's the pot calling the kettle

I’m a fan of them for the right application, @JD450A , and personally In this situation I’d use use one, purely because the amounts in question aren’t very big. By the time you’ve got rid of the roof, floors and ceilings, there really isn’t going to be that much to get through, 2/3 days tops with a bucket I’d of thought. You’ve also just got the one machine on site that would be able to do the whole job. I would of thought that the haulage is going to kill the job for what there is to do, and with a tracked crusher there wouldn’t be much left after a days crushing, there’s also going to have to be another machine to take away from the discharge belt...having the feeding machine keep tracking down to take it away from the belt just doesn’t work, and the moment you stop crushed coming over the belt your losing money, just my opinion though.

 

[Komatsu]

This is of an old farm house, out buildings and surrounding concrete yard, (the whole area in the picture),got that through and processed in 5 hours, if that helps for the scale of the job you want to do.

 

[DaveDCB]

I guess the bigger issue is that on small house jobs most of if needs to get taken of site due to space and the fact you can only really use the recycled under the driveway and patios, everything under the house has to be virgin aggregate, so you may as well try and rid it all to make space and just bring back what you want. I used to pay £35 a 20/t load to send clean(very clean!!) hardcore off site.

 

[JD450A]

I guess the bigger issue is that on small house jobs most of if needs to get taken of site due to space and the fact you can only really use the recycled under the driveway and patios, everything under the house has to be virgin aggregate, so you may as well try and rid it all to make space and just bring back what you want. I used to pay £35 a 20/t load to send clean(very clean!!) hardcore off site.

That's the Nail.

We've had jobs where we can send hardcore offsite with the wagons paid for by others, that at the end of the day is why I dislike crusher buckets in general. Cheapest option wins.

We are allowed to use recycled down here provided it's passed grading tests.

 

[Regy53]

when you buy crushed from a aggregate place why is it so much bloody mud is in it.

 

[Komatsu]

when you buy crushed from a aggregate place why is it so much bloody mud is in it.

A lot turn off the pre-screen, so that there not left with a separate heap of fines to get rid of.

 

[fred]

This is of an old farm house, out buildings and surrounding concrete yard, (the whole area in the picture),got that through and processed in 5 hours, if that helps for the scale of the job you want to do. View attachment 10767

whats the hire rate on that bucket ollie ?

 

[Komatsu]

whats the hire rate on that bucket ollie ?

It all depends what there is to crush, how much there is to do how long the hire is etc, that one was done on a price. If you speak to Sean Heron at Worsley plant, he should be able to help you out if you need one, he’s one of most genuine people you’ll ever meet and very well respected with in the industry. https://www.worsleyplant.co.uk/

 

[JD450A]

Our crusher in progress.... And @Engcon UK he visited earlier. Said that @Gunners knocked him over the head and stole me jacket. So I gave him some cuprafen

 

[Engcon UK]

And @Engcon UK he visited earlier. Said that @Gunners knocked him over the head and stole me jacket. So I gave him some cuprafen

He's vicious that @Gunners is (or is it vivacious? damn predictive text again). Next time I'll give him a site helmet to wear. Any suggestions on type of helmet, Rory?

 

[CPS]

Our crusher in progress.... And @Engcon UK he visited earlier. Said that @Gunners knocked him over the head and stole me jacket. So I gave him some cuprafen

Will that belt run it/ not a criticism obviously

 

[JD450A]

Will that belt run it/ not a criticism obviously

Yes, ran with two v belts for years on the old unit. Works peachy

A Yankee hard hat for @Gunners

 

[Brendan]

when you buy crushed from a aggregate place why is it so much bloody mud is in it.

Only as good as the material that is ran through the crusher. Alot of "clean" hardcore that is tipped at yards, tends to have a fair bit of mud in it, as nothing is prewashed or no take off for the fines this all ends up in the crushed pile.
Personally don't use crushed hardcore as tends to be crap plus depending on the jaw settings you'd ideally need a roller to compact it as too large for a 80kg Wacker.
Have used some recycled type 1 out of a wash plant but this is 40/10mm stone mixed with a "sharp sand" off another belt biggest issue is the moisture content in the sand can lead to it being spongy, although when it dries out it's like concrete.
The other issue being if you want a full wagon load the savings for the recycled isn't really that much compared to quarried type 1

 

[Furniss]

Just done a 1000m2 of parking and didnt consider the recycled stuff from our local place with the weather being so wet - far too much shite in it generally.

 

[V8Druid]

I look forward to seeing him

and the coat

 

[V8Druid]

Yeh, but you need someone to install it to get a jacket

that'd be worth a watch

 

[V8Druid]

Will that belt run it/ not a criticism obviously

serious traction on that flat Aiden

 

[JD450A]

serious traction on that flat Aiden

Once you get it started there's naff all power going to it. Flywheel does the job! Original engine on it was a 20hp 2cly handstart.

 

[Komatsu]

Think I put these up on the last forum, this is when they come into there own

20ft long concrete beams, full of steel, straight in one end and scrap and clean concrete out the other