Small crushers

[Brendan]

Not sure if there has been a thread.
Anyone run or have any experience on the small tracked micro crushers. Red rhino 4000 or similiar.
Seem to be very expensive for what they are, do they actually produce much.
Seem to be 20k plus

 

[rossandson]

I’ve hired one a couple of times! a small one and then bigger one twice. Both towable behind car. Think it was a Red Rhino 5000 or 6000.

I’d love one but I couldn’t justify it. Only way I see them paying is if you were renting it out every single day. Then using it when you wanted it. But you have to consider the time element of actually crushing.

You see them come up occasionally second hand. The blue Tiger ones seem to be popular, but I believe inflation has pushed them up too. As I believe they were around £14-£15k new now above £20k as you say.

They only crush 4-5t an hour though from memory. Time is money as they say.

 

[Quattromike]

I think you have to watch what you are putting through them also, concrete and brick be ok but if there's stone included it can cause issues. Choking or worse, damage. Might be better with a hawkfawk crusher bucket from @Dr pecker .
It may tie the operator up more but alot cheaper for occasional use.

 

[6feetdown]

Hired 1 once ended up feeding bricks by hand as kept getting stuck in the hopper very slow going

 

[Smiffy]

I spent a week years ago hand feeding a red rhino paving slabs. I can't see it being very economical considering how cheap crush is and if you keep concrete clean you only need pay for haulage to get rid

 

[TiltyShaun]

Many years ago we had a TCP Micro Crusher. Initially purchased for a special demo job where it was the only think we could get in. It was a useful tool on brick and block. We had a retired gent that would sit all day on a mini excavator with a thumb feeding it. It done the job. We kept it for a few years just for crushing brick and block waste.
The reality for our bigger rubble was to stockpile and get a bigger crusher in.
I still look at bucket crushers but again the reality kicks in!!

 

[DaveDCB]

Hired in a red rhino 5000 afew times, loaded with 2ft on 3cx, slow going but after 8 hours non stop you do get through a decent amount of stuff! Demolition hardcore only, the odd kerb but they take about a minute each to crush,

 

[doobin]

The micro ones have their place, and that place is a tight access job where you can't get a lorry to, where there is hardcore waste on site, and you need crush for the job.

So once every five years, basically. Like a job we had last year. We would have been mucking away with transit tippers and bringing type 1 back with the same otherwise. Plus MuckTruck or barrows down the sides of the house.

 

[William127]

I've hired crushers twice, both small, towable machines. First was a red rhino a couple of years ago, second was this tigerbite back in March. Both times were only worthwhile because of the poor access- tigerbite job the machines were basically rubbing on the door frame. Turned about 40 tons of hard-core into decent crushed, over 3 man days.
They have their place, but they're certainly a pretty physical machine to use.

 

[Brendan]

Mate had one on hire so had a quick look this morning, it was a 2022 tigerbite and looks like it's had a hard life, both machine stops missing, hour clock missing, it's also bit louder than thought it would be.

 

[Dr pecker]

Not sure if there has been a thread.
Anyone run or have any experience on the small tracked micro crushers. Red rhino 4000 or similiar.
Seem to be very expensive for what they are, do they actually produce much.
Seem to be 20k plus

Hawkfawk HF22 crusher bucket will knock through average 8t hour on your 8026. Runs on your breaker circuit.
We have also designed and fitted a optional reducer plate to get the size down to 40-70mm
£6500 less 5% forum discount plus vat

 

[Giles]

Guy on Facebook this morning saying he’d bought a new tiger bite and it was falling apart and couldn’t get any help from tiger bite

 

[Richard Hunton]

Guy on Facebook this morning saying he’d bought a new tiger bite and it was falling apart and couldn’t get any help from tiger bite

Where are they made? I thought they were british made

 

[Brendan]

Guy on Facebook this morning saying he’d bought a new tiger bite and it was falling apart and couldn’t get any help from tiger bite

Yeah I'd seen that the one my had on hire also had an oil leak. Not very reassuring considering it's a 22k machine

 

[Giles]

Had this on hire done about 200 ton maybe more from the dug up sandstone on-site

 

[GazCro]

You've got to be realistic about what you are expecting from a small towable crusher not just in production but build quality. Mb bucket for my 9 tonner weights about 1100kg. If you added on to that engine, tracks/wheels and axles, conveyer, framework and other gubbins the only way you can keep these small crushers towable is to compromise to save weight. You've just got to look at what you're expecting them to do.

 

[Brendan]

You've got to be realistic about what you are expecting from a small towable crusher not just in production but build quality. Mb bucket for my 9 tonner weights about 1100kg. If you added on to that engine, tracks/wheels and axles, conveyer, framework and other gubbins the only way you can keep these small crushers towable is to compromise to save weight. You've just got to look at what you're expecting them to do.

Realistically expect them to manage at least a year without falling apart
Was contemplating getting one to hire out but seems to be a fair bit of hassle and seeing how bad a sub 1 year old one is, puts a stop to the thought of getting a used one

 

[GazCro]

Realistically expect them to manage at least a year without falling apart
Was contemplating getting one to hire out but seems to be a fair bit of hassle and seeing how bad a sub 1 year old one is, puts a stop to the thought of getting a used one

To be fair to the crushers and a very good reason not to hire out they will be one of the most abused bits of kit there is. First thing anyone asks with crushers, "whats the biggest size bits you can put in it" and then proceed to drop them in with work digger from a great height half goes in half rattles down the side of the crusher etc.

 

[Brendan]

To be fair to the crushers and a very good reason not to hire out they will be one of the most abused bits of kit there is. First thing anyone asks with crushers, "whats the biggest size bits you can put in it" and then proceed to drop them in with work digger from a great height half goes in half rattles down the side of the crusher etc.

Probably why it had a couple of spare belts with it, would assume any bits of concrete that are a bit bit might stop the jaw moving, resulting in the belts slipping

 

[JD450A]

I know a little about small crunchy things.

Tbh if you have a small need them often crushing comes no where near the efficiency and cost of simply getting rubble grabbed away and import certified secondary aggregate. Coupled with the fact that technically all these machines "should" have mobilisation permits and your bollocked before you start.

Anything towable is pretty useless.... Harsh but true, I've tried the rhinos and bar a 5000 which had been improved with a Perkins phaser I'd not bother unless the job was very specific.

There are a couple trailer based machines that will get reasonable throughput if the material is right.... Would I say it's cost effective? Probably not.

None of the small crushers will eat anything more troublesome than concrete blocks..... I've killed a baby rhino feeding it 4" concrete slab/footing..... Worth isn't wank rearrange the sentence.

Crusher buckets aren't my thing.... The hawkfawks and similar will do a job but I'd not personally say they are economical. I'd like to try the likes of the simex rotary crusher bucket but more for pulverising light waste and poor quality crush.

Just my opinions.