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Portable Rock Crushers

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kraig WY

02-13-2002 07:45:56




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Anybody know any thing about portable rock crushers. I have a gravel hill I have been letting people haul away for fill. Guy told me I was crazy. Estimated I had a min. of 10 Million tons of gravel. Said if I would get a portable rock crusher I could make a mint. Wonder if I should get a portable crusher or have someone else come in to get the gravel.




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Mike Little

02-22-2002 04:44:23




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 Re: Portable Rock Crushers in reply to kraig WY, 02-13-2002 07:45:56  
As I have been around this a long time I might suggest thinking of setting up a shaker screen and conveyor you can screen the various sizes of rock sand etc. have several piles for whatever need and not have the crushing price in your overhead. Mike



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Hal/WA

02-13-2002 09:49:34




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 Re: Portable Rock Crushers in reply to kraig WY, 02-13-2002 07:45:56  
One of my neighbors is making most of his living with a small gravel quarry. About every 2 years or so, he has a company come in with a portable, as in movable, crusher setup to crush basalt which he stockpiles. The crusher itself is only part of the machinery they use, as they also have conveyor belts, screeners, and several very large dozers and loaders. It takes them a couple of days to set up to crush, and then they crush rock 16 hours a day for a week or so. Then the machinery is loaded up and goes somewhere else. My neighbor could not afford all that machinery, which would be sitting most of the time, but can make some money by contracting with this other company that apparently moves all over this area. As it is, my neighbor only has to have 1 large rubber tire loader and 2 dump trucks for his gravel business and has no employees. He is making it,but not getting rich, doing business this way.

You may want to check into possible zoning problems with having a gravel quarry or pit for profit. My neighbor had to jump through all sorts of hoops to be able to use his property in that way, and he had the advantage of the site being zoned for mining in the 1950's. I think he had to post some kind of a bond to assure that the site will be recontoured with topsoil when he is done using it for the gravel quarry. Also some of his other neighbors were bitterly opposed to his plan to do the gravel pit and there were numerous hearings. I am sure his attorney bills were very high... However, he finally got it all approved and is doing OK with the business. He also is a good neighbor who delivers gravel in the area for less money than any of his competitors. Good luck.

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kraig WY

02-13-2002 15:10:08




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 Re: Re: Portable Rock Crushers in reply to Hal/WA, 02-13-2002 09:49:34  
When I retired and bought this place I made sure I didn't have to worry about zoneing or covenents. However I did talk to an attorney about the prosible mineral rights. I cleared and further discovered that there is nothing legaly anyone could do to stop me. The problem is I don't wont to work or buy any equipment. My pension is enough but if someone wants to pay me gas money for the tractors then so be it.

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Hal/WA

02-13-2002 09:49:01




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 Re: Portable Rock Crushers in reply to kraig WY, 02-13-2002 07:45:56  
One of my neighbors is making most of his living with a small gravel quarry. About every 2 years or so, he has a company come in with a portable, as in movable, crusher setup to crush basalt which he stockpiles. The crusher itself is only part of the machinery they use, as they also have conveyor belts, screeners, and several very large dozers and loaders. It takes them a couple of days to set up to crush, and then they crush rock 16 hours a day for a week or so. Then the machinery is loaded up and goes somewhere else. My neighbor could not afford all that machinery, which would be sitting most of the time, but can make some money by contracting with this other company that apparently moves all over this area. As it is, my neighbor only has to have 1 large rubber tire loader and 2 dump trucks for his gravel business and has no employees. He is making it,but not getting rich, doing business this way.

You may want to check into possible zoning problems with having a gravel quarry or pit for profit. My neighbor had to jump through all sorts of hoops to be able to use his property in that way, and he had the advantage of the site being zoned for mining in the 1950's. I think he had to post some kind of a bond to assure that the site will be recontoured with topsoil when he is done using it for the gravel quarry. Also some of his other neighbors were bitterly opposed to his plan to do the gravel pit and there were numerous hearings. I am sure his attorney bills were very high... However, he finally got it all approved and is doing OK with the business. He also is a good neighbor who delivers gravel in the area for less money than any of his competitors. Good luck.

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DumOleBob

02-13-2002 08:33:08




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 Re: Portable Rock Crushers in reply to kraig WY, 02-13-2002 07:45:56  
Call your nearest "Sand & Gravel" outfit. If they don't want it ....it has no value! Last thing in the world any of us needs is a portable rock crusher. How "portable" can one be?



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John ('48 Cub, Ohio)

02-13-2002 09:04:41




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 Re: Re: Portable Rock Crushers in reply to DumOleBob, 02-13-2002 08:33:08  
The only "portable" rock crushers I've ever seen were the ones we hauled around Honduras in the Army. Yeah, they were portable, if you call using three or four semi-trailers "portable". ;-)

JohnP



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GEO

02-13-2002 14:13:33




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 Re: Re: Re: Portable Rock Crushers in reply to John ('48 Cub, Ohio), 02-13-2002 09:04:41  
Saw a rock crusher or rock smasher at one of the Steam Shows in Mo. It had a flat belt drive on it. You could probably haul it on a heavy duty 16 foot trailer if you wanted to. You had to feed it manually.



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