Nathan Pivoted from Big to Compact to Grow His Concrete Recycling Business.
Case Study
Nathan Pivoted from Big to Compact to Grow His Concrete Recycling Business.
Case Study
As Natural Resources are Getting Depleted Nathan is Finding More and More Success with his Concrete Recycling Business.
Flatrate Inc is a concrete pumping, trucking, and concrete recycling business out of Big Stone City, SD. Nathan's family used to be in the ready mix concrete business and Nathan found the need to crush the concrete demo piles that people have buried over the years. For years, it was difficult to recycle concrete because virgin aggregates were so much cheaper. This picture changes as quarries and gravel pits are getting depleted and material has to be hauled a long distance.
It All Started With the Rental of a Big Portable Impactor
The rental revealed that there was a market for a concrete recycling business centered around a tracked impact crusher. As he rented the crusher it started snowballing and people started calling for quotes.
No Room for a Big Impactor?
Concrete Piles are not Stockpiled in the Most Convenient Locations.
When Nathan operated a big portable impact crushers he needed a lot of real estate to set up a crushing operation. Usually, you work in a landfill or confined yard and there is simply not enough room. By the time you get a portable jaw crusher and an impactor there is no room and you have to move the pile a long distance to a wide open space.
A Small Footprint Makes it Easier to Set Up your Crushing Operation
A mobile concrete recycling business has many moving parts. A primary jaw crusher, an impact crusher, screening plants, and stacking conveyors. Often it is easier to set up a single compact impact crusher than a full crushing spread. Therefore, Nathan pivoted from a big impactor to a compact impact crusher so that he becomes more agile and get to the jobs quickly and easily.
Big portable crushing plants would require multiple moves and the setup of transfer and stockpiling conveyors which takes not a few minutes but hours.
Nathan Has Grown his Concrete Recycling Business with a RM 120X Mobile Impactor
To be clear, the RM 120X Mobile Impactor is a compact machine but in the "same class" as many portable crushers. It features a 44" x 36" inlet opening and has a top capacity of up to 385 TPH (depending on the material). The beauty of the compact size is that you can move it on standard trailers and get to a lot of the smaller job sites.
5' x 12' screen-boxX
The on-board screen box lowers hydraulically to the ground.
RM Impact CrusherX
The RUBBLE MASTER proprietary impact crusher has been designed and manufacted for more than 30 years and is suitable for primary crushing, secondary crushing, & recycling. It features, a proven 4-bar rotor that is directly driven by the diesel engine via v-belts. The single-piece 3-stage apron can be adjusted hydraulically with ease.
- Inlet opening: 46" x 32"
- 3 rotor speeds
- Hydraulic crusher adjustment
- Baffle impact plate for maximum reduction
- RM Release System to keep crushing by the press of a button
5.2 yd³ Vibrating Feed HopperX
The single-piece vibrating hopper features
- Assymetric Single-Piece Hopper
- Integrated grizzly pre-screen to bypass fines
- Low feed hight
- Self-regulating feeder
- Stepless adjustment of the feed speed
Save up to 30% in fuelX
Fuel-efficient diesel-electric direct drive saves up to 30% in fuel compared to same size diesel-hydraulic crushers.
Self-cleaning magnetX
Permanent magnet to segregate rebar and ferrous materials. Discharge material to the left or right side of the machine.
Nathan Dominates the Market with His Concrete Recycling Business
As you grow your concrete recycling business you find the need to offer more services and increase capacity. You start adding more pieces to the puzzle such as tracked jaw crushers to take the brunt, conveyor systems, a RM HS5000M scalping screeen for dirt screening and scalping applications, and a RM MSC8500M incline screen for his gravel pit. Flatrate are on their third RM 120X mobile impactor to add more flexibility to their business and service customers faster.
"The reason why we keep buying RUBBLE MASTER is service support. We are in John Deere country here. Everybody can fix them. In our area, this is a no-brainer."
- Nathan Henrich, Owner Flatrate Inc.
A concrete recycling business is a never ending challenge. You never know what you are getting into. Every pile is different.
"The RM 120X mobile impactor is the answer to everything we are doing."
- Seth Henrich, Operator
RM 120X Specs
| Capacity | 350 tph 385 TPH |
| Inlet opening | 1,160 x 820 mm 46" x 32" |
| Ideal feed size | 660 mm 26 " |
| Crusher unit | 4-bar rotor 4-bar rotor |
| Feed unit | 4 m³ 5.2 yd³ |
| Feed unit (extended) | 5 m³ 6.5 yd³ |
| Prescreen Grizzly (standard) | 1,560 x 910 mm 5.3 x 3 ft |
| Active Prescreen (optional) | 2,000 x 1,050 mm 6.5 x 3.5 ft |
| Screen-box | 1,480 x 3,708 mm 5 x 12 ft |
| Engine | 298 kW 400 HP |
| Drive | diesel-electric diesel-electric |
| Transport dimension | 16,180 x 2,990 x 3,600 mm 52‘10” x 9‘11” x 10‘6“ |
| Weight | 44,000 kg 95,000 lbs |
Dust suppression system
Engine compartment light
Hammer changing device
Hydraulic folding conveyors
Magnet
Radio remote control
RM Release System
Continuous Track & Crush
5 Year Limited Warranty
Closed-circuit crusher
RM XSMART Telementry
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