oldoaktree
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I’m thinking of getting a tractor driven crusher I know Herbst do one and looking around the internet there’s a few about so they seam to do the job . Does anyone know of others that do one .
Tractor driven crusher
- Thread starter oldoaktree
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oldoaktree
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Thanks but that’s not quite what I’m after
www.irtech.ie. Make a far stronger machine than herbst. They specialise in quarry equipment .
oldoaktree
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Can’t find a tractor driven one on there site . Do they do one?
Yes give them a call , I've seen it working and it does the job .
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Unless you have a lot of stuff to crush would you not be better just hiring one or a big 360 with crusher/riddling bucket
oldoaktree
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It’s a possible business venture. Construction pays better than farming. Year round machine
It's a nice idea. but our findings of smaller crushers are that the jaw intake size is just so easily blocked and even when working with material that is manageable, the output is so damn slow with the small machines. A proper crusher will start about 27 ton and this will make a total fool of smaller machines, and will screw down pretty fine, 60-70mm. If you want to crush field stones, that will tax any small machine to destruction. The wear and tear on a proper production crusher is horrendous and even the best machines seem to have a trail of problems, most are an absolute nightmare to sort. Output is everything in this game so maybe a secondhand small proper crusher that can tackle most jobs is the way forward. You could keep busy doing small jobs that the big guys can't be bothered with, but you want the digger to be busy loading.. not staring at a blocked jaw hour after hour!
The company that I mention above use a commercial heavy duty crusher and build the drive unit, tractor powered unit around it . It's made for heavy work.
sheepmatilda
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Digester Man
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I looked into hiring one in to crush a house we were knocking down, and was advised they are useless with field stone and incredibly slow with softer stuff like concrete blocks. I was told by 1 person they had to break walls down into individual blocks with the digger and load them carefully into the crusher. It sounded like a huge waste of time
We don't really know what the o p wants to crush, bricks and large round field stones are worlds apart.. The metrotrak is the smallest crusher to be able to handle proper heavy work. The 900x600 jaws are still blockable. if irtech can build a machine with these dimensions or more, you then need a decent feeder/grizzly setup and a reasonable length of belt. once you mount all this on a strong enough chassis you are only an engine away from the full blown machine..And far too heavy for the tractor to be able to pull on the road. We tried a 24 ton self propelled crusher and it was a fraction of the output of a 28 ton metrotrak. The cost of hauling in a heavy machine on a lorry is paid back within a few hours of crushing..
oldoaktree
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Is an idea to go to small sites that don’t want to lead a demolish job away then have to then buy in had core .
In my area there’s a good few small building companies landscapers and related business that there’s a possibly of work from them.
Hiring in a big crusher on the back of an artic along with the size and space needed isn’t always practical for small sites .
Most of the field stones around here is standstone which isn’t that hard .
What’s people’s thoughts on this has any one got one ?
http://herbstmachinery.com/herbst-agri-crusher/
In my area there’s a good few small building companies landscapers and related business that there’s a possibly of work from them.
Hiring in a big crusher on the back of an artic along with the size and space needed isn’t always practical for small sites .
Most of the field stones around here is standstone which isn’t that hard .
What’s people’s thoughts on this has any one got one ?
http://herbstmachinery.com/herbst-agri-crusher/
Irtech made one for a contractor in Northern Ireland who is doing exactly what you want it to do , he is kept very busy with it. And I remember it being compared to herbst at the time and theirs is a toy compared to Irtechs machine , herbst specialise in making trailers , Irtech specialise in making crushers.
I bought a herbst in January this year and it’s right what people have been saying, you need to be very careful loading it, one blockage to me over an hour to shift. They have there place but you need to change big money to get return and even the construction boys don’t want to pay big bucks for a days crushing. Got the hang of it now but I look at every job before pricing to make sure it will go through. The material needs to be dry as it just sits in bottom of jaws.
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- Hereford
I'm trying to source a tractor driven crusher to crush down and re-grade our farm drive . Any ideas anyone where to find one . It will need to go about 6 inches deep .
Goweresque
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Mike Hampshire of Thames Valley Machinery has a couple of PTO driven road crushers on his books at the moment, plus some other road grading/consolidating equipment:
https://www.tvmachinery.com/used-farm-machinery/suokone-meri-rc-6220-road-crusher-201906209228727
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Thankyou ... just spoken to him . They are out of my budget but he has given me some decent contacts
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Do you still have to apply for crushing licence when using a mobile crusher on site ? we had one on site few years ago only for a couple of days but the council wanted a permit to operate it , can't recall the cost but something like £75 rings a bell .
But a proper pain if you are moving from site to site with a mobile machine doing a day hear and there I bet
But a proper pain if you are moving from site to site with a mobile machine doing a day hear and there I bet
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