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Contract Crushing in Perth

If you have got a pile of broken concrete, brick or asphalt sitting on a site, you have two ways to deal with it. Cart it away and pay to get rid of it, then buy road base back in and cart that on. Or crush what is already there and use it. The second one is usually cheaper, and it is what we do.

We have been crushing demolition material in Perth for three generations. Our impactor tracks onto your site, takes your stockpile and turns it into road base and aggregate you can put straight back under a pad, a driveway or a hardstand. If your site has not got room for a crusher, send the material to our Hope Valley yard and we will crush it there instead.

Two ways to run the job

On your site. We float the crusher in, set up next to your stockpile, and crush in place. This is the one that saves the most money, because the material never gets on a truck. You avoid the cartage out, the tipping charge and the cartage back in on the replacement product. For a demolition job or a bulk earthworks site with a few thousand tonnes of concrete on it, on site crushing is normally the clear winner.

At our yard. You cart the material to Hope Valley, we crush it, and you take the product back or leave it with us. This suits smaller volumes, tight city sites with nowhere to set a machine, and jobs where the neighbours or the approval make crushing on site more trouble than it is worth.

Tell us the tonnage, the material and where the site is, and we will tell you which way round is cheaper for your job.

The machine

We run a Rubble Master RM100GO! impact crusher. It is tracked, self contained, and built for exactly this: recycled concrete, brick, asphalt and mixed rubble. It takes material up to 400mm, the largest lump the feed opening will accept.

An impactor is the right machine for this material because it breaks concrete along its own weak points and gives you a cubical, well graded product that compacts properly. Light reinforcing bar and mesh in concrete is normal and we crush it. The steel comes out the other end and gets separated.

What stops a crusher is uncrushable material: steel sections, bundles of bar or mesh, machine parts, tooling, or anything too big for the feed opening. That is the one thing we will ask you about before we quote, because it is the difference between a clean week and a broken rotor.

What you get back

Crushed concrete comes out as road base. Depending on how we set the machine and whether we screen behind it, one stockpile can give you more than one product. A load of waste asphalt commonly screens into recycled asphalt road base plus track material, so what arrived as one problem leaves as two things with a value.

If you want the product graded rather than run of crusher, we can put a screen on the same job. See our contract screening page for how that works.

We supply the operator

We do not dry hire our plant. Every crushing job comes with our operator, because the machine is ours and the wear is ours. If what you actually want is a machine on your own hire agreement, give Stefan at Westbin a call on 0418 886 968, they have got a similar machine based in Malaga, and tell him we passed on his number.

What we supply, and what your site needs to have ready

Normally we would supply everything: the crusher, the feed excavator, the operator and the consumables the job needs. Talk to us about your site and we will confirm exactly what is included before we quote.

What we need from you: enough hardstand to work safely, access for a float in and out, room to stockpile the finished product, and a stockpile that has been picked over for loose steel before we arrive.

Approvals

Crushing building material at our Hope Valley facility is licensed by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation under licence L6544/1993/11, Category 13, crushing of building material.

Crushing on your own site is a different matter. That sits under your own approval, not ours, so it is worth checking before you book a date. Tell us about the job and we can tell you what is usually required for a site like yours.

Who we crush for

Demolition contractors clearing a site. Civil contractors with spoil and broken concrete they would rather use than pay to remove. Developers sitting on a stockpile that has been there since the last stage. Recyclers and material producers who need a campaign run. Councils and shires with a depot pile that has outgrown the corner it is in.

Questions

Questions about contract crushing

What does contract crushing cost?

It is priced per tonne of product we produce, plus a fixed charge to get the machine on and off your site. The rate depends on the material, how clean it is and how much of it there is. Send us the tonnage, the material and the site address and we will give you a firm price.

Can I just hire the crusher?

No. We do not hire our plant out without our operator. If you want a dry hire machine, try Stefan at Westbin on 0418 886 968, they run a similar machine out of Malaga.

Do you have to crush on my site, or can I send the material to you?

Either. We float the machine to your site, or you cart the material to Hope Valley and we crush it there. Which one is cheaper depends on the volume and how far you are from us. Ask us and we will tell you straight.

What can the crusher take?

Concrete, brick, asphalt and mixed demolition rubble, up to 400mm. Light reinforcing bar and mesh in concrete is fine, that is what an impactor is built for.

What will stop the job?

Uncrushable material in the feed: steel sections, bundles of bar or mesh, machine parts, tooling, or anything bigger than the feed opening. If there is steel through the stockpile, tell us before we quote rather than after we arrive.

Is reinforced concrete a problem?

Not the ordinary stuff. Slabs and footings with mesh and bar through them go through the machine and the steel is separated out the other side. Heavy sections and bundled reo are a different thing and need to come out first.

How much room do I need?

Enough hardstand for the crusher, the feed stockpile and the finished product, plus room for a float to get in and out. If you are not sure your site has it, send us a photo or an aerial and we will tell you before anyone commits.

How are the tonnes measured?

By loader scale, or by survey, which is what we recommend. Survey is the more accurate method on a variable stockpile, and we will agree which one applies before the job starts.

Whose approval covers crushing on my site?

Yours. Crushing at our Hope Valley facility runs under our own DWER licence, but crushing on your site is covered by your own approval. Tell us about the site and we can tell you what is usually required.

How long before you can get on site?

Depends what the machine is doing. Give us as much notice as you can and tell us the window you need it in, and we will tell you honestly whether we can hit it.

Can I sell the crushed product?

Yes, it is yours once it is crushed.

Need contract crushing in Perth?

Send a quote request and we will come back with a firm delivered price, or call the yard.

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