In the construction and demolition (C&D) industry, managing materials efficiently is key to keeping costs low and improving project sustainability. One of the biggest challenges faced by contractors and site managers is the cost of transporting waste materials to and from the job site. Hauling debris to off-site processing facilities or disposal locations adds significant expenses in fuel, labour and tipping fees.
However, with on-site crushing and screening solutions, such as those provided by RubbleCrusher, businesses can drastically reduce transportation costs while increasing efficiency and environmental benefits.
The True Cost of Hauling Construction Waste
When materials are removed from a job site for processing elsewhere, the expenses quickly add up. Consider the costs associated with:
- Fuel & Transport Costs – Trucks must haul materials to a disposal or processing facility, often covering long distances, leading to higher fuel consumption and transportation expenses.
- Labour Costs – More trips mean more time spent loading, unloading and driving, which increases labour costs and affects overall productivity.
- Disposal Fees – Landfill tipping fees can be substantial, especially in areas with strict regulations on C&D waste disposal.
- Environmental Impact – Increased transportation results in higher carbon emissions, negatively affecting environmental sustainability goals.
How On-Site Crushing & Screening Cuts Costs
By crushing and screening materials directly on-site, contractors can eliminate or significantly reduce these expenses. Here’s how:
- Lower Transport Costs
By keeping materials on-site and recycling them into reusable aggregate, businesses eliminate the need for long-distance hauling, reducing fuel expenses and vehicle wear and tear.
- Less Waste, More Profit
Instead of paying for waste disposal, on-site crushing transforms leftover materials into valuable, sellable aggregates. These can be reused in new projects or sold for additional revenue.
- Increased Efficiency
With an on-site crushing and screening solution, materials are processed immediately, reducing project downtime and increasing productivity. No waiting on trucks to return from a landfill or quarry—just continuous material flow!
- Reduced Environmental Impact
Fewer truck trips mean lower CO₂ emissions, helping contractors meet sustainability targets and contribute to greener construction practices.
The RubbleCrusher Advantage
RubbleCrusher’s compact, mobile crushers and screeners provide powerful yet easy-to-operate solutions for on-site material processing. RubbleCrusher machines are:
- Highly Mobile – Designed for easy transport and fast setup
- Fuel-Efficient – Helping you keep operational costs low
- Versatile – Suitable for crushing a range of materials, from concrete to bricks and rubble
- Eco-Friendly – Reducing waste and supporting circular economy practices
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Mobile crushing technology is revolutionising construction and landscaping projects, providing a more efficient and sustainable approach to managing on-site materials. Compact crushers, such as RubbleCrusher’s machines, are proving essential in turning construction and demolition waste into reusable resources.
Why Jobsite Crushing?
Jobsite crushing, the process of reducing waste materials like concrete, bricks, and asphalt on-site, offers significant advantages. With rising disposal costs, stricter environmental regulations, and increasing demand for eco-friendly practices, this method empowers contractors to recycle materials efficiently. Repurposing waste into aggregates directly on-site can reduce costs and the need for new raw materials.
Compact Crushers: A Smarter Way to Crush
Compact crushers are designed for job sites where traditional, larger crushing equipment may not be feasible. Their portability and ease of use make them ideal for urban projects, tight spaces, and remote areas. These machines enable contractors to process materials directly at the source, avoiding additional transport costs while maintaining high productivity.
Key Benefits Include:
Versatility in Access:
Compact crushers are built to navigate restricted sites, including urban areas and projects with limited infrastructure.
Efficiency and Cost Savings:
With optimised fuel consumption and on-site crushing capabilities, these machines help minimise operating expenses and transportation costs.
Environmental Benefits:
Recycling materials reduces the demand for new resources and lowers carbon emissions associated with transport and waste disposal.
Ease of Use:
Compact crushers feature straightforward controls and require minimal training, ensuring they are accessible to all operators.
Portability:
Their mobility allows contractors to quickly move between sites, maximising uptime and overall project efficiency.
Applications Across Industries
Jobsite crushing is ideal for construction, demolition, and landscaping projects. By processing waste into aggregates, contractors can create sustainable solutions for sub-bases, drainage materials, or fill, addressing both project needs and environmental goals.
Meeting Today’s Challenges
With sustainability and efficiency becoming critical industry benchmarks, compact crushers are helping businesses stay ahead. By processing materials on-site, contractors can meet regulatory requirements, lower operational costs, and work more sustainably.
For more information on compact crushing solutions and their applications, explore RubbleCrusher’s product range. Learn how these innovative machines can transform your waste into valuable resources.
How and what you feed a jobsite crusher are important for optimum operation and ideal throughput. Prepping the material and site ahead of crushing can go a long way toward ensuring trouble-free operation, allowing you to spend more time crushing material and making product.
Here are some feeding tips and best practices to ensure you get the most from your jobsite crusher.
Don’t feed the crusher oversize material
As a general rule, do not feed any crusher oversize material. Oversize material can get stuck in the chamber and plug it up, inhibiting further crushing from taking place. It may also sit on top of the crusher, blocking other material from entering the crushing chamber.
Ensure the largest lump of the material is the feed is no larger than 80% of the crusher chamber. For example, the RC150T Tracked Jaw Crusher chamber is 26” x 14”, meaning the largest lump of material should not exceed 21” x 11”. For the best operation of your RC150T, the largest lump in the feed should be about the size of a basketball. This way, the crusher has time to process the material without jamming or slowing down the feed.
Feed the crusher relatively “clean” material
For the best operation of a jobsite crusher, remove excessive fines and soils from the feed ahead of crushing. Fine material can clog up the crushing chamber, limiting the crushing process and reducing throughput.
Feed from the back of the crusher
Jobsite crushers can be fed with mini excavators or skid-steer loaders. For the best throughput results, feed from the back of the crusher. Orient your excavator or skid-steer at the back of the crusher and ensure the buckets of feed material are directed toward the back of the crushing chamber. This way, the material can sit in the hopper and vibrate down into the crushing chamber.
Feed from slightly above the crusher
Feeding from a height slightly above the crusher allows the operator to monitor the feed going into the crusher and how the crusher is working. If you are feeding the crusher with a machine that is not taller than the crusher or a machine that does not give you that vantage point, consider building a level pad of material next to the crusher from which to feed it.
Remove wood and plastics ahead of crushing
Avoid feeding the crusher material laden with wood and plastics, as these can hang around in the chamber and prevent material from passing through, reducing production.
If wood and plastics are present in the feed, remove them ahead of the crushing process for optimal crusher operation.
Remove metal before crushing
Depending on the material being crushed, there may be tramp metal in the feed, such as rebar. Metal can wreak havoc on processing equipment. It can tear conveyor belts or get stuck in the crushing chamber and cause blockages.
Remove metals and other foreign material ahead of crushing for optimal performance. Any prep work you can do to remove foreign material will make your crusher work better and help you avoid damages to the crusher components.
If available, consider adding an overband magnet to the end of the crusher’s product conveyor. This magnet can catch any small pieces of metal that may have gone through the crushing process that you don’t want in your product pile.
Stay on top of maintenance
Maintenance is key to the optimal performance of any crusher. Lubricate the crusher with the appropriate type and amount of grease at the recommended intervals to keep moving parts in good working order. Also ensure that you inspect the engine at regular intervals and keep up with other recommend inspections and preventative maintenance tasks as recommended by your crusher’s manufacturer.
By following these tips, you can ensure you spend more time crushing material and more time making product.
The ARA Show is the world’s largest equipment and event rental trade show, hosted by the American Rental Association (ARA) since 1956. RubbleCrusher will be making its first appearance at this show in February showcasing the RC150T Tracked Jaw Crusher and the RubbleCrusher RSC48T Screen.
C&D World is the annual convention and exhibition of the Construction & Demolition Recycling Association. RubbleCrusher will be making its first appearance at this show in January to educate attendees on the benefits the RC150T Tracked Jaw Crusher and RSC48T Screen can bring to the C&D industry.
World of Concrete is a trade show dedicated to the commercial concrete and masonry construction industries. World of Concrete has been serving the global concrete and masonry construction industries for 50 years. RubbleCrusher will be making its first appearance at this show in January, showcasing the RC150T Tracked Jaw Crusher and debuting the RubbleCrusher RSC48T Screen.
AED Summit is the only industry event that brings together equipment distributors, manufacturers and service providers under one roof. AED will host three full days of education sessions, presentations and networking opportunities specifically with dealers in mind. RubbleCrusher will be on hand to showcase the RC150T Tracked Jaw Crusher and to answer any questions attendees may have.
RubbleCrusher is pleased to welcome Rackers Equipment Company as its newest dealer partner. Rackers Equipment Company will sell and distribute RubbleCrusher’s line of compact, mobile crushing equipment for the aggregates and recycling industries throughout Missouri.
“We are extremely excited to represent RubbleCrusher because it allows us to expand our current customer base as well as provide a wider variety of options to our current customers. After meeting with the RubbleCrusher team, we felt like the company was the perfect fit for us,” said Matt Rackers, Co-owner of Rackers Equipment Company. “Our mission is to appeal to a broader range of customers, help them find the right machine for their particular application, and this partnership helps us do that.”
Rackers Equipment Company was founded in 1989 by current co-owner Gary Rackers and his father, the late Leo Rackers, who worked in the aggregate and mining industry for 40 years. Today, Rackers Equipment Company is still going strong under the leadership of Gary and his son, Matt. Rackers Equipment is known for its friendly and knowledgeable customer service. The company stands by all of its equipment sales, which is what has led to Rackers Equipment’s outstanding industry reputation.
“Rackers Equipment Company, which is also a family-owned company, has a lot of the same values and goals when it comes to equipment and their customers. I look forward to growing and developing our relationship and businesses together with Gary and Matt,” said David MacLynn, RubbleCrusher’s Regional Sales Manager.
RubbleCrusher offers compact and robust crushing and screening equipment across various industries, allowing for on-site recycling of C&D waste materials. For more information, visit www.rubblecrusher.com, www.rackersequipment.com or contact info@rubblecrusher.co.uk.
RubbleCrusher is pleased to welcome Sound Heavy Machinery as its newest dealer partner. Sound Heavy Machinery will sell and distribute RubbleCrusher’s line of crushing equipment for the aggregates and recycling industries throughout North and South Carolina.
“We are extremely excited to represent RubbleCrusher because of the quality of its equipment and compatibility with our current product portfolio,” said Mark Bobo, Owner of Sound Machinery. “Our mission is to serve our customer base with a total package of new and used equipment, rentals, and service, so RubbleCrusher fills a unique market gap for us and will be an ideal complement to our other McLanahan brand, Anaconda Equipment – makers of a complete range of track-mounted crushers, screeners and conveyors.”
Sound Heavy Machinery was founded in 2010 by Bobo and has shown steady growth since then. The Wilmington, N.C., firm offers other name-brand equipment such as Anaconda, AUSA, ASV, XL Specialized Trailers, Loftness, and Steel Systems Installation. Besides renting equipment and selling new and used parts, SHM has a vibrant service department that services all makes and models of equipment for both the field and its service shop.
“Sound Heavy Machinery is a well-known dealer in the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic who has made great strides in growing its customer base and services despite challenging market conditions the past few years,” said David MacLynn, RubbleCrusher’s Regional Sales Manager. “Besides a good relationship with McLanahan, Mark and his staff took the time to understand the market and its customers so they are now poised to be a leader in their markets. We feel like our products will speed up the aggressive growth plans both organizations are implementing.”
RubbleCrusher offers compact crushing and screening equipment across various industries allowing for on-site recycling of C&D waste materials that help in creating a circular economy and working toward zero waste. For more information, visit www.rubblecrusher.com, www.soundhm.com or contact info@rubblecrusher.com.
RubbleCrusher is excited to make its North American debut as part of the McLanahan Family of Companies at CONEXPO. RubbleCrusher is launching its compact, mobile crushing units to North America at the show, with a focus on expanding its global dealer network into the U.S.
RubbleCrusher is showcasing its portable and track-mounted jaw crushers. These crushers are fast to deploy on job sites and meet all Department of Transportation regulations. The popular pull-behind portable crusher, RC150V, can be hauled by any full-size pick-up truck, simplifying setup at any operation. The RC150V unit weighs just under 7,800 pounds and enables the operator to recycle C&D waste materials for use on site, without having to pay to remove materials or bring in new aggregate for jobs. The RC150T offers the same features as the RC150V but is mounted on tracks, making mobility on site possible by remote control. These tracks also allow it to be moved across roads, pavements and driveways without causing damage to the surface.
Both units feature a hydraulically driven jaw that allows to run the crusher forwards or in reverse. The reversing function allows for clearing any blockages as well as processing sticky asphalt material. They also feature units feature a 40 liter (10.5 gallon) fuel tank that allows for a minimum of 8 hours crushing time and can process up to 300 tonnes per day, depending on feed material and output setting.
Based in Leicestershire, U.K., RubbleCrusher offers robust crushing and screening equipment across various industries to allow for on-site recycling of C&D waste materials and are looking to expand their dealer network throughout the United States. Stop by Booth S5276 to learn how a RubbleCrusher can benefit your application, visit rubblecrusher.co.uk or contact info@rubblecrusher.co.uk.
