Having invested in a tractor-towed crusher and a compact screener, one Devon farmer is turning concrete and rubble into recycled hardcore, Geoff Ashcroft ent to meet him to find out more.
Towed screener boosts contracting business
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ooking for an opportunity to supplement income from the family-run 50 hectare Whitehouse Farm, Winkleigh, Devon, James Boundy turned his attention to on-farm crushing and screening services. “Alongside our forage wagon harvesting business, we have been offering stone picking and burying services, says r oundy. “It just seemed logical that if we could pick and bury stones for customers, it made sense to look at other ays of dealing ith stone. “The ability to crush and screen to produce recycled materials seemed a sensible progression. In early 2018, the business invested in a tractor-powered Herbst Agri Crusher, to take advantage of ripping up and recycling concrete cow tracks, shed bases and other on-farm stockpiles of un anted aggregates. “I looked to hire an Agri Crusher to begin with, just to see how it performed, says r oundy. “But in the end, I bit the bullet and bought one. liked the fle ibility
Herbst Compac Screen has a self-contained engine and hydraulic pack, capable of delivering a throughput of up to 150 tonnes per hour.
and convenience of being able to tow the machine from farm-to-farm using a tractor. “Compared to using a digger with a crushing bucket, which needs specialist transport, this is a
The ability to crush and screen to produce recycled materials seemed a sensible progression JAMES BOUNDY
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convenient solution. “The Agri Crusher has processed around 12-15,000 tonnes of materials so far, and we have recently added a Bluetooth camera/monitor to watch the jaws of the crusher, to help make the most of productivity, he says. Towed by a JCB Fastrac 3230 and buoyed by the opportunities to crush materials, the ne t move as to add value to the materials being crushed. The answer he was looking for was also offered in the Herbst stable, in the guise of its ompac creen. Having been awarded a gold medal in the diversification category in the LAMMA Innovation awards (see pages 94-96), it grabbed Mr Boundy’s attention while visiting the show at the in anuary . The trailed screen uses its own on-board power supply and hydraulic system, and could be parked on-site and prepared for use in minutes.
In addition to being used as a standalone machine, it has the potential to be placed under the discharge belt of his Herbst Agri Crusher, for direct feeding of crushed materials. Each of the three conveyor belts are hydraulically folded to reduce the machine s si e for transport. Unfolding them reinstates tension for each belt, and readies the unit for ork. ngaging the vibrating screen bo provides the shaking function to sieve materials being loaded.
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Its upper shaker deck removes over-sized materials, which are dropped onto a conveyor belt that stockpiles larger product at the rear of the machine. Smaller material cascades down over a lower sieve deck, producing two graded sizes that are unloaded
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