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Hey Grinder Guy, how can I increase profits next year? The past few years have been trying times for all, but blue skies are ahead. Winter is a good time to review the past year and

the upcoming season. How you can reduce costs and increase profitability is dependent on each business, but I can give you a few ideas of what to look for. You cannot compare year to year without com-

paring something tangible. Some companies track costs well, but if you don’t, compare yards out the door to total costs. Are you going up or are you going down? The profit or loss doesn’t matter in this example,

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push button counters and stop watches to machine operators last year so that they could track bucket counts per minute and per barrel and prevent any color usage variation before it happens. Get your operators one. 5. Service engines and hydraulics — If you are close to your 1000 or 2000 hour service, do it early when you have time rather than in the middle of full production season. • Equipment Utilization Are you utilizing your equipment to its full potential? Double shifts? Split shifts? Get into other businesses. Drywall Recycling, Shingle Recycling or Food Waste Composting for example. Or are you using your equipment too much? Reevaluate that low margin product that is wearing out your equipment. Remember, screen more, grind less, and why haven’t you called me yet? Replace that old technology like your old shaker deck with a star screen in soil or mulch. Push of a button and you can go from 1-4/inch to 1-1/4-inch with the same machine. • Products Create or add at least one new product next season. 1. Maybe a high dollar product like a new mulch color of your local sports team. 2. A low dollar wood fuel product to get rid of your dirtier materials. 3. Screen the fines out of your mulch to save colorant usage and weight and sell the fines to a pellet plant or use them in a new potting soil mix. 4. Offer onsite grinding or screening services. 5. Add a retail yard. Just don’t add a product that will cannibalize one of your other profitable products. • Automate something 1. Convert something

to electric. Grinder, Screener, conveyors, something. There are hybrid pieces of equipment on the market now. 2. Screen two products at once. 3. Grind into a screener. 4. Add a conveyor and use the wheel loader less. Conveyors are cheap and come to work every day and they don’t have to have Obamacare. Push a button and it is working. • Advertise 1. Local TV advertising is relatively cheap and their market info is very accurate. 2. Donate product to local schools and sports complexes. 3. Sponsor local garden radio show. 4. Team with local landscapers and supply all their needs. • Review the Ask the Grinder Guy Articles of the past year 1. Screen more grind less. Consider a one on one consultation. I can offer recommendations to help you screen your first ground product to a perfect size at rates greater than your grinder can produce. Are you double grinding? Does that cost you extra money? 2. Did you check out your used wear parts? 3. Replace your stationary shaker deck in your soil or mulch system with a star deck. That will cost you mere “peanuts” and reduce your costs enough to buy the entire Plantation! 4. Could you use a slow speed shredder instead of a high speed grinder? 5. Would plastic and stone removal help you? I hope you had a successful 2011 and look forward to helping you be more profitable in 2012. Have a question? Want to save money and build your business? Contact me at grinderguy@askthegrinderguy.com.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ADVERTISE! January. . ADVERTISING DEADLINE: November 30 Grinders/Shredders/Metal Detecction & Magnetic Separation Show: US Composting Council, Jan. 17-20, Austin, TX February... ADVERTISING DEADLINE: January 6 Wood Waste Recycling / Composting / Biomass Energy Pre-Show: Hard Hat Expo Pre-Show: Natinal Demolition Association March... ADVERTISING DEADLINE: February 3 C&D Recycling / Asphalt & Concrete Recycling Show: Hard Hat Expo, March 7-8, Syracuse, NY Show: National Demolition Association, March 10-11, San Antonio, TX

Ask the Grinder Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 by Dave Whitelaw C&D Recycling Forum helps recyclers do a better job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Waste not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 by Randy Happel Economic forcast reveals slower than expected recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

April. . ADVERTISING DEADLINE: March 2 Composting Equipment-Turners, Screens, Grinders, Chippers Pre-Show: Waste Expo

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May. . ADVERTISING DEADLINE: April 6 Screening Equipment / Crushing Equipment Show: Waste Expo, May 1-3, Las Vegas, NV

Parallel lift linkage system on Doosan DL200TC tool carrier simplifies material movement around jobsites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Cherry increases reasons to recycle in South Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25

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by Jon M. Casey For those who attended the C&D Recycling Forum in Ellicott City, MD September 25-27, the opportunity to network and to learn more about how to work in “Quiet Zones” offered insights into ways to demolish buildings without creating excessive air, water and noise pollution. These important techniques lead the discussion during this three day event. As communities become more strict and as customers demand more from C&D recyclers, a greater awareness of the need for these new methods is becoming more prominent. Mike Taylor, chief executive of the National Demolition Association (NDA), hosted the session that featured Rich Lorenz, president of Central Environmental Services of Orlando, FL and Scott Knightly, president of EnviroVantage, Epping, NH. Each of their companies have become experts in dealing with demolition projects that require the utmost in care when it comes to environmental control. They are especially skilled with noise and dust abatement during the demolition process. Working for Disney Lorenz explained that his ongoing working relationship with Disney’s theme parks, has prompted his company to become the best that they can be at specialty C&D work. Central has perfected working at a site during nonbusiness hours, so that an entity like a Disney theme park, can continue operations during the day without the visitors to the park being inconvenienced

Paul Smith, KPI-JCI sales engineer, talks about how manufacturers work with customers to develop products that help make them more efficient in their daily operations. by the demolition crews or the equipment needed for jobs of this kind. Lorenz said in February 2011, they were called upon to remove a restaurant/nightclub facility after Disney management chose to discontinue that kind of establishment on their properties. Because of their reputation as “family entertainment,” this kind of entertainment no longer fit into that business model.

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Sturgeon Falls Brush converts waste wood into biomass fuel for Canadian paper mills by by Randy Randy Happel, Happel, Two Two Rivers Rivers Marketing Marketing The Vermeer HG6000tx handles timber that is ground for biomass fuel. Lumbering and the establishment of pulp and paper mills accelerated the growth of Ontario Canada’s Sturgeon Falls area, a community that has attracted French-Canadian settlers over time. Some of those included ancestors of Jean-Pierre Martin, executive assistant at Sturgeon Falls Brush & Contracting Limited, a leading land clearing and wood processing company founded in 1976 by the late Claude Larcher. The company got its start when four family members with a couple of chain saws, began doing right-of-way land clearing for natural gas and pipelines. Today, under the direction of Gerry Larcher and his team of trusted managers and superintendants, Sturgeon Falls Brush has over 100 employees while amassing an impressive fleet of heavy iron — at last count, 138 pieces — and has extended its services to include highway construction and wood processing. “Land clearing is still our bread and butter,” Martin

Work goes on for Sturgeon Falls Brush, even in January.

says, “although we have a fairly substantial chain link fencing division and have added general contracting work. Around here, pretty much all industry is tied to the lumber industry. We’ve also gotten into the biomass raw materials market, while expanding our trade territory to cover nearly all of Canada. We’ve been very fortunate in that the majority of our work comes to us, as opposed to us having to go out looking for it.” Sturgeon Falls Brush bought a Vermeer® HG6000 horizontal grinder in 2006, a time when there was little demand in their area for biomass. “Basically, we only used it for erosion control and to create better access on the right of way,” says Martin, “because it was a requirement of jobs not only to remove the nonmerchantable wood, which is basically biomass, but also to account for it. Biomass also had to be used in an approved way, one of which was our original application as well as energy conversion. Pulp and paper

mills burn it in huge boilers to create steam, and ultimately, to subsidize much of the energy used to power mills and produce paper.” Creating demand for biomass According to Martin, the majority of the wood currently being processed by Sturgeon Falls Brush is still being used for landscaping and erosion control products because the demand for biomass in the area just isn’t there … yet. The company has been working on a number of projects, and is in discussions with several individuals and companies that have expressed an interest in establishing power generation plants to use biomass. “We are working hard to create a market for biomass and promote its use,” Martin says. “Right now, around here anyway, the biomass market is not being used to its full potential.” Nearly 100 percent of the wood waste raw material processed by Sturgeon Falls Brush is non-merchantable wood from their harvest operations. Material includes tops, branches and low grade timber originating from the company’s land clearing operations. Cost efficiencies in processing and transportation have stifled biomass demand. These are impediments that Sturgeon Falls Brush is working hard to address. “We generally will not haul biomass any further than 60 to 75 miles,” Martin says. “If we can stay within that range, then there’s an economic viability to transporting it. There are a few co-generation plants within that range from here that are basically either natural gas or biomass. It has been a challenge for our company because we are underutilizing our grinding potential right now.” Sturgeon Falls Brush processed more than 100,000 tons of processed wood waste in 2010, well short of the company’s nearly 300,000 ton capacity. The majority of the product is hauled to pulp mills in Northern Ontario, in addition to a few local co-generation plants that employ both biomass and natural gas to generate power. Martin says grinding specifications are fairly loose, but after experimenting with different grind sizes, Sturgeon Falls Brush has identified sizes that are most efficient for the different types of wood they process. “We used to grind to 6-inch minus,” Martin says, “but we found that by converting to 4-inch minus we can haul a much better load. The material seems to pack better in the trailer despite taking a little bit longer up front to grind. This seems to be the optimum blend right now of productivity versus

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Vermeer from 8 haul.” Logging versus land clearing Martin says there are specific regulatory attributes that distinguish land clearing from logging. Logging regulations require that a percentage of residual trees remain unscathed for natural regeneration. If it is a clear cut or semi-clear cut area, all trees are skidded to a landing before being delivered and slashed so the biomass material that’s available from the operation is contained within one pile. That’s when a Sturgeon Falls Brush crew will transport one of the four Vermeer HG6000 horizontal grinders in their fleet to a site for processing wood waste where the ground product is loaded onto trucks, then transported to various customer locations. In land clearing projects, where the timber is not harvested, but cleared for a new highway, a power line or a building project, everything has to come out. “It’s not a question of taking the biomass out because there’s a market for it, it’s a question of if you don’t have a market, you’re still responsible for removing everything,” Martin says. “It’s why we got into the biomass market in the first place — to create a sustainable, renewable end use for the materials that were unusable, i.e., smaller pieces, such as the tops, branches etc. That’s why we bought our first Vermeer grinder.” Timing, availability and creating demand Sturgeon Falls Brush is located in the heart of logging country, where they have access to approximately 300,000 tons of raw waste wood each year. The challenge, however, is timing. The “when and where” of material availability, and matching that to equipment demands and access, is their primary challenge. At the time Sturgeon Falls Brush purchased their first Vermeer grinder, the company was about to embark on a large land clearing job for a pipeline expansion project: the addition of a 42-inch line that necessitated widening of the existing right of way. The project was more than 40 miles in length. On that job, they positioned their HG6000 grinder amidst the rugged, densely wooded terrain where the waste wood was ground on site. Since that first experience, the company has purchased another HG6000 horizontal grinder, and two HG6000TX horizontal grinders with track undercarriages. Because Sturgeon Falls Brush is continually being challenged to create additional demand for waste wood and biomass, they are committed to promoting any project that could use the material within a 60 mile radius of their Sturgeon Falls home base. “It’s a matter of putting the right project together to use that material.” Martin says. “We want to make sure the machines are running 40 to 45 weeks a year, instead of just 20. Obviously the optimum is to have all of our grinders in operation at the same time.” Playing catch-up with Europe After a visit to Austria a couple of years ago, Martin discovered that North America is lagging behind Europe in biomass utilization technology. He found that North America trails overseas counterparts largely because the prices for natural gas and hydroelectric power here, remain too low to motivate widespread development of more renewable, sustainable energy sources. “Take diesel fuel as a prime example,” Martin says. “It’s like $10 to $12 a gallon, so there are no oil furnaces in Austria. And, they don’t have natural gas. So they burn biomass and municipal waste. They have the technology to make it clean. Most people in North America don’t understand that. The technology is there. Unfortunately we just don’t accept it here. If we don’t see it for ourselves, we don’t believe it.” At present, Martin feels that the potential for biomass in North America is unquantifiable, so his company is in discussions with some remote communities that don’t have access to natural gas to establish pilot projects for district heating and power generation. “The idea that this could all be self-sustainable, much the same as it has been in Europe for years, is all very exciting,” he says. “But first, we need to make it economically viable. And that will only happen with involvement and buy-in from government and larger private corporations. Sturgeon Falls Brush is just a bit too small to be directing such an initiative without substantial capital for research and development.”

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Vermeer Horizontal Grinders go to the most remote jobsites by Jon M. Casey When Sturgeon Falls Brush & Contracting, Ltd. was in the market for a grinder that could give them the production capacities that they needed, and at the same time was easily transportable to some of the remote job sites that they work within Canada’s Ontario Province, they chose Vermeer’s HG6000 horizontal grinder. Their initial purchase, a wheeled HG6000 followed by a second wheeled HG6000 unit, made it clear that the 630HP grinders were successful for grinding the wood materials that Sturgeon Falls Brush’s needed to grind. It wasn’t long after that, that the company’s growth required them to purchase two more, both tracked models. With the company’s addition of the two tracked HG6000tx units, the added mobility of the “go anywhere” grinders, gave crews the increased productivity that they needed during busy times. More importantly, with the grinder’s wireless remote control feature, the loader operator is able to move

the unit to the next work area with ease, up to 300feet away. The HG6000tx’s high ground clearance and sealed rollers on the double grouser track pads, helps keep the tracks clear of material while the unit is in operation. Designed with safety and efficiency in mind, the HG6000tx is outfitted with an innovative Thrown Object Deflector (TOD), positioned above the grinder’s intake. Screen changes are easier with an easy access design that features top loading capabilities, making screen changes quick and simple. The grinder’s SmartGrind system coupled with its hydraulic feed roller’s down pressure, keeps the feed material moving into the grinding chamber for optimum productivity. With its wide, open ended feed table (available in 14 and 20-foot lengths), over the side loading is easy and efficient. Material moves through the HG6000tx with ease. For more information on this unit or other Vermeer equipment, visit their website at www.vermeer.com to locate a dealer near you.

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Economic forcast reveals slower than expected recovery by Jon M. Casey For those who attended the keynote opening session at the C&D Recycling Forum in Ellicott City, MD, it didn’t take long to realize that the message that Andy Bauer was offering, was one of concern and veiled optimism. Bauer, economist for The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, VA, provided more than an hour of detailed information and forecasts about the condition of the economy on a national and international level. As he

offered charts and graphs of supporting data on the findings that his branch had accumulated over recent months, it was fascinating to see how financial experts arrive at the economic forecasts that they present. For this reporter, it was worth attending this two day conference, just for the opportunity to see and hear what Bauer had to say about the nation’s economic future. Most of us who live and work in an environment of fiscal challenges. We

wonder if and when sales will begin to pick up, or if they will ever return to pre-2007 levels. In some cases, we are hoping that the continued slide that our businesses have seen for the past three or four years, will eventually end. So for many in the room that day, Bauer seemed to be re-stating what we already knew: “Times are difficult and they aren’t improving as quickly as we would like.” But for those of us who are wondering how this recession came to be and how our

businesses might respond in the emerging recovery when it begins to happen, a presentation of this kind is invaluable. Bauer was quick to emphasize that by current economic standards, the recession has bottomed out and that recovery has begun in most segments of the economy. However, for the construction industry and the industries that support construction, the recovery has yet to begin. More importantly, with the resulting lower tax rev-

dust and noise control.” “Noise considerations not only include what is going on inside the build-

ing, but outside as well,” he said. “You will have to consider the neighborhood when it comes to

entering and leaving the jobsite, both externally and internally. Avoid elevator use. Plan your de-

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In a series of informative charts and graphs, Andy Bauer, economist for the Federal Reserve of Richmond, VA, gave visual support for his economic forecast.

C&D from 6 ment and the surrounding area of the jobsite. For example, Knightly said it is always a challenge when it comes to demolishing something as common, yet as difficult, as a hospital operating room. In most cases, while there might be several operating rooms adjacent to one another in a hospital complex, routinely, the rooms have to be removed one at a time, while the other operating rooms are still being used. The same goes for the hospital patient rooms where an older hospital wing is being removed, at a time when patients remain hospitalized in rooms that might be on the other side of a common wall. In each case, the strict requirements are built into the bidding process, creating a challenge for his company or any company receiving the contract. “Today, we are called upon to meet requirements that are far stricter than those we have seen in the past,” he said. “When you are dealing with PCB’s, lead, silica, or other hazardous materials, special care must be taken to do those jobs safely. When you are in an urban setting like we are in New England, it is important to be prepared for what you may find.” “Hospitals are 24 hour businesses, so you will need to do work with limited access, with little ability to assess the job before hand because of the HEPA regulations,” he said. “It’s not like doing a job preview on other commercial buildings.” “A lot of companies do not give consideration to infectious control,” he added. “You will be required to maintain air quality control that deals with infectious control. We do that in addition to

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enues generated because of the absence of a full workforce, programs and funding that many of these industries have come to rely upon are dwindling or have been eliminated altogether. This enhances the problem rather than offering hope for a quicker recovery. “Housing starts are at an all-time low dating back to the early 1970s,” he said. “We had hoped that 2011 would be the transition year, and 2012 would have more robust growth. It didn’t turn out that way. We continue to see stagnant weakness in this sector (of

the economy).” Bauer observed that Fed economists see a continued high inventory of vacant and foreclosed houses that needs to be worked off before the demand for new housing begins to rise. More importantly, the commercial real estate forecast looks similar because it follows the residential outlook in most segments. Construction activity in the early 2000s was high, which created an inventory of houses that still needs to be sold. This number, about two million units, has not come

down to any great extent since the end of the recession. With the addition of delinquent and foreclosed homes added into the total, the number increases to nearly four million units. Bauer said that the number of people who are able to buy new homes has decreased because of the job market and because of new, stricter lending practices. Accordingly, the number of people who can buy new homes is much less than in earlier years. He said that it will take some time before there is a sus-

tained increase in new home sales. On a similar note, he observed that the sectors of nonresidential construction that have grown in recent years. They include manufacturing structures, mining exploration and power/communication facilities. Other sectors such as health care, office space and other nonresidential construction have declined. On the commercial side of the real estate industry, there is some stabilization however, with property values recovering somewhat from their

2009 lows. More money is flowing into this sector from investors, which is a favorable sign. Bauer noted that a survey of architectural billings has reflected an increase over the past three years, returning to levels that they were at before the recession began in 2007. There also appears to be an increase in construction activity, nine to twelve months out, which would put that construction in the fourth quarter of 2012 and early 2013. Bauer concluded by saying that the recovery in the U.S. economy will be

Andy Bauer, economist for the Federal Reserve of Richmond, VA, offers insights into the future of the U.S. economy from a world perspective. restrained by concerns over the European debt crisis and how the European Union resolves their economic woes. Additionally, as U.S. federal, state and local governments deal with their deficits and debt concerns, it makes a recovery slower than otherwise desired. His concerns are not unfounded. One example of what Bauer was describing is how the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is wrestling with their financial issues. The state legislature agreed to take over the city’s financial management in lieu of reasonable solutions on the part of city management. At the federal level, the newly created “super committee” in Congress, will be under close observation as they wrestle with changes in policies at a federal level. Current conditions do not seem to provide enough revenue to do all that the federal government has agreed to concerning many of the current social programs. Bauer went on to say, “2012 will be a transition year with real GDP growth below historical long run trends. Inflation will increase at moderate levels. There will be moderate consumer spending. There appears to be solid manufacturing activity, which is supported by business investment in equipment and software. There will also be growth in exports. There will be stabilization in the real estate sector, but only a modest increase in construction activity.” Long term projections in the U.S. economy suggest that there will be, “significant downside risks as long as debt concerns remain,” especially as federal spending declines.

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CAT launches Tier 4 Interim high horsepower engines Caterpillar Inc. is offering Cat® Tier 4 Interim/Stage IIIB Technology Industrial engines to the waste handling and recycling industry. The models are identified as C18 ACERT, C27 ACERT and C32 ACERT. The engines, ranging from 600 1200 bhp, provide a seamless horsepower range, broad product

choices and powerful advantages for the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and end users. All engines are also available with an extensive choice of options ideally suited to meet OEM and end customer requirements across a wide range of heavy duty applications. The C18 ACERT is an

18.1 liter displacement engine that delivers 600755 bhp. Depending on power requirements, a single or series turbocharger is utilized, which maximizes performance. Power density for the 755 bhp rating has been significantly increased over the Tier 3/Stage IIIA model, and this rating does not require aftertreatment. The C27 ACERT is a 27 liter 800-1050 bhp engine and is easily integrated into OEM equip-

ment powered by the Cat Tier 2 configuration or competitive offering. It produces maximum torque of up to 3539pound-foot. It features side mounted turbochargers and a dependable next generation mechanically actuated electronic fuel injection (MEUI) system. It is electronically controlled and delivers world class performance and fuel economy. The C32 ACERT is a 32.1 liter displacement engine, pro-

ducing 950-1200 bhp. The platform is equipped with side mounted turbochargers. Built on the same physical dimensions, the C27 ACERT and C32 ACERT offer OEMs additional flexibility by providing multiple power options (800 - 1200 bhp) from identical base engines. The C27 ACERT and C32 ACERT for industrial applications do not require aftertreatment to achieve Tier 4 Interim emissions.

With over twenty Tier 4 Interim/Stage IIIB industrial engines, Cat, again, provides a complete lineup of power solutions from 11-1200 bhp for a wide range of applications. These Cat engines continue the legacy of durability, reliability, maximum fuel efficiency, low cost of ownership and world class support provided by the Cat dealer network.

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Norco Equipment LLC presents the Dynamic 5240 Horizontal Grinder, a mid-size grinder designed to deliver ‘more for less.’ The Volvo 426 hp 12.1L ‘Fuel Miser’ engine sips fuel, with most owner reports between 11 and 14 gallons per hour

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