What to do with small remnants

[wadeegnor]

I agree, handle it once. Stark 5.5 crusher comes with a conveyor belt that can be placed off the side of your saw and then the material goes directly into a super sack, so you REALLY only handle once.

[Nick]

Same as Ash on this one.

X3

[ChrisGraham]

Not Rems, but the fed ex guy asked me Tuesday if I had any granite dust/slurry I wanted to get rid of. I said yea!!!! How much do you want and why? He replied I will take all you have. Ok. Why I asked? He said something about a gardening web site was raving about the mineral value in granite was good for his plants in his garden. He went on and on way !! Over my head but just think, we may be throwing thousand down the drain. any one heard of this?

[dustinbraudway]

Actually Limestone dust is good for that.

[wadeegnor]

Not Rems, but the fed ex guy asked me Tuesday if I had any granite dust/slurry I wanted to get rid of. I said yea!!!! How much do you want and why? He replied I will take all you have. Ok. Why I asked? He said something about a gardening web site was raving about the mineral value in granite was good for his plants in his garden. He went on and on way !! Over my head but just think, we may be throwing thousand down the drain. any one heard of this?

Yes, landscaping companies will purchase crushed stone, you can sell them for about $50.00 per bag


EUROSTONE MACHINE USA LLC
STONE PROCESSING SYSTEMS
www.eurostoneUSA.com

Crushing Machine Series
“STARK”
STARK Series of Rock Crushers allow not only an economical and convenient way to dispose of stone off-cuts, but also bring in a little profit at the same time.

The Stark 5.5 can crush granites, marbles or limestones up to 170 square feet per hour of 2cm, approximately 100 square feet of 3cm, for FINE mesh sizes, and 5 times that volume with the COARSE mesh sizes.

MODEL INFEED OPENING SIZE VOLUME PER HOUR FINAL SIZE

Stark 5.5 9¾” x 6” feed opening 17 ft³*/hour jaws closed 1 cm ~ 3/8”
(25cm X 15cm) 88 ft³*/hour jaws open 4 cm ~ 1½”

Stark 7.5 13.5” x 6” 17ft³/hour jaws closed 1 cm ~ ⅝”
(35cm x 15cm) 105ft³/hour jaws open 4 cm ~ 1½”

Stark 15 15¾” x 9¾” 105ft³/hour jaws closed 2 cm ~ ¾”
(40cm x 25cm) 530ft³/hour jaws open 8 cm ~ 3”

Stark 30 23½” x 15½” 210ft³/hour jaws closed 4 cm ~ 1½”
(60cm x 40cm) 700ft³/hour jaws open 10 cm ~ 3⅞”


* In square feet of slab instead of cubic feet (above)

Approx. 250 ft² of FINE mesh in 2cm thick slabs,
800 ft² of COARSE (jaws open)

Approx. 150ft² of FINE mesh in 3cm thick slabs,
480 ft² of COARSE (jaws open)

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE:

• In Feed Hopper and Conveyor
• Out Feed Conveyor
• Vibrating Screen
• Wheeled Cart

[Matt Lansing]

Wade, do you have any information on those crushers?

[Mark Meriaux]

Not Rems, but the fed ex guy asked me Tuesday if I had any granite dust/slurry I wanted to get rid of. I said yea!!!! How much do you want and why? He replied I will take all you have. Ok. Why I asked? He said something about a gardening web site was raving about the mineral value in granite was good for his plants in his garden. He went on and on way !! Over my head but just think, we may be throwing thousand down the drain. any one heard of this?

I looked into it years ago when I was dumping all the dehydrated "cakes" of dust from my filter press. I could only find a few web entries supporting stone dust used as a beneficial additive for gardening. It seemed to only directly benefit certain types of plants ( I don't even remember which ones), and wasn't a widely accepted soil amendment for all gardening. Another accepted use for stone dust is setting stone and brick pavers. Now just figure out how to package and sell it for profit - we all know how much profit is in stone products....

[Curtis R. Marburger]

the first 8 years of granite scraps are under a road , contractor was more than happy to load and haul them away

[dustinbraudway]

I think I read that a company De Colores is revolutionizing the process of making blocks and bricks out of slurry. That is where we all need to be heading

[Ron]

I have cut some 12*12 and 12*24 and made an outdoors patio, planting grass as a grout line. Looks great, lots of work too.
This year I think I'll take some pics. To show clients, maybe make a little money, and use those scraps?

[rtams]

I just bought a small crusher that turns it into gravel, helps to fill in back yard but looks better than sink cutout graveyard

[wadeegnor]

Crusher in Action:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=0t-OVWsV2WU

This allows you to package it and sell it.

[Mark Meriaux]

Wade's video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t-OVWsV2WU

[Matt Lansing]

That's pretty cool.

Brain starts spinning on this.

We toss out quite a few thousand pounds of cut offs a day.

[ChrisGraham]

I would want the crusher located across the street for sure. Are they really that loud? MSRP 5.5 with conveyors and catch shutes??

[Carmine Pantano]

I'm digging that machine. Maybe talk a landscape guy into buying it and getting the stone for free. We don't pay a lot to get rid of ours, but that's one less expense.

[wadeegnor]

I would want the crusher located across the street for sure. Are they really that loud? MSRP 5.5 with conveyors and catch shutes??

Yes, they are loud since its basically stone pieces in a hollow metal box.

The 5.5 with 1 loading conveyor + 1 exit conveyor and 1 sorting screen is $54,271 USD on today's Euro exchange rate.

I can email you some additional information if you would like.

[Ken Lago]

I would want the crusher located across the street for sure. Are they really that loud? MSRP 5.5 with conveyors and catch shutes??

Yes, they are loud since its basically stone pieces in a hollow metal box.

The 5.5 with 1 loading conveyor + 1 exit conveyor and 1 sorting screen is $54,271 USD on today's Euro exchange rate.

I can email you some additional information if you would like.

The Machine has a lifespan of anywhere from 10-15 years, so its pretty easy to recoup your expense (depending on what you are paying for waste removal) in 3-5 years and if the crushed stone was then sold you would not only effectively neutralize that expense but actually create revenue, in turn "paying off" the machine even faster.

So if we say 10 year life thats $450 a month in payments + power cost + maintenance and repair (that I imagine is substantial due to the beating it takes) Not for me thanks.

[Stonecuttter]

I STILL say ship it all to Sam Irvin, in Pisgah Forest, NC, and write it off as a business expense.
Two sweet ol' gals brought me 7 sink cutouts today, from their granite job (which I had referred to my former employer, before I was replaced with min-wage dudes, guess I'll never see THAT commission... ) and after a few hours turning them into cutting-boards, lazy-susans and such, I'll turn their "scrap" into 10 elegant small-item granite finished pieces, and be able to pay half this month's mortgage.

[ash20ash]

Guys dont be mislead by a salesman on here. They always focus on how you can recoup your money

A good frien of mine owns a few real big rock crushers. Maintenance nightmares to say the least. Sales people kill me

You will never make enough selling this crushed stone to even justify the electric and maintenance.

[Dan R.]

My neighbor has a 2000hp rock crusher. Plus, he lets us use his end loader and dump truck!

[B.Baltzegar]

I don't know about the crusher...but Wade is more than just a salesman.
He's been fabbing since the late 80's.

[Ken Lago]

I don't know about the crusher...but Wade is more than just a salesman.
He's been fabbing since the late 80's.

So? He may be a super nice guy too. He still have to convince me that buying a crusher makes financial sense.

[clhilde]

So? He may be a super nice guy too. He still have to convince me that buying a crusher makes financial sense.

That would be like making a catholic priest think he don't like little boys

[Todd Luster]

Lets play nice in the sandbox guys....
He was simply volunteering information that was asked for.
If its not for you, no problem.