We have a smaller concrete recycling plant near my home. I just added 18 tons of crushed concrete to my driveway. 10' X 85' only cost $300 and that was leveling it first, hauling it in, then leveling it off and compacting it. I went with a local guy because he lives 2 blocks away and has all of the heavy equipment. Before I had it done my driveway was called Lake Emai. I was surprised to watch the rain water flow away from my house as I thought it would just flow down into the loose aggregate but it packs very well.
yes by recycling all metal and raw materials the concrete is reused as a substantial savings for a new construction project. A machine like this would have never been designed and created if it wasn't profitable to use.
That purple thing is nice to look at, but it doesn't have enough hydraulic grunt behind it. I'm aware that they're not using it to cut through cheap furniture here. I see how thick that concrete is, but I'm still not convinced that the angle of pinch is correct. On a more positive note, I'd be interested to see how long this purple thing would stand up against a shear-type claw over a working period of about a year. LaBounty has some pretty mean shear heads and can be seen in various videos on YT (not necessarily under the title of LaBounty) going through steel or concrete pilings like they were made of balsa wood. I'm fairly certain that there's more of a machine behind the cutter head, too.
It's great to watch how those Jaws chewing up concrete like we do food, at least those of us with teeth. Any idea what force those Jaws operate with....?
Je serais du fabriquant de cette pince déjà extraordinaire !!! J'Ajouterais une dent un peu plus grande de dix centimètres environ, afin d'avoir pression plus saillante sur la mâchoire ! Pensez à moi hein!!!
What a waste...The cost of that machine, the gas, maintenance and manpower is WAAYYYYY more than that scrap rebar or concrete..Steel is 10 bucks a ton and concrete is worthless...It's a stupid process but; hey; it keeps guys working so, I guess that's good...
This monster is an example of designing something just because it is possible. I doubt that it works fast enough or efficient enough to really justify its purchase price or the yearly cost of maintaining and fueling it. The child in me enjoyed watching something destroyed with such titanic power.
