Rotochopper Shredder vs. Tires Showdown 

You are correct that tires stored outside are breeding grounds for mosquitoes. I used to work for my county's Mosquito Control Commission and sprayed lots of tire dumps. Plus they're an eyesore. Your shredding is doing a lot of good so thank you.

You can increase your metal yield by lowering the magnet closer to the discharge conveyor and running the spoils a second pass....it is a learning curve for sure.

So I've worked on these machines before on the engine side. From several different brands in fact. For that matter I'm pretty sure I've met the Rotochopper salesman that was out during start up of this machine a few times before. But in regards to the torque output of these machines. I was working on a Lindner brand machine once, with a CAT C-18, and I asked their service manager what the torque output was on their gear box. I was told that for the machine I was on, which is about twice the size of the 75 dk, it was somewhere around 350,000 lb ft if I can recall. I also love your attitude of trying to think far ahead instead of being reactionary.

In the computer you can set where every 5 minutes or so it’ll run the rotors backwards for 30 seconds automatically. Whenever you’re running material really stringy like the steel cords in tires it really helps to run the rotors backwards for a extended period every so often to unwrap the cords and free up material that is just robbing power and productivity.

At our yard we take the rims off first, you're losing 100% of your aluminum and just from looking at your steel pile and all of the steel wheels you put in I'd say that you're losing 90% of your clean prepared steel. We separate the tires from the wheels by using either a mini excavator with a thumb or a big 320 excavator with a thumb, it peels the tires right off and can easily do close to 1,000 per day. As strong as the cables are in the tires those rims are sucking a lot of power and slowing your shredding production down quite a bit.

Landfill i used to frequent a lot had us all dump in a transfer station on site on week days and shredded everything going up to the landfill first. I think they had a big non mobile shredder and a sort line first for recyclables. This was 15 years ago though on the other side of the country from you ... Lots of things you can do to extend the landfills life ..

You may want to shred tires on a rainy day. Just a little water will make the tires easier to eat. The rubber has less traction on the rotor blades. I used to work at a Goodyear store. We had to cut the junk tires. We would use a little water on the cutter blades to make it easier.

Great seeing your channel grow. I remember not to long ago you were sitting at your desk looking for the 10,000 sub and here you are over double. Great things are happening for you and your crew!!! A lot of great content!!!

Fifteen dollars a tire??? I thought the increase from $1 to $2 per tire locally was a ripoff

I suggest setting the Alum rim tires aside, as the Alum is going for 65 cents a pound at my yard right now.

For years used tires have been a big 'PITA', these machines have solved that problem to a degree. Start-up looked simple, initially l thought you may have to employ a rocket scientist. As for the alloy rims you may need to set up a tire machine nearby and remove them to be recycled, but you already know that. Interesting video, keep up the good work.

Way too much fun to be had and what a space saving too!

Can't believe that guy gets paid to put 3 tires in at a time 😂

Loved this video. Could watch that all day long.

I like the idea of shredding everything. Not only saving space but faster decomposition and longer landfill life is a big advantage. Great video and awesome machine.

That is an amazing machine! Thank goodness you are getting rid of lot of mosquito breeding grounds.

Mr. dig one thing for sure it will reduce your tire pile but it’s gonna take a while a lot of tires enjoy the video y’all stay safe keep them coming

That thing is amazing! Love your content.

Who else was thinking, I could have used that wheel ?

Is it not worth separating out the tyres with aluminium rims & cutting the tyres off for the rims' scrap value?

Great fun to watch! Like watching tropical fish! Relaxing and satisfying. Thanks for letting us see this monster in action. 😂

Ryan up here in Quebec we have a company that cuts off the side walls on the tires and sells them for weight to use on construction cones you know the ones on all are roadways, great video can't wait to see you put a mattress in there, see you soon 👍👍👍👍👍

Great job guys 😊

Thank you for another great video. Cheers

That machine is a beast!!!! Great video.

Ah. Chewy the Beast is enjoying his breakfast

I like the idea of using the tires for energy. Also I've been studying a company called Geocycle and using the tires for the cement kilns operations. Just an idea.

Just realised the operator can sit in the excavator AND control the shredder using its remote. Nice for productivity and operator being in control him/her self.

Can't landfill tires whole up in New York. Because they float up they say. They also hold pockets of methane. If the sidewalls are cut off or they are shreaded they can be landfilled. It's about the shape not the material

Well worth the money , looking into the future for more space to continue operating the landfill . Great video .

It's simply amazing what that can do. Forward thinking for sure.

Awesome job awesome machine keep up the good work and send more updated videos

Could you use the shredded up tires like mulch. I seen them used on play grounds

My family shreds tires we give them to a local C&D Landfill they use them for Greenwich purposes and when they built new cells, they put them in there too

Sure no worries as to what you guys have put through it so far bro. Making great content along the way too. Safe travels. Ken.

Here in Australia we use these shredders to shred mattresses, cushions, couches etc and the product is called flok, which the landfill will then use on the turn pad when it taints to soak of moisture and allows trucks to move without getting stuck, then just take a skim off when the places dries up and you are good to go, plus as one landfill operator to another, mattresses suck ASS to pack!

It's got to be worth de-rimming the aluminium rims. They have a lot of value!

Need to get a screening bottom plate for 1 or 2 inch minus. To drastically reduce output size and increase metal recovery for recycling. Still can sell final material to companies for energy

What a beast of a machine. And the ingenuity of Men to create it

Great video

I wish we had more of these in our landfills here in Australia, I get they’re a really expensive specialised bit of equipment but the waste size reduction is so impressive

Mattresses should free up a bunch of space. All the rolls of fabric what is the life expectancy of the shredder, and cost of repairs ?

Great job guys

I'll weigh in with some calculations on size reduction. A 16-inch auto tire is approximately 32" in diameter x 8" thick. (3.72 cu ft.) Of course because they're round they won't fit perfectly tight against each other in the roll-off. A 32" square that is 8" thick is 4.74 cu ft. I averaged them together to get 4.23 cu ft. A 20 yard dumpster is 540 cu ft. I'm guessing that approximately 128 tires would fit in a 20-yard dumpster. *Should have had Aaron count how many tires that monster had for lunch, when the bin was finally full! Awesome machine!

im excited for these videos

Very impressive. I’m wondering how it would work with mattress

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Really interesting video. Can’t help but think you might get more metal out by sending the load thru again with a slightly lower conveyor feed. I remember reading a story about the development of metal shredders, they knew they had a problem when they got more metal out than they fed in. Apparently it was feeding on itself. Pondering if there is any advantage to run existing land fill thru a shredder to reduce it more. Wishing you and your family the best.

That’s one awesome machine to have around in your line of making more space for the future of your landfill 👍😎🇺🇸 NY

Good job guys

Probably makes sense to process the aluminum rims separately, magnet's just gonna let it all go by and into the landfill.

All I want for Christmas is a roto shredder

For shreding metal you may have to lower the magnet a bit it will pick up a lot more metal

i would try turning the conveyor down to better separate the metal. whole operation is costing at least $75 per hour, I'd have that hopper heaping! Thanks for the content :)

Hey Ryan! Just found your channel channel and subscribed. Nothing better than watching (and hearing) big diesel equipment tear stuff up. May I suggest you get a drone so you can film stuff from a safe distance and get camera angles you can't get otherwise.

Loving the shredding videos!

$15 per tire? No wonder why people dump them on the side of the road

Cool machine!

if you added a screener to the mix I bet you could get it to shake out the aluminum rim chunks. those tire shreds have value too if they are clean I think somewhere around 200$ a ton it would probably take a another pass through smaller grinder to really separate the belts from the rubber though

surprised that you don't dismount the ones on aluminum rims and sell the rims separate

Wet rubber cuts easier. Perhaps a light spray of water in the machine which would also reduce fire danger.

People used to dump tired illegally by my house Skeeters were terrible we finally went over there and had a tire fire burn them bout 5 or 10 at a time till about 500 tires were gone 😂 No lie i know all the O-zone freaks are fuming but you get tore up just being outside for 5mins had to do something

I would pay to do that for a few hours 😁 Possible new income stream for you "Executive stress relief" 😂😂

They take the old tires here in west Virginia and grind them up and use them as color mulch and plus they make the parking lot stop blocks...

❤ the channel. There's a company that resurfaces loader/ large tires. Like 10' tires.

Fun stuff to watch, I hope you get to make the purchase.

Dang it chewing those tires and rims up. God bless.

I think you should lower the magnets, there was a heck of a lot of metal standing up and trying to get hooked but they were past so fast the hight of the magnets just didn't pull hard enough.

Yeah that’s not leaving unless they bring you a new one lol. That’s a money maker for your company’s. What you said is why you are so successful you’re ALWAYS thinking ahead.

Looks like a pretty big place. And all kinds of stuff goong on. Awesome. How many acres?

Wonder if it is worth the labor expense to pull out the aluminum rims before running through the shredder?

I really hope you can purchase this chopper. You can easily do the math on the extension of the life of the landfill once you have a base number for how much space you're saving, approx. It'll also help with your workers efficiency and ultimately get more work done, faster. Seems like a great investment. Hope your dad saw the aerial view. That's the selling point for me, that visual. Everyone's excitement is cool too!

The total surface area of tyre chips or crumb particles may also be large compared with the volume occupied. The combination of permeability to air-flow and a high exposed surface area means that that a combustible material such as rubber is potentially susceptible to spontaneous combustion.

They've been mixing ground up tires with fill dirt for cover in the landfill in my county for decades. Saves on the price of the hauled in dirt.

Mr Digg. Hydraulic sheer attachment for the Ex would sheer the tires, de-rim , split stumps and cut long length material.

Barely a minute into the video and already see a Chevrolet wheel I need 😢

Didn’t sound like Dad liked the tires and rims going in. Seems like this machine will eat garbage pretty fast and make a lot more room for ya. Enjoyed the video.

I think, with an aluminum rim tire setup, cut with jaws-of-life-type scissors, rubber falls off, and the aluminum rim easily separates thus, a quick aluminum pile, that sells for more than average. Thus, paying for the slight delay and additional hassle infused in the process. time is money, but increased revenue can justufy slight increase in time and trouble of separating aluminum from other finished products.

Awesome job keep up the great work and enjoy your day have fun be safe

There are "Eddy Current Inducers" that allow to separate the aluminium the same way as the steel, might be worth looking into it considering the higher price of aluminium

It doesn’t look like that shredder is working to full specs, unless it’s just a junk shredder. A lot of metal is getting by.

Can the belt speed going to the dumpster be turned down and the magnet be lowered down closer to the belt so you can recover more of the steel

You can use an Eddie current on another belt to repell the aluminum out

At the landfill you pay per ton. Is the landfill so far away that you can cut on transport cost by reducing volume?

Could possibly use it for rubber mulch? Nevermind i said that before i seen how big the pieces were

So, if he cannot swallow it whole, he barfs it back up and tries again 😂 Neat!

Buy what i am ready seeing with that Shredder that thing who'd be a good investment meant for you wow ! keep up with you good content love it who'd save space and time on many things like you said you who's of had to have some sit there and get all them rims off them tires

good video

Pick me up next time! I wanna see this in action! 😮

That is a dadgum great shredder!

Hopefully somebody notices the loose tracks on the excavator before they fall off.

You should definitely lower that magnetic pick-up bar, there is a bunch, reacting, then continuing into the trash dumpster. Also, those aluminum rims are not affected by magnetic energy.

Looks like you need to lower the magnet. A lot of metal going by it.

I would get into this but would someone tell me once shredded WHO will bull them?

Fantastic 🙂🙂🙂🙂

The magnet wasn't low enough to catch all the steel and you probably lost a lot of aluminium by throwing them in the shredder. I would have taken the tires off the ally ones first.

Nothing to say really. Oh yes, there is..... Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man she hungry look forward to the next testing phase buddy💪💪🍻🍻🍻

here in the Netherlands they mined the burned ashes from a garbish plant and earned more on value of steel, copper, silver, gold from running it.

Looks like this beast is staying, the reduction of material is incredible. Do you think this size is good enough or maybe the next one up, for your operation? Stay well be safe my friend.

Thats a pretty awesome machine! I know you guys can only do so much to recycle, but I'd recommend separating all the tires with aluminum wheels in the future. The magnet isn't going to separate out anything but steel/iron. So all that aluminum is just going to end up in the landfill.