Pit & Quarry, February 2019
MOBILE EQUIPMENT Hixson Sand Gravels DX530LC 5 is the largest crawler excavator Doosan offers in the U S and Canada FORWARD THINKING PURCHASES Crawler excavator and wheel loader investments position family owned Hixson Sand Gravel for its next generation BY MIKE SLUSARK R 46 PIT QUARRY February 2019 pitandquarry com ALL IMAGES DOOSAN aymond Hixson started running a dragline crane at his familys sand and gravel quarry when he was 17 years old Hes now 75 As the next generation took over at Hixson Sand Gravel in Garrett Indiana it faced a common dilemma for rural dragline crane owners How do you find and hire an experienced dragline crane operator Its a skill to run a dragline crane and those gentlemen are becoming far and few between anymore says Robin Hixson Raymonds daughter and the companys office manager Their recent answer was to replace the aging dragline crane with a new superlong reach hydraulic excavator Logan Hixson Robins nephew who represents the eighth generation of Hixsons and the third generation to run the business operates the equipment for the company QUARRYING WITH A LONG REACH EXCAVATOR Sitting in the comfort of the enclosed cab of a Doosan DX530LC 5 SLR crawler excavator Logan parks next to the water Combined the excavators arm and boom stretch almost 72 ft If you parked the excavator on the 20 yd line of a football field and stretched its arm out to the maximum length its bucket would be across the goal line According
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