Pit & Quarry, January 2014
plant on the quarry floor and a crushing and wash plant in the sites gravel pit The plant on the quarry floor is fed with a Komatsu PC400 excavator and Komatsu 30 ton haul truck Ledge that requires washing is hauled from the plant on the quarry floor to the wash plant in the gravel pit with a Terex 30 ton haul truck Seth adds Gravel is fed into the crushing and wash plant in the gravel pit with a Komatsu 470 loader At the source When Bud and Stuart began outlining plans for consolidation they couldnt have projected how important it would become to the companys well being to increase their efficiency Its more cost effective to have crushers located at the source rather than moving raw material Bud says With production and inventory now in one location deliveries tend to be more on demand Company history Twin States dates back to 1947 when Bill Taylor and Tom Close established the company in West Lebanon N H to help supply concrete aggregates used in construction of nearby Wilder Dam Their gravel pit was initially opened in 1927 By 1950 Taylor and Close set up Blaktop Inc the asphalt segment of their company In the 1960s when it was clear that their West Lebanon pit was nearing the close of its useful life Taylor and Close purchased the North Hartland gravel pit and quarry a large tract of land lying along the Connecticut River Quarry operations began at the site in 1993 Since they closed the West Lebanon gravel pit they have hauled aggregate from North Hartland to West Lebanon to process it and supply aggregate for their asphalt operation Current plans are to sell the West Lebanon site to a developer who will turn it into Iron Horse Park where offices restaurants industrial buildings and retail space will be housed Initial plans include a 150000 sq ft big box store and handling costs are decreased The last segment of their consolidation plans involves moving their 4 ton batch asphalt plant from the West Lebanon site to North Hartland They purchased the 1972 model plant in 1999 and have retrofitted many of its elements to bring it up to date in terms of standards and efficiency Blaktop Inc has been supplying asphalt for two West Lebanon crews as well as a satellite crew in Littleton N H We put a new dryer on the plant and recently added an automated screen OPERATIONS 36 PIT QUARRY January 2014 www pitandquarry com
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