Pit & Quarry, November 2015
EQUIPMENT FOCUS CRUSHING SECONDARY BREAKING Equipment a dealer that assisted Sergeant Stone in opening its quarry Their market for 1s and 2s is smaller they were making more than they could sell but they were selling out of 57s So Sergeant Stone invested in the UM 400 running 1s and 2s into the secondary crusher They reduced the 1s and 2s and doubled the 57s Smith says Sergeant Stone also uses a McCloskey S190 vibrating screener which produces 4s 8s 57s and fines But the 1200 impactor is Sergeant Stones starting point to meet Ohio Department of Transportation specifications on six stone gradations All the products coming out of that crusher meet state spec Smith says Still growing Sergeant Stones business has been so steady that Imler is considering adding a second plant at another location on the property A similar setup with Eagle Crusher equipment is a possibility he says A second plant is bound to keep Imler busy He retired for about seven years before getting the itch to start up Sergeant Stone Now he spends his days making sales and searching for opportunities The Sergeant Stone team poses with Eagle Crushers John Powell second from right in front of its 1200 closed circuit impact crusher which is also pictured at the top From left are Sergeant Stones Kevin Lern Dusty Garey Kyle Scurlock Powell and Claude Imler to move Sergeant Stones products The operation sits about 65 miles southeast of Columbus Ohio Most of Imlers sales success has been to the south While Imler focuses on sales Kyle Scurlock son of business partner Ron Scurlock manages Sergeant Stones operations The operation works six days per week although it doesnt crush on Saturdays Workdays range between five and eight hours but the loading area remains open longer for customers Good people and good equipment are the name of the game Imler says Quality stone is key too he adds Imler believes his operation has a chance to excel because of the deposit available to him and the crushing equipment he selected We know its going to make a better concrete he says Powell agrees Sergeant Stone has an opportunity to separate itself A big contributing factor to roads and concrete coming apart is that the stone doesnt hold up Powell says They have state specifications on stone for a reason Its got to be a hard rock its got to be cubical and its got to have the binding matrix of asphalt and concrete It has to hold to that and this stone is exactly what you want P Q 16 PIT QUARRY November 2015 www pitandquarry com
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