Pit & Quarry, November 2018
CONTENTS VOLUME 111 NOVEMBER 2018 NO 5 28 OPERATIONS Deep in the heart of Texas Inside Metroplex Sand Gravel an up and coming operation with big goals in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex BY KEVIN YANIK 34 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Aerial Adaptation Drones are revolutionizing the aggregate industry for the better but understanding the data is essential to that change BY ZACH MENTZ 42 CRUSHING HYDRAULIC BREAKING Equipment recently introduced to the aggregate industry 46 SCALES WEIGHING The latest scales and weighing equipment offerings P Q BUSINESS 48 BUSINESS UPDATE Aggregate industry forecasts stocks economic news and more 50 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Whats happening in Washington Five takeaways from the aggregate industrys lobby day on Capitol Hill BY KEVIN YANIK 60 PERMITTING Making a case for a mine permit Memphis Stone Gravels Alan Parks details the growing difficulties producers face to obtain necessary permits while offering some practical strategies that can position others for success BY KEVIN YANIK Top photo Volvo CE Background iStock com loops7 Cover photo McLanahan Corp FLEET MANAGEMENT The Volvo Uptime Center in Shippensburg Pennsylvania takes about 1000 phone calls per month aiming to reduce downtime for customers PAGE 26 UP FRONT 6 AN INSIDE LOOK The in market quarry BY KEVIN YANIK 8 UP TO SPEED The latest quarterly U S Geological Survey production figures are in P Q TECH 14 CUTTING EDGE Equipment and technology updates 24 DRONES What you missed at Commercial UAV Expo Takeaways for aggregate producers from the annual trade show BY ZACH MENTZ 26 MOBILE EQUIPMENT Next generation fleet management A day at Volvo CE illustrates how telematics has evolved in the last decade BY KEVIN YANIK THE AUTHORITY ON EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY MAINTAINING WASHING CLASSIFYING 16 Maintaining vital processing equipment Tips and tricks to keep your classifying tank and fine material screw washer up and running EDITED BY KEVIN YANIK 22 The basics of classifying tanks and screw washers Starting points to get your operation out of the gate with this equipment EDITED BY KEVIN YANIK SCREW WASHERS NOVEMBER VOL 111 2018 NO 5 PitandQuarry com Tips to keep these up and running along withclassifying tanks NEXT GENERATION FLEET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS TO OVERLOOKED SCREENING HAZARDS pitandquarry com November 2018 PIT QUARRY 1
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