Pit & Quarry, October 2016
CONVEYING MATERIAL HANDLING FROM TRAINS TO TRUCKS An Iowa based aggregate transloading facility boosts productivity with a new unloading system ransloading is defined as transferring a shipment from one mode of transportation to another At the L G Everist transloading facility in Sioux City Iowa high quality aggregate is unloaded from a 60 to a 100 car train each day before being stockpiled and loaded onto short haul trucks for delivery to the regions construction sites Transloading provides significant cost savings and flexibility in transporting aggregate products where and when they are needed especially when a facilitys unloading and material handling systems are designed for maximum efficiency and productivity Founded in 1876 L G Everist specializes in a range of rail transloading services Currently celebrating 140 years in business this fifth generation family owned BY CAROL WASSON T L G Everists new systems can unload a 100 car train in less than 10 hours which almost doubles past capacities 10 PIT QUARRY October 2016 pitandquarry com
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