Pit & Quarry, October 2018
CONVEYING costs of 3 per ton Plus ever increasing traffic congestion reduces the number of possible daily loads per truck from Newark New Jersey to New York City down from four to just two per day With those obstacles in mind Wade and partners Brad and Tyler Youvan decided to blaze the entrepreneurial trail They took on the long arduous task of acquiring a suitable waterfront site and launched their barge loading operation in the summer of 2017 UTILIZING A SMALL FOOTPRINT Gotham Aggregates ultimately selected a small acre and a half riverfront site that places it between 15 and 40 nautical miles from a number of target markets The close proximity to the markets and an ability to achieve expedited shipment turnaround times makes up for the limited stockpiling area on the small footprint To optimize flow within the tight configuration If youre going to access metro markets and do it effectively barge transport is the way to do it TOM WADE GOTHAM AGGREGATES a goal was to design a facility that met several top requirements accepting and unloading a desired number of truckloads per day loading two barges simultaneously without having to move the barges and maximizing load volumes while ensuring safety and stability on the barge This aggressive gameplan would require the right design team and equipment to bring it all to fruition Initially Brad consulted with longtime Gotham Aggregates barge loading facility is a conduit for New Jersey aggregate producers to the New York City market colleague Rod Dibble president of Dibble Equipment a New York based conveying equipment partner of Superior Industries Rod Dibble and the Superior Industries engineers supported us through the entire process providing us with design and engineering expertise as we searched for potential sites and as we erected and started up the current facility says Brad Gotham co founder ENSURING COSTEFFICIENT OPERATION At the heart of the Gotham barge loading operation is a 36 in x 150 ft Superior TeleStacker a telescoping radial stacking conveyor thats engineered to prevent material segregation and load greater volumes in a variety of configurations A truck unloader system feeds the telescoping conveyor which operates on a 24 ft wide x 365 ft long deck or spud barge Moored by using pilings or shafts commonly referred to as spuds the spud MATERIAL HANDLING S2 PIT QUARRY October 2018 pitandquarry com
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