Equipment Report

The site allows buyers, sellers and service providers to list products and services, including used equipment, and have direct access to communicate with other listing parties.

Machines listed include capital assets from corporate surplus, used equipment dealer inventories, distributor inventories, and bankruptcy proceeding assets. "We are one of the few companies that benefits from a down economy," says The Dock president Michael Hackman. "With more than four times the debt in the market today as compared to our last recession, the amount of assets that will be sold and purchased through debt restructuring over the next several years is staggering," he notes.

Types of companies being solicited to conduct business on TheDock.com include new and used equipment dealers, auctioneers, and salvage and investment recovery companies.

JRB CO. CONSOLIDATES BRAND NAMES

JRB Co., Akron, Ohio, has consolidated its demolition and recycling attachment series, as well as other construction attachments, under the single JRB brand name. The attachments had previously been marketed under the CXI brand name.

"Bringing the attachments under a single brand umbrella eliminates confusion for end-users who find more and greater users for all of our attachments, beyond traditional applications," says Randy Baird, JRB CEO.

The change affects the crushers, cutters, shears and smashers that will now be under the JRB name.

HAMMEL SHREDDER RUNNING IN FORT WAYNE

The first German-made Hammel shredder has been installed by Hammel N.A., Fort Wayne, Ind., at Martin Enterprises in Fort Wayne. The machine is billed as a high-volume shredder that can handle everything from railroad ties to mattress springs.

"The volume going to landfill is reduced by about 40%," says Jerry Martin of the size reduction and material recovery results achieved by the shredder and attached magnets, "and the metal recovered by the magnet about pays for the fuel."

Martin is also impressed by the Hammel machine's ability to grind through whatever mixed demolition debris is fed to it. "I saw things go through there that would cripple most shredders-a pallet jack and rotor tiller deck, and loads of muck. But when the Hammel went through a year's worth of truck tires in a couple of hours, I knew it was a good fit for my operation," he says.

Martin says he has also run reinforced concrete through the machine (when special shafts are used), and has shred whole houses and 10 acres of forest. He plans to dig up and shred materials from his C&D landfill, hoping to gain back 25% of landfill space.

The Hammel shredder is a low-speed, high-torque machine with two counter-rotating shafts that are top-fed by a grapple or bucket.

MCM MANAGEMENT FINDS HOME FOR AL-JON BALER

MCM Management Corp., Detroit, Mich., has purchased an Al-jon 400 baler for the dismantling of an industrial factory in Flint, Mich. David Mardigan, president of MCM, says the baler has been a great benefit to the company at the job site.

"We've expanded our horizons as a demolition company by having the capabilities of baling as well," he says. "Our Al-jon baler will pay for itself, now that we process the loose scrap, tin and siding from the building as we go." The baler is manufactured by Al-jon Inc., Ottumwa, Iowa.

Mardigan says baling the metals for shipment is more cost-effective than shipping the loose metal. Self-baling also helps eliminate a third party and allows the company to deal directly with mills, he says.