Equipment Report

GEITH OPENS WESTERN OFFICE

Geith Inc., Petersburg, Va., has opened a Western Division office in Tacoma, Wash. Doug Doyle, a 30-year veteran of the construction equipment industry, will serve as general manager of the office.

Geith’s Western Division office will serve a region stretching from eastern Montana and eastern New Mexico to the Pacific coast, including Alaska, Hawaii and Canada’s western provinces. "I joined Geith Inc. . . . following several requests from customers expressing a need for quality products with timely deliveries. I feel confident that we’ll equal, if not surpass, our east coast volume in the coming years in the Western Division," says Doyle.

Among the attachments made by Geith in Europe and North America and marketed in the U.S. are grapples, concrete pulverizers, buckets and mechanical thumbs. "Geith has grown at an astonishing rate over the past few years," says Geith Inc.’s U.S. operations president Brendan English. "With the opening of the new facility in Tacoma, we aim to make 1999 even more successful."

"OPEN WIDE," SAYS EAGLE

A new impact crusher being offered by Eagle Crusher Co. Inc., Galion, Ohio, features a 69-inch feed opening. The company says the feed opening is seven inches wider than any other models on the market.

The UltraMax 69 impact crusher can handle large slabs of reinforced concrete while producing up to 600 tons per hour. The machine’s three-stage crushing action combines primary and secondary crushing into one operation, eliminating the need for a jaw-cone combination or a cruncher or hammer to break up the feed material. Combined with two Eagle Crusher screens, the UltraMax 69 can produce highly uniform cubical products that will meet Superpave specifications, according to the company.

The new crusher can be installed for stationary operations or as an in-pit portable system.

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