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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 5:13 pm
by jack101
hi, i have a large amount of waste tarmac that i have ripped up. i dont know exactly how much but estimate about 250 tons. ideally i would like to process it cheap as possible into something useable. i have a digger on site. i am getting a crusher in for some concrete but im not sure this will crush the tarmac as it is more flexible than concrete. what can i do with the tarmac?
crush it?
sell it as is?
extract some soil from a pit and bury it? is it allowable to bury it?
any other ideas?
thanks
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 5:46 pm
by msh paving
cant go to land fill, as you have crusher coming crush and sell it on or use it yourself,round my way its crushed and sold at all the agregate pits, this time of year its cold enough to crush no probs MSH 
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:03 pm
by jack101
ok thanks, hopefully the cold weather will make it more brittle.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:01 pm
by GB_Groundworks
large crusher will have no problem with it unless its 40 degrees, we ere on a job and the demolition lads stripped a 1000m2 car park went straight into there terrex 50 ton crusher and came out as useable 6f2
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:20 pm
by Captain Concrete
What size and age crusher? older smaller crushers will struggle with tar-mac hot roll is better because its more brittle but even then its normally stuck to road base and base course which are both relatively soft, are you hiring the crusher? if yes I would talk to the hire company.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:15 pm
by Dave_L
The RM60 we hire copes with tarmac, no problem.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:59 pm
by dig dug dan
You need a toggle crusher like the one dave suggests, an impact crusher will not cope with it unless you mix in some hardcore
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:25 pm
by jack101
im waiting on delivery of the crusher. hire guys dont know for sure. im doing concrete anyway so will try the tarmac as well. will post an update with the results. it is a jaw crusher.
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:16 pm
by jack101
hi, just thought i would give an update on here. we got the crusher in and it coped very easily with the tarmac. it was suggested to reverse the jaw action but we didnt have to that.
the concrete was another matter tho! bloody steel mesh was a nightmare. if anyone has to do in future i would suggest getting some kind of hydraulic/electric/pneumatic cutters or else a oxy-propane torch. some crushers cope better than others tho.
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:35 pm
by dig dug dan
jack101 wrote:hi, just thought i would give an update on here. we got the crusher in and it coped very easily with the tarmac. it was suggested to reverse the jaw action but we didnt have to that.
the concrete was another matter tho! bloody steel mesh was a nightmare. if anyone has to do in future i would suggest getting some kind of hydraulic/electric/pneumatic cutters or else a oxy-propane torch. some crushers cope better than others tho.
what machine was it?
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:10 pm
by neatcon
You should have no problem getting rid of crushed waste tarmac, farmers will love it...
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:14 pm
by jack101
it was a j-1175 from terex-finlay
i will be using the crushed tarmac myself