It was a sunny California day when Tyke Van Zandt first began putting iron to the test using nothing but a massive pile of crushed concrete.
Over the course of a month, Van Zandt methodically tested all of the major players in the impact crushing game. KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens. Powerscreen. Metso. Sandvik.
Each manufacturer got one week to demonstrate its productivity, ease of maintenance, user-friendliness and service capabilities. Using nearly-identical test conditions - including weather, temperature, material and operator - Van Zandt set out determined to find the best track-mounted impact crusher for his money.
But Van Zandt, operations manager for FTG Construction Materials in Lodi, Calif., already had one brand in his mind that had intrigued him for some time. All down the Golden State’s I-5 freeway, most major contractors were crushing on the fly with Fast Trax FT4250 Impact Crushers from KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens. It made him curious as to why this particular track-mounted impactor seemed to be such a popular choice.
“It’s the old adage, 1,000 flies can’t be wrong,” Van Zandt said. “I told my boss to drive up the I-5 and see what crushers are out there. All he saw were FT4250s- there are five within 10 miles. I asked, why the hell would we want to buy anything else?”
“But I still had to do my homework and check.”
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