CAYMAN Islands-based property development firm Garland Development is turning excavated rocks into a valuable resource with the help of a Red Rhino 5000+ crusher.
The company is currently developing a residential subdivision in the district of East End, Grand Cayman. Preparing the site for roads and utilities involves excavating substantial quantities of hard limestone, leaving the company with considerable amounts of excess rock.
Rather than treating this as waste and importing aggregate for the development, Garland Development purchased a Red Rhino 5000+ to process the excavated material and reuse it where suitable.
The approach makes sense in the Cayman Islands, where the availability of locally quarried aggregate is limited. Aggregate is expensive on the island and some is imported from neighbouring countries.
The choice of the 5000+ was said to have been driven by the practical demands of the development. Garland Development wanted a crusher compact enough to move around the site while still being capable of handling the hard material encountered during excavation.
Red Rhino explained that combination is ‘central’ to the design of the 5000+. The machine has a 500mm x 250mm jaw aperture and instant hydraulic jaw adjustment allows the output size to be set between 20mm and 100mm. At just 1,665mm wide, it can access sites where space is restricted.
The 5000+ also features a hydraulically driven vibrating feeder, operated via the machine’s wireless remote-control handset. Dust suppression is fitted as standard, using fine water spray nozzles that operate from standard domestic hose pressure.
“Projects like this are a great example of where a compact crusher can make a real difference to the way a development is carried out,” said Lesley Perrin, sales manager at Red Rhino Crushers. “The team at Garland Development had a clear need to process the limestone being excavated on site, while keeping the equipment mobile enough to work around the development.
“The 5000+ is well suited to that kind of application, giving them the ability to produce usable aggregate from material they already have on site. It is also particularly rewarding to see a British-built Red Rhino machine working in the Cayman Islands and helping a local developer reduce its reliance on imported aggregate.”
