I was wondering how popular stone slinger trucks are becoming in other areas. It is amazing how fast and accurate the new slingers are, with a tri drive truck it can deliver 19 tonnes compared to 14 for a regular tandem dump truck. For anyone who hasn’t seen a slinger truck this is a good example on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDd25kfKkk
only a few in this area kind of a niche market
company i worked at had one, it was a tri axle mack. the thing worked nice but you have to have the right guy running it or its not time saving at all.the truck is on this page with some short videos. the vids load up a little slow so you might need to let them load completely before viewing or they'll be choppy http://www.jamconstruction.com/videos.html
those are pretty cool! none that i know of here in western mass, only flowboy trucks for paving.
Ive seen afew of these around San Diego. They got a 126' reach http://www.putzmeister.com/products/telebelts/130/index.cfm Note: the photo is not the truck in the link, but is similar.
I haven’t seen a truck like that before! How would they clean the conveyer belting after delivering cement?
In the Seattle area we have about 25 or so stone slingers working. They are broken up between about 3 companies. I know of 2 of the truck mounted tele belt types in the area. The tele belt truck we hired a couple of years ago ran us around $250 an hour.
Dirthauler, were you placing rock or cement with that telebelt truck? I read on the website you can modify the conveyer to run in reverse to bring material out to the truck, which would be slick for digging basements in heritage buildings.
Just so we are al clear here... A stone slinger truck is vastly different from a telebelt truck A telebelt is more like a concrete pumper, whereas material is not delievered by the truck. Telebelts can be used to place concrete, slingers cannot. They both can be used to place aggergrate but thats about the only similarity.
Honestly I've never seen one used to place concrete here; thats the only reason why I posted it. Out here everything is pumped.
here in my parts of michigan stone slingers are very popular. they are mostly 6 axles. about 22to 26 tons:cool2
How much do theses stone slinger services cost?
Between $95-$125Hr seem to be average around here.
So is the telebelts used a lot in the Seattle area? Or is still pretty much the pumps?
So are the telebelts used a lot or is it still pretty much the pumps in Seattle area that get the work?
Still very much by hand here. A company round here recently bought a concrete pump truck, 32 m, first in this area. Welcome joeconveying
Around here there is 2 I think. Recently a cement company bought one that is used to prep for poured foundation walls. Another company just bought one and am not too sure of it's paticular roll yet. Deffinatly growing as there is 2 in town, 2 more than 5 months ago.
There is a company out here that has quite a few of them.
I have never seen this kind of truck...very interesting nonetheless.
Thanks Bell!
Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums joeconveying! :drinkup
There is a water tank like a mixer uses, and a pressure pump to rinse off the conveyor belts. It only takes a couple minutes to clean up after cement! I worked for a company that had 3! They set up to fill the footer/basement with aggergate using form-a-drain plastic dementinal forms. we would deliver the aggergate and about 15 to 30 munites later the concrete truck woud be on site dumping their load. Multi tasking with 1 piece of equipment, and a lot less waste than a pumper!
Interesting that this past weekend a buddy was talking about these trucks too. As mentioned above they are new around town. What kind of load do these trucks carry?? We figure must lose some load because of the conveyer belt system and extra hyds.
there pretty popular here. the ones we have are remote controlled. there cool to watch
those trucks are slick, see a lot of them around here.
Hey fellas! Im new here and im a Telebelt operator. I ran a telebelt search and this is the only thread ive been able to find. I know conveyors are a specialized piece, but only 1 little thread?! Anymore belt guys on this forum??
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To answer a few questions i see you guys have, you can place just about any type on construction material up too 4" in diameter. Rock, ABC, backfill, slurry, concrete up too about a 7" slump depending on the mix. For concrete applications a collapsable hopper assembles with 6 cotter pins in just a few minutes and also controls the volume of mud going up the feeder belt. For Aggregate we have 1 yard and 5yard hoppers that are usually trailered to the job and mount in the same location as the concrete hopper, but have there own base and support legs due to the weight on the larger hoppers and heavier materials. Clean up in simple if the machine is set up properly, the wiper blades at each end of both the feeder and telescoping belts is what keep the belt clean. We carry 100gallons of water on board in a tank that runs the lenght of the truck body and have a hydraulic water pump that feds a pressure washer for a quick clean up. I have a blast running these machines, the set up options are endless and I usually get the more challenging jobs that pump trucks either cant do or dont have the reach or clearance. Offen times i get jobs with high voltge overhead powerlines that the pump guys flat out refuse to do, but for me its no worries at all. Its the best of both worlds in concrete and aggregate and keeps me working long after the pumps are headed back to the yard.:drinkup If you can get past the weird music this is a pretty cool video of all the differtent ways to use these machines. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzg3rh_frlQ
I use them on some jobs that I would have trouble getting the stone in with a skidloader or excavator.The stone slinger trucks have been in my area for mabe 10 to 15 years.They are a common sight now and very handy on jobsites.
Looking for a Slinger and/or Shooter type truck in the Seattle. CAD and Pacific topsoils are booked out. Anyone know of a smaller operation that can shoot 5/8" clean? I bought one but it too is booked out. Doing this for a friend.
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We have a branch in Seattle with the lowest priced Slinger belts in the industry. We have several locations along the West Coast and always have them in stock. www.hoffmeyerco.com
We have a slinger here in western new york in the finger lakes. They are quite popular and handy around here. We do alot of work on the lakes and sometimes this is the only way to get material close to where you want it. Ours is a 2005 Kenworth with the 6x6 option and 2 stearable tags. It has a Soil King Slinger on the back that is controlled by a wireless remote. We can get 21 ton on it.
That's a mean looking T8.
Tri County Excavating had 4 Telebelts form Putzmieser. One hopper for aggregate and one for concrete. There was even a pressure washer on the truck to clean the Hose and belts, and an air line for air tools to be used for maintenance.