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"We wanted to increase our production capabilities and we wanted to make sure the investment we made would meet our needs for the next 25 years," Dempsey notes.

"We also wanted to install a high-production plant in a way that would lower our operating costs and we were able to accomplish that by eliminating some wear parts (bucket elevators and conveyor systems), which minimizes our long-term maintenance costs," he says.

As Dempsey notes, Lakeside is very familiar with high-performing plants, owning and operating numerous Gencor, Astec and Dillman plants.

"On this installation we decided to go with the Dillman 400-tph DuoDrum because we felt it was the plant that would serve our needs and we felt confident it would be backed by the service we expected," Dempsey says.

Components of Lakeside's new Monroe plant include:

Virgin Cold Feed System

• Eight 9' x 14' cold feed bins with 36-inch self-contained collector conveyor
• A 5' x 14' Deister double deck aggregate screen
• A 36" x 90' aggregate scale conveyor

Recycle System