One More 30th Anniversary Insight!

In Pavement’s October/November issue we inadvertently omitted 30th Anniversary insights from Jim Farrell, owner of Blastcrete Equipment Co. and its Neal Manufacturing Division

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In Pavement’s October/November issue we inadvertently omitted 30th Anniversary insights from Jim Farrell, owner of Blastcrete Equipment Co. and its Neal Manufacturing Division. We regret and apologize for the error and here are Jim Farrell’s comments in full:

Blastcrete Equipment Co. acquired assets of Neal Manufacturing in Oct. of 2013 and the manufacturing of its pavement maintenance equipment was relocated to Blastcrete’s Anniston, Al operation.   Neal’s reputation as an industry pioneer in the manufacture of seal coating equipment has led to opportunities in the past 24 months to provide larger, higher output and more robust equipment for the manufacture and placement of road maintenance materials.

Materials used for road maintenance are typically more abrasive than seal coating materials and the demand is significantly greater for more agitation in the manufacturing process.  In 2015, Neal introduced hydraulic spiral mixing tanks with capacities of 3000 and 6000 gallons to compliment its storage tanks with hydraulic paddle mixers up to 10,000 gallons.

Road maintenance materials must be applied at higher rates than for parking lots and driveways.  In the last 18 months, Neal has introduced a material transfer hydraulic piston pump with output of 0-310 GPM.  These pumps are used for material transfer in the manufacture of the materials as well as to transfer materials for transport to and at the jobsite. 

Application trucks with a capacity of up to 3000 gallons were introduced in 2015.  These road maintenance material application trucks can feature the new ESSP 150 gallon per minute hydraulic piston pump, or dual ESSP 100 gallon per minute pumps.   Both are available with a spray bar with solenoid open and close for each tip.   

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