California’s Giant Rock Crusher

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Welcome to Graniterock’s A.R. Wilson quarry, nestled in the hills near Aromas, California.

Established in the late 1800s to help build America’s West Coast railroads, today it produces millions of tons of aggregate, feeding much of Silicon Valley and Northern California.

Beyond its enormous scale, the quarry features amazing machines, the most amazing being their 3,000-ton-per-hour mobile crusher, nicknamed the “Krupp.”

By moving the crusher as needed, Graniterock’s crews can produce material extremely efficiently, pushing with dozers then loading with large loaders.

Graniterock’s been a huge BuildWitt supporter since I began, and we’re very thankful to be back!

For more info on Graniterock, visit their website at
www.graniterock.com/

コメント (21)

@HanTheProphet 21日前

this channel is basically Mighty Machines for adults!
@SquareTheBagel 14日前

Andrew Camerata’s next purchase
@superdave380 14日前

The aggregate from that quarry is known for producing high-quality concrete with high strength and low shrinkage. I was on a concrete placement for the aprons at Oakland airport. The concrete used 1-1/2" Aromas granite aggregate. The aprons are two feet thick. I went to a July 4th party at that quarry about 30 years ago. Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits performed. He lamented that he was performing in an effing quarry.
@paulpence8895 14日前

Insane... I was more impressed with the wear plating on those 992 buckets... LOL!!!
@evank9847 21日前

Finally some actual crushing! Should definitely involve the plant side in your videos more.
@martymorse2 21日前

An extended video with the B roll from this visit to a quarry and the other one you visited down near San Diego would be great.
@carlfalt174 21日前

It's amazing to see the equipment working that builds our modren world😊
@freedomrings1420 21日前

As a retired heavy equipment operator that's worked with crushers , I see lots of fines in those buckets going into that portable crusher. If that was pure stone, those producing numbers would be alot lower. I enjoy these videos but I will point out the obvious.
@martymorse2 21日前

Another great video. I hope you got some good hill runs in while videoing this massive mine. Beautiful country.
@Machines.In.Action 14日前

Wow, the sheer size and power of that rock crusher is mind-blowing! 🔨
@Lracer61 21日前

Great video!
@AndyFromBeaverton 21日前

1:36 For 300 years, Krupp was the backbone of the German military, from the 30 Years' War to WWII. 3:33 Don't they compact their waste mountains? 12:00 When I was a kid working at a large rock crusher, we would use metal wedges attached to a cable to move stuck boulders in the crusher jaws.
@scottroberts3158 14日前

to start with I was like "Ah cute, they use the same cat 988H's the quarry I work at does, that must be huge for a mobile" then i saw its a 992 and realised this is a huge freaking mobile crusher
@absolut7769 14日前

Im in a stone processing facility probably 3 days a week on average and I have never seen wheel loaders with wear packages like that on the buckets
@bs-pu3dg 14日前

Funny when you have to hire a moving company to move a mobile piece of equipment. 😆
@daletschigg 21日前

You guys have to come to Freeport in Safford or morenci !!
@gregparrott 12日前

Thanks for the video. It makes a lot of sense to pre-filter the 'fines' out of what the crusher must deal with. Yet what is shown at 0:13 and 0:27 is that the cone crusher is being fed with a mix that includes fines. Perhaps they sometimes deliberately admit fines when they wish to increase the percentage of material that is ultimately reduced to 'fines'?
@nielsvandenbranden7202 21日前

So they had to move a mobile machine one mamout trailers?
@dgsantafedave1 14日前

Hey Aaron you should check out the videos of the dozer's trying to keep the lava flows in check in Iceland. They have the largest blades I have seen!
@jvega3746 14日前

Impressive operation