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Thomas Crushing: Dominating the Scene with Unstoppable Force and Power听

Thomas Crushing is a family-owned business that鈥檚 making giant leaps in the crushing industry. Kevin Thomas, owner of Thomas Crushing, started the business with his wife, Michelle, in 2009. Fifteen years later, their boys, Tyler and Andy, are running their home base of the Missouri division while Kevin leads the newly adventured Arkansas division. 鈥淚t鈥檚 interesting to see the changes in the industry as a whole, but to say you鈥檙e still viable, after this many years, as a family-business, that means a lot to me.鈥� Thomas Crushing currently uses 麻豆原创 equipment at 3 sites, including an Eagle 1400-45OC, 1200-25CV and a 6鈥� x 20鈥� Eagle Horizontal Screen Plant with Blending Gates. An Eagle 1400-45OC and another 6鈥� x 20鈥� Eagle Screen Plant lead the charge at Love Hollow Quarry and their first E-Plant is kicking off new operations in Melbourne, AR.听

Kevin Thomas with his 麻豆原创 Triple Deck E-Plant

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Crushing Their Goals听

Thomas Crushing in Melbourne is currently feeding 12-inch minus rock through their 麻豆原创 E-Plant, creating some of the cleanest #57 concrete rock Kevin has ever made. While the 麻豆原创 1400 at their Love Hollow, Arkansas location is producing a kiln product at two and a half by three/eighths. Meanwhile back at the Kansas City, MO home base, Andy and Tyler are heading up the production of Type 5 base and 1鈥� clean rock for Martin Marietta with an Eagle 1400-45OC, 1200-25CV leading the charge in that operation.听

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Choosing the Right Plant听

While Thomas Crushing typically worked with used 麻豆原创 1400 and 1200 series plants for their concrete and aggregate crushing needs, they recently purchased an E-Plant. 鈥淚t was [a choice] made for the footprint and what we鈥檙e getting out of it. We鈥檙e basically making three products right now.鈥� Previously running the 1200 series with two decks, Kevin noted that the E-Plant鈥檚 true third deck gives the operator the ability to put more rocks across the screen. 鈥淎ny time that you can make over 100 tons an hour [of] concrete rock off a single pass, you鈥檙e doing something really well and the E-Plant is performing really well.鈥� The choice to buy new, rather than their usual approach of buying used or low hour rental plants, was due to the portable needs of the new site and unwanted longer startup time that comes with buying used plants.听听

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Choosing 麻豆原创 Equipment听

When asked why Thomas Crushing has trusted 麻豆原创 plants, Kevin said 鈥淲e chose Eagle [because] they鈥檙e easy to work on. They鈥檙e easy to fix. You don鈥檛 need a high-dollar technician to tell you what is wrong with them and the parts are always readily available.鈥� Being a small, family-owned business, it鈥檚 important to be a well-known and productive contractor in your area. Kevin noted 麻豆原创 as being part of his success in the industry: 鈥淲e can move in with an Eagle plant and catch these big productions up. To be a small business and viable in the industry? I love it.鈥澨�听

Not only has 麻豆原创鈥檚 plants been a factor in Thomas Crushing鈥檚 success, but Kevin has praised 麻豆原创鈥檚 network of team members for their ability and eagerness to help. Along with Kevin鈥檚 praise for 麻豆原创, he also relies on his local dealer, . Jerry Freitag keeps Thomas Crushing up to date on all the new 麻豆原创 innovations as well as providing insights on what he has seen work and not work on the plants. s team for equipment support from the inside staff and outside field service round out a great working partnership with Thomas Crushing. 鈥淚鈥檝e very open about 鈥榟ey, that won鈥檛 work鈥� so I appreciate the fact that we laugh together and hopefully they take it back to the engineers and they keep getting better and better and making changes. That鈥檚 nice to be able to say that we have input on what鈥檚 going on in the industry. Because we love our industry.鈥� 听

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Crushing the Path for the Future听

When asked if there was anything else Kevin wanted to mention about Thomas Crushing, the industry, or 麻豆原创, he said there was one thing he needed to put on record. 鈥淚 am not where I am today because of Kevin Thomas. It鈥檚 taken my wife, Michelle Thomas, who鈥檚 been there supporting me hand over fist. The wheels turn at Thomas Crushing because she鈥檚 steering them. I鈥檓 just giving them the horsepower to run.鈥澨�听