Case study: Reusing material and time saving - domestic garden path

What was the project?

Jeff had broken out his old garden path (30msq) and was now faced with a mound of rubble that need removing in order to lay a new path. There was a distance of about 50m between where the rubble was, and the closest point a skip could be delivered - a 100m round trip per barrow. The same again to bring in new hardcore for the path base - this would take one man roughly one day to complete.

Before - a mound of broken concrete ready to be crushed

Why use a Dragon machine?

For the project, The Dragon Equipment CR300 was the perfect time-saving machine. Working alone, Jeff was able to feed the machine, collect the crushed concrete directly into his barrow to wheel and tip straight into the base of the new path – going from rubble mound to path base in one hour.

The crushed concrete is tipped straight into the path base

The CR300 offers 3 output sizes, for the user to set depending on the project. For his path base, Jeff chose the second size, which was perfect for the base, and the machine ensured it was all consistently crushed to the perfect size.

The machine was not only time and cost effective for this project, it also recycled the old path into the new, dramatically reducing the waste produced.  

Base all ready for the paving slabs

Project summary

Type:                           Domestic

Size:                            30msq

Material:                    Old concrete

People:                       One

Time:                           1 hours

Fuel                              2 litres

Est. Cost saving:      £150 skip, £150 hard core = Est. £300 saving

Comments

Josh the Landscape Gardener from Green Scene commented “That crushed all that rubble a lot faster than I thought it would – I thought you were going to hold me up!”