Miller Plant diversifies with Extec crusher and screen

Aberdeen based Miller Plant is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its foundation with a major diversification into the demolition and recycling sectors. The company’s switch from plant hire and groundworks has been fueled by its purchase of an Extec C 10 track-mounted mobile crusher and an Extec E 7 screen.

In 1968, Miller Plant employed more than 50 people and had built itself a formidable reputation among local construction and quarry customers for both the quality of its equipment and the responsiveness of the company’s service.

The machine now forms an integral part of the Miller Plant hire fleet and is generally used in conjunction with the C 10 crusher.

The company’s recent diversification came as a result of some extensive research into the mobile crusher market, according to Ian Miller. “Before finally purchasing the crusher, we visited Extec C 10s at a number of different sites, processing a wide variety of materials. Everyone we spoke to had nothing but praise for the machine,” he said. “Everyone agreed that it was a tough machine that could cope with a lot of hard work, which was precisely what we needed.” The E 7 screen was purchased following a week-long demonstration. The machine now forms an integral part of the Miller Plant hire fleet and is generally used in conjunction with the C 10 crusher.

Miller reports that the C 10 crusher was purchased primarily to process construction and demolition waste in the company’s own yard in North Lurg. “Our customers soon realized that we had a crusher available and started to hire it,” Miller said. “We simply had no idea there would be this much demand for a mobile crusher. It’s never in the yard now; it’s constantly on hire.”
Miller asserted that both machines are sturdily built and that they are more than a match for even the most arduous applications. “We have put a lot of rock, rubble and even granite through both machines, all without a problem,” he says. “They have both proved to be exceptionally reliable. We can easily get 200 tons an hour of concrete through the crusher and the screen regularly handles 450 tons per hour.”

Based upon the success of this initial Extec pairing, Miller has now acquired a new, larger crusher, this time an Extec C 12+. “The increase in new business generated by the Extec crusher and screen has been brilliant and we basically had no choice but to add a larger Extec C 12+ to our fleet,” Ian Miller concluded. “I just hope that, having bought a larger machine, we might actually get to use it ourselves from time to time.”


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