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- There are 10 teeth on a wheel loader bucket. Each one
costs about $200 and only lasts for 10 weeks.
- The average American uses approximately ten tons of aggregates
material each year!
- The United States produces over 2-billion tons of aggregates
per year. Our quarries range from 50 feet to 400 feet deep!
- The aggregates industry employs more than 116,000 people
nationwide.
- Pit trucks can haul up to 100 tons in one trip! That's
equal to hauling 16 adult elephants that weigh 12,000 pounds
each.
- The tires on wheel loaders are about 9 feet tall and weigh
2 tons each.
- There are six tires on one pit truck. Each tire costs
around $5,000.
- A customer truck can be loaded, weighed and ticketed in
as little as 6 minutes.
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