26 May 2026 · 4 min read
When on-site concrete crushing beats carting to the tip
For most civil and demolition jobs with concrete to clear, crushing on site costs less than carting it away and buying base back in. Here is how the numbers stack up.
If your project has concrete to clear, you have two options: cart it off to a tip and buy base material back in, or crush it where it sits and reuse it. For most civil and demolition work, crushing on site wins on cost, time and waste.
The hidden cost of carting away
Carting concrete off site is rarely a single cost. You pay for the trucks, the tipping fees, and then again to import road base or fill to replace what you sent away. Every load is a truck movement, and every movement is time, traffic management and risk on a busy site.
What crushing on site changes
A compact mobile crusher like the RM 70GO! 2.0 turns demolition concrete, asphalt and rock into gradable, compactable base on the spot. That means:
- Less material leaving site, so fewer truck movements and lower tipping fees.
- Less material coming in, because the recycled base can be reused as fill and sub-base.
- Reinforcing steel liberated and separated from the crushed concrete.
- A cleaner site and a smaller waste footprint on the job.
When it makes sense
On-site crushing suits jobs with a worthwhile volume of clean, hard material: demolition concrete, excavation rock, road planings and asphalt millings. The crusher moves on a standard trailer and is working within about 20 minutes, so it fits in with the program rather than holding it up.
If you have concrete, asphalt or rock to deal with on a project across South-East Queensland or New South Wales, talk to us about crushing it on site. Call 0401 803 662 or request a quote.