New screener for Simon Sand & Gravel

A JERSEY-based sand and gravel quarry has taken delivery of a new Terex Finlay 683 Supertrak from Finlay Plant Southern.

Simon Sand & Gravel Ltd – a fifth-generation, family-owned quarry situated at St Ouen’s Bay on the west coast – have been supplying the island’s building trade since 1909.

The Terex Finlay 683 Supertrak is being used for the secondary screening and processing of quarried gravel once the sand has been removed. 

Tracked for full mobility, the machine is fitted with a double-deck live vibrating grid and is producing stockpiles of –50 +16mm, –16 +8mm and –8mm aggregate, plus backfill. The double-deck live vibrating grid removes all oversize material before the final grading screen.

John Dunne, managing director of Finlay Plant Southern, a Finlay Group company, said: ‘Simon Sand & Gravel Ltd bought the new 683 Supertrak to complement the other machines they are using.

‘We have been dealing with the company for more than five years and have supplied, among other things, a Terex Finlay 390 dry screener as well as three Terex Finlay 532 stockpilers, so we were pleased to be able to continue our association with them.’

‘Because the equipment Finlay supplied us previously had performed exceptionally well, it was an easy decision to return to them for a new machine,’ said Jason Simon, owner of Simon Sand & Gravel Ltd. ‘We required a mobile screener capable of being moved around the quarry with ease and being on tracks the 683 was the perfect choice.

‘Having just started selling the products from the 683, we are getting very favourable reports from our customers – it’s always good to receive their approval.’