Sennebogens serve Richman yard

Recycling Today, Oct, 2004

Two Sennebogen 835 R-HD tracked scrap handlers are performing a variety of material handling tasks at S.D. Richman Sons Inc. in Philadelphia, a dealer for Sennebogen LLC, Charlotte, N.C.

Bruce and David Richman acquired the machines through the Edelen & Boyer dealership in Colmar, Pa., where John McOusker has been their long-time contact. "When John told me that Sennebogen has the machine I had been looking for, I just told him to bring it in," says Bruce Richman.

Sennebogen's 835 R-HD is a 110,000-pound track-mounted scrap handler with a lift capacity in the 39,0000-pound range. "I figured a purpose-built machine would allow a lighter machine to do the same work at a lower operating cost."

S.D. Richman Sons outfits one of the machines with a magnet to lift heavier ferrous scrap, while the other Sennebogen 835 uses a grapple to handle lighter material. The scrap handlers load and unload trucks and feed shears and balers at the two-and-a-half-acre yard.

S.D. Richman Sons will likely purchase a rubber-tired Sennebogen 835 M scrap handler next. "We know we can keep an 835 M busy in most areas of the yard," Richman says.