How to Make Aggregate Stockpiles Drain Faster 

Steve Klein of Clarence Richard Company shares how to make aggregate stockpiles drain faster. Adding a tile drainage system under the pile area will help. Klein shows the math on why moisture is important to track—and drain. He wrote: “With the change from 6% to 5% the fuel 2.11-1.88 or a 0.23 gallon per ton difference. That’s 23.27 gallons in a hundred tons of production. Example: A plant is making 200 tph of hot mix with a fuel cost of $6.34 per ton at $3.00 gal. Reduce the stockpile from 6% to 5%. Now the cost per ton is $5.64 a ton. This is a $139.62 savings per hour from just the moisture reduction.”