Financial benefits

FUEL CONSUMPTION

The European concrete industry counts for fuel consumption 4 Liter / 100 km / 1000 kg

Hardened concrete causes higher fuel consumption. For example:

                                                      - ½ m3 = 1200 kg hardened concrete in the mixerdrum

                                                      - 80 km / day with 200 operating days a year per mixertruck

                                                      - fuel price € 1,- / Liter

€ 768,- EXTRA FUEL CONSUMPTION COSTS A YEAR

(4 liter x 1200 kg x 80 km/day x € 1,- x 200 days)

 

LOST CAPACITY / LOST TURNOVER

The above named ½ m3 hardened concrete remainder causes also a loss of capacity. For example:

                                                        - Concrete price € 80,- / m3

                                                        - 2 full loads and 2 til 3 partly loads per day / mixertruck

                                                        - loss of 2 x daily ½ m3 a € 40,- = € 80,-

 € 16.000,- LOST TURNOVER / YEAR 

(€ 80,- x 200 days/year)

without counting the extra drives to the customers because of this loss.

 

BY OVERWEIGHT OVERLOADED CONCRETE MIXERTRUCKS

When a mixertruck is full loaded the axleweight is normally at the maximum which is allowed. When there are still hardened concrete remainders in the drum than it could be that the truck has passed the allowed maximum axle weight. This can mean very serious trouble for the owner and the driver of the truckmixer. The measures as result of this are various in the different European countries but are that serious that is worth to think about it.