Show A total of 66 years in the sand and gravel business is the impressive 1 pres experience figure chalked up by wm gurr cicil ci cil murray J B murray and carl mcdaniel operators of the tn tit ter mountain ready mix concrete company located east cast of vernal on highway 40 the plant lies lust just east of turner building supply store the company which was established in february 1951 specializes in ready mix concrete As seen in the ac accompanying compan Y picture a bucket line powered by an electric motor lifts the gravel sand and cement into huge bins situated inside the hut but carefully measured the two gravel arli ar i one sand bins hold a total of 45 cubic yards of materials the correct quantities of gravel sand cement and water to make the perfect batch of mix is scientifically measured before being dropped directly in the trucks the two three or five yard capacity trucks keep the raw materials mixing while the truck rolls to its destination A separate gasoline motor powers the tle mixer the company operates a fleet of three airee ready mixers four dump trucks for hauling gravel a IM DA caterpillar tor for stockpiling and a fordson loader A gravel pit that has been leased at jensen operates with a crusher plant stockpiles Stock piles are made at the pit well in advance of needs and smaller stockpiles stock piles are taken from them to the plant gravel and dill dirt in addition to ready mix the intermountain intel mountain concrete co handles road gravel and fill dirt an outstanding feature of the 0 operation pe r aaion is a portable batch plant that at present is working in roosevelt on a curb and sidewalk project the portable plant is able to turn out as much daily as the larger stationary plant which is about cubic yards of ready mix a day all the construction demands in the uintah basin can be handled by this plant but if called upon the company could take the portable mixer almost anywhere on its semi trailer officials said that their plant was medium sized but was capable of handling all local demands the present site was brought in 1953 from mrs Tr atacio |