What are the advantages and, more importantly, the economics of purchasing a mobile batch plant to expand my ready mix market by operating a job-site plant in remote areas?

Long hauls (distance and/or time) can drastically affect the cost per cubic yard of delivered ready mixed concrete. How then can you reduce the length of haul for remote jobs and at the same time be more competitive and increase your profit margin?

Assuming the remote area will not support a permanent plant operation, the best solution is a mobile plant that can be quickly set up and easily moved between jobs. Job site batching with a mobile plant has the following advantages:

1. It will reduce the delivery cost per yard and increase your overall profit per yard.
2. Shorter hauls that avoid heavy city traffic will extend the life of your truck mixers with less wear and maintenance and also reduce your capital investments in truck mixers for any one job.
3. It will improve your ability to serve remote customers by using a fewer truck mixers on large concrete jobs.
4. You can better serve your local regular customers from your base plant without the interruption caused by long hauls.
5. A mobile batch plant can be a very cost-effective means to develop a new market area prior to establishing a permanent installation.
6. A mobile batch plant can be a valuable asset to your base operation. When available, it can easily be set up in your main hard-to-serve locations as a backup to your base plant in case of a major breakdown, overhaul, rebuild or maintenance situation.
7. When set up in your main yard, a mobile plant can supplement your base plant to handle daily peak periods of production during your busy season.
8. The resale value for mobile plants is much higher than for stationary plants.