“These guys started this year in Kansas on a project supplying for a wind farm,” Scepaniak says of his crew in Rollag. “They did right around 200,000 tons for that project before moving straight to a project about 45 minutes from [Rollag]. They did 900,000 tons there, and then we brought them here to do a targeted 800,000 tons.”
Part of the spread Wm. D. Scepaniak has in Rollag was utilized on the Kansas wind farm project. The company pulled in other key pieces from a Wyoming job, Scepaniak says.
Moving equipment from site to site is no simple exercise – especially when a spread is as elaborate as the one in Rollag. This particular spread features dual screens that run in conjunction with a Cedarapids MVP450X cone crusher, as well as a series of mobile conveyors that work in tandem to transport material away from the plant.
“We’re at a processing speed of about 800 tph on the sand and right around 200 tph on our rock product,” Scepaniak says.
Wm. D. Scepaniak utilizes Fab Tec carriers on its cone and screens in Rollag, but it can look internally for other equipment solutions.
“Our generator/trailers are custom-fabricated by our own shop, so we have a good blend of machines and equipment that we manufacture ourselves, as well as things that we purchase from dealerships,” Scepaniak says.
Wm. D. Scepaniak is capable of fabricating its own feeders and conveyors, as well.
“We fabricate ourselves to meet the specifications not only for how we configure this plant, but the next plant and the next plant after that with the different setups we use,” Scepaniak says. “We need our equipment to be versatile and somewhat modular so it can be configured in a variety of ways.”
What’s next
With nearly a dozen spreads in operation across several states, Wm. D. Scepaniak found a growth pathway to 7.5 million annual tons.
The company sees more growth in its future, though, with the 10 million-ton mark as a serious target. Still, Scepaniak understands reaching that milestone is easier said than done.
“There is a cap on how much we can crush in a certain geofence,” he says. “How much do you want to do in a certain amount of time? We could bid work all over the country, but it’s finding the internal construction, machine support and more.”
And that’s why Scepaniak says his company is about controlled growth.
“What we don’t want to do is rent a bunch of equipment, throw a bunch of new guys on a job and hope for the best,” he says. “That doesn’t work. When we do things in Colorado or Wyoming, those are very calculated with trustworthy and reputable clients with whom we’ve worked in the past. Those are jobs where we send our veteran employees and newest machines, too.”