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Originally Posted by Orangetxguy
Gardner Denver bought out Drum. Now each blower is pretty much product slecific. Plastic's take one style. Cement and Bentonite another style, fly-ash yet another. I was quoted $9,800 installed, by Southwest Pneumatics for a blower for cement and bentonite. That was including a new drive shaft. PTO already on the truck.
Damn, things are getting too specialized. I have used Drum and Gardner Denver (before the merger) to push sand, fly ash, cement, lime, activated carbon, and plastic pellets just to name a few. I always liked the Gardner Denver for the amount of air they made, even at idle. I had a Heil 1040 cube trailer (purchased new in 2002) with a Drum blower. I could push 27 tons of cement in about 30 minutes. Nothing like a new trailer and a fresh blower.