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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.” Your Ohio Connection: Ed Bryden, Strongsville, OH • 1-800-810-7640
Ohio’s Wylie Attributes Success to Partnership With Cat From a small landscaping business started 30 years ago by Tom Wylie, Wylie and Sons Landscaping, LLC has grown and evolved into a limestone quarry and trucking company supplying materials to construction sites within a 50 mi. (80.5 m) radius of its Perrysburg, Ohio operation. With a current roster of 47 employees, the company attributes its growth in large part to Wylie’s willingness to branch into other, yet related business ventures while remaining dedicated to his core business and customers. Early on, Wylie purchased dump trucks to deliver materials to his own jobs and soon found that the trucking aspect of his operations could be a lucrative business on its own. Over time, his fleet of dump trucks expanded and at one point numbered 100 trucks. As his business grew, Wylie purchased a property for the business from which he could also quarry sand. Over time, the company became increasingly involved with selling sand and trucking other materials to road and commercial construction jobs. Eventually, changes to zoning laws at the company’s original location forced a move and Wylie purchased the 16 acre property where Wylie and Sons Landscaping is now located. To help land contracts, the company
Ohio CAT’s crushing and screening equipment support team (L-R) are Parts and Service Specialist Mike Cullen; Service Specialist Kyle Bodkin; Sales Representative Kory Bacon; president and owner Ken Taylor join Wylie and Sons Landscaping’s owner Tom Wylie.
opened a dump site for concrete and asphalt which in turn led to the startup of a recycling operation, producing materials for use in commercial site construction. The company’s relationship with Ohio CAT began when it first purchased a Screen Machine Industries portable track crusher and screening plant to recycle concrete. The company also purchased a Screen Machine Industries 612T trommel screen to process topsoil.
(L-R): Ned Herald, Tom Wylie, Nick Wylie and Ken Taylor.
Then, a few years ago, while stripping dirt at his facility for the ODOT I-475 project, Wylie recognized that the site would be ideal for a limestone quarry. After a two year process to acquire all of the required permits for the quarry, Tom called in Ned Herald from Ohio CAT’s Con/Agg Division to analyze his needs and recommend the machines needed for the quarry. According to Wylie, based on his
experience and relationship with Ohio CAT, the dealership was his first and ultimately only choice to properly equip the quarry. Ohio CAT combines outstanding equipment backed by a sales and service team that is exceptionally responsive as well as easy access to Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, all focused on helping his business, said Wylie. In January, Ohio CAT delivered and set up an IROCK RDS-20 mobile crushing plant and an IROCK TS-522 TD (triple deck) heavy-duty screener along with several conveyors. The machines were initially set up on a demo basis, but after seeing the machines in action, Wylie was convinced that a purchase was his best option. Key features of the IROCK RDS-20 and the IROCK TS522 TD that appealed to Wylie were the ease with which they could be moved and set up where needed, their ease of operation, and the machines’ production speeds and efficiency. The IROCK RDS-20 features a 5- by 16ft. (1.5 by 4.8 m), double-deck screen and can crush, screen and separate up to three different material sizes. Built with heavyduty components, the closed circuit design and high-performance four-bar impactor can see WYLIE page 7
In January, Ohio CAT delivered and set up an IROCK RDS-20 mobile crushing plant and an IROCK TS-522 TD heavy-duty screener along with conveyors. The machines were initially set up on a demo basis but on seeing the machines in action, Wylie was convinced that a purchase was his best option.