A Salute to a Linder Customer
Blue Monkey Disposing & Recycling offers convenient C&D class 3 transfer station for Tampa area customers
I Jason McMahan, President
Joshua Doddy, Vice President
In 2011, Jason McMahan and Joshua Doddy saw an opportunity to buy a construction and debris (C&D) Class III transfer station in Tampa, Fla. The name Blue Monkey Disposing was unique and easy to remember. After three years of limited improvement, Jason asked his brother, Wesley, to join the business and help it grow. “My brother called me out of the blue one day and said he needed somebody he could trust, was dependable and would show up every day to take care of things when he wasn’t around,” recalled Wesley. “My wife and I decided to sell everything we owned and make the leap from Arkansas to Tampa. My background in the trucking industry as a shop foreman, mechanic and manager lent itself well.”
Located just east of downtown Tampa, the company operates as a C&D Class III material recycling transfer station. It now has 11 employees and handles an average of 400 tons of material per day. Customers haul debris from a 35-minute-drive radius to use the facility. “Typically, people will dump two to 10 tons per load,” explained Wesley. “One of the first changes was installing a scale. It’s a much more efficient process and has improved our bottom line. “We also updated the tipping facility so that two customers can dump material at the same time,” continued Wesley. “Previously, whenever a trailer had an issue dumping, the line backed up, and we got complaints. We listened to our customers’ feedback and added the second lane to make it a better experience.” Emphasizing customer service is a major part of Blue Monkey’s philosophy. “Our workers and spotters do the small things, like opening and closing doors for customers,” explained Wesley. “They appreciate that because our number-one goal is to get them in and out without any problems. Unlike many other facilities in the area, we’re a family-owned operation and take pride in that.”
Added efficiency An operator moves recyclable scrap material from a pile using a Komatsu WA270-8 wheel loader at Blue Monkey Disposing and Recycling’s facility in Tampa. “The wheel loader is mainly used for cleaning the tipping floor and the area where our trucks get loaded, but we can switch to a fork attachment and pull recyclable material to another staging area,” explained Outside Operations Manager Wesley McMahan.
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To help the business operate more efficiently, Blue Monkey recently began using a Komatsu PC210LC-11 excavator with a Genesis Handling Grapple (GHG)100 attachment.