Cost calculator
What does carting it away really cost?
Run your own numbers in seconds. Compare carting demolition concrete to the tip against crushing it on site, and see the indicative saving for your job across South-East Queensland and New South Wales.
Assumes about 12 t per truck load and a 2 hour round trip. Crushing shown at a typical $10/t rate; high-tonnage jobs can come in as low as $8/t. Your firm quote depends on material, volume and access.
Indicative saving
$12,540
And roughly 42 truck movements that never happen, plus the product stays yours.
Make it a firm quoteHow the numbers stack up
For most civil and demolition jobs with concrete to clear, crushing on site is cheaper than carting it away and buying base material back in. The calculator above shows why. It weighs the three separate costs of carting material off, tip fees, truck haulage and then replacing the lost material with imported road base, against a single per-tonne crushing rate, with the product staying yours.
What the calculator assumes
- About 12 tonnes per tip-truck load and a two hour round trip per load.
- Crushing shown at a typical $10 per tonne; higher-tonnage jobs can come in as low as $8 per tonne.
- Material is weighed on the machine by the onboard belt scale, so you are billed for exactly what is produced.
- Transport is quoted fairly by location across SEQ and NSW and is confirmed at quote.
Common questions
- How much does it cost to crush concrete on site?
- On-site concrete crushing is priced per tonne and weighed by the crusher's onboard belt scale, so you pay for exactly what is produced. Most jobs land around $10 per tonne, and higher-tonnage jobs can come in as low as $8 per tonne. Your firm price depends on the material, the volume and site access, and is confirmed at quote.
- How does the cost calculator work?
- Enter the rough tonnage of concrete, brick, rock or asphalt on your site, your tip fee per tonne and your truck hire per load. The calculator compares the cost of carting that material to the tip (tip fees plus truck hire) against crushing it on site at a typical $10 per tonne, and shows the indicative saving and the truck movements avoided.
- Why is crushing on site cheaper than carting to the tip?
- Carting concrete away is rarely one cost. You pay for the trucks, the tipping fees, and then again to buy road base back in to replace what you sent off. Crushing on site removes all three: the material stays on the job and becomes reusable road base, drainage gravel or aggregate.
- Is the calculator result a quote?
- No. The figure is indicative and based on your inputs and a typical $10 per tonne crushing rate. The real number depends on the material, volume, access and location. Request a quote and a real person responds with firm timings and pricing.
Turn the estimate into a firm quote
Tell us the location, the material and the rough volume. A real person responds with timings and per-tonne pricing, no call centre.