J. L. Storedahl & Sons in Kelso, WA

Most producers are never afforded the opportunity to work closely with a manufacturer to help research and develop a product, but for J. L. Storedahl & Sons, the opportunity to test KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens’ largest cone crusher was too intriguing to pass up.
J. L. Storedahl & Sons, Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned sand and gravel aggregate operation based in southwest Washington. Established by Jerry Storedahl in 1969, the company is currently managed and operated by brothers Kevin and Kimball Storedahl, with eight of their children working in the company today.
The company owns five operating quarries, one sand and gravel pit, and two sand pits that it operates on a year-round basis, according to Kimball Storedahl, vice president of J. L. Storedahl & Sons. Working primarily with shot rock basalt material, the company produces a variety of finished products, ranging from 8” to 3/8”-minus.
Located just three hours from KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens’ Oregon manufacturing facility, J. L. Storedahl & Sons first considered a partnership with the manufacturer when it began scouting for a portable, heavy-duty, 500-horsepower cone crusher in 2013. After meeting with Astec AggReCon West, a KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens authorized dealer based in Eugene, Ore., the company determined that it would test one of the new Kodiak® Plus K500+ Cone Crushers in exchange for providing its feedback on performance.
Although initially the arrangement was intended to last 4-5 months, the partnership was so successful the company is still using the cone crushing plant nearly two years later, and has installed a second Kodiak® Plus K500+ Cone Crusher on site.

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