News: Davis Earthmoving & Quarrying Pty Ltd

Davis Earthmoving – 50 years of helping clean up Australia

As featured in INSIDE WASTE Magazine, June 24, 2025. Editor: Mike Wheeler

Australian family-owned company Davis Earthmoving is celebrating 50 years in business this year. Reaching this milestone demonstrates longevity, stability and enduring success. Under the leadership of CEO Eric Davis, the company has gone from strength to strength.

Lasting 50 years in business showcases resilience and adaptability, weathering economic changes, market fluctuations, technology advances and heavy regulation of industry and WHS protocols. The past three decades specifically, has secured Davis’ presence in the recycling industry, winning long-term council, government and major project contracts. The company specialises in mobile C&D shredding, green waste recycling, mulching, crushing and screening. It has more than 100 pieces of plant and equipment for hire or contract state-wide in NSW.

The company’s mobile recycling equipment extends from jaw, cone and impact crushers and screens through to a range of half a dozen horizontal grinders and shredders that are highly efficient in tackling difficult-to-process materials. These waste streams include large-scale construction and demolition materials, mattresses, tyres, carpet, bulky waste, landfill waste, green waste, timber, logs and pallets.

Fifty years sees the company accumulate valuable knowledge, experience, and expertise. “What we have learnt over the years is only something that can be built up over time,” said Davis. “We have a deep understanding of our industry, equipment and customers”. Over the decades, Davis has built trust and reputation. “Safety is a priority and we are dedicated to our customers,” Davis said. “We communicate, we honour our schedules and deliver services to an exemplary standard – meeting scope of work specifications on time and on budget.”

Davis has its own fleet of prime movers and floats to ensure there is no delay in transporting machinery to each job. The company has its own service team who are experts in the equipment, carrying out regular maintenance and quick repairs in the field if required. “We have a commitment to quality,” said Davis. “We have experienced operators and only run reliable equipment, reputable brands and current models, with modern technologies. This allows us to achieve the most efficient material processing, and to provide quality output for our customers”.

Davis is looking ahead to future prospects, continuing with the goal to extend the life of materials for beneficial reuse by using its recycling and resource recovery services. Davis Earthmoving is currently building a 200,000 tonne per annum state-of-the-art C&D Recycling Facility and Recycled Material Supplies Centre on a 110,000 square metre site in NSW’s Central Coast, just an hour north of Sydney. This State Significant Development requires financial investment to the infrastructure and equipment. It is injecting money into the local economy, generating jobs, and creating an opportunity for a new waste recycling and material supply avenue in the area. It will divert recyclable materials such as concrete, timber, sand and soil from landfills while creating 100 per cent recycled building and landscaping supplies.

“Our aim is to recover materials for repurpose and beneficial reuse,” said Davis. “We’ve been committed to recycling for decades, and will continue to be for decades more to come, striving for zero waste to landfill.”

Davis Earthmoving adds to shredder line up

As featured in INSIDE WASTE Magazine, May 16, 2022. Editor: Mike Wheeler

Davis Earthmoving & Quarrying offers modern waste handling solutions through their portable recycling machinery. The company has over 100 pieces of equipment for hire or contract state-wide in NSW; including low speed shredders and high speed horizontal grinders. The company has been successfully operating for almost 50 years. And the past three decades has seen Davis secure a major presence in the recycling industry, specialising in mobile C&D shredding, green waste recycling, mulching, crushing and screening.

Davis is committed to playing its part in contributing to a circular economy. One of the ways they are achieving this is by continuing to invest in innovative recycling equipment. Following the purchase in 2021 of their Komptech Terminator mobile low speed shredder, 2022 has seen Davis add another mobile shredder to their fleet. The brand new addition is a PRONAR MRW2.85 twin-shaft, tracked low speed shredder. This model is the newest series of Pronar recycling machinery, placing Davis at the forefront of the industry. The shredder copes well with all kinds of materials commonly found in municipal waste centres, composting and waste sorting facilities. With a Caterpillar engine and hydraulic drive it handles the most difficult to process waste; including mattresses, bulky waste, large-scale construction waste, timber, green waste, pallets, logs, carpet and tyres. The high torque MRW2.85 model has a magnet separator for removal of ferrous fraction from the output material. This ensures a clean end-product. Davis can easily handle difficult materials that once would have been considered unshreddable or not economically viable.

On-site recycling practises and shredding of materials are beneficial to a project’s bottom line, by eliminating unnecessary transportation costs and importantly saving precious space in landfills. Stand-out features of Davis’ shredders are high productivity per hour, quality material output and mobility. Shredders are fully self-contained on their tracked undercarriage. Units can be promptly transported with the company’s own prime movers and have excellent capability for moving directly to materials. Davis provides all support equipment and experienced operators required to load the shredders. The company owns approximately 20 excavators, as well as attachments to shear up any large green waste materials in pre-processing. Additionally, the company has its own service team who conduct regular servicing of machinery and can attend site to quickly resolve issues, ensuring there is no delay in productivity for the customer. It is this kind of service that Davis has a reputation for.

When it comes to questions around difficult-to-handle waste, Davis has the answers. With a strong foothold in the mobile recycling industry, the company is continuing to grow and expand their fleet enabling them to reliably deliver a quality service every time. Davis’ mobile shredding service deals with waste efficiently, as they work to minimise waste for a sustainable future.

The Daily Grind with Davis Earthmoving

As featured in INSIDE WASTE Magazine September 7, 2021, Editor Mike Wheeler

Every year Australia is generating more waste. The country’s need for waste solutions is urgent. Up for the challenge is recycling contractor Davis Earthmoving & Quarrying Pty Ltd, offering mobile waste processing for various waste streams. Davis specialises in mobile recycling across New South Wales. The company uses high-powered equipment including mobile horizontal grinders and shredders to efficiently recycle wood, timber and green waste for beneficial re-use as mulch, soil conditioners and compost in landscaping and gardens across the state.

Established in 1975, Davis Earthmoving remains Australian family owned and operated. In a market dominated by large multinational waste companies this is a local business that has been a trusted and reputable contractor for decades. Over the years, Davis has observed the wood waste and timber grinding industry become more sophisticated.

CEO Eric Davis explains, “Today, as recycling markets have evolved, grinders have had to adapt significantly”. The company has invested in reputable equipment and modern technologies to keep up with the demands of the industry. For large-scale wood waste recycling and composting operations, the company’s high-speed horizontal grinders remain valuable workhorses. Models include Diamond Z and Peterson up to 1050 horse-power delivering high volume output. Horizontal grinders offer superior particle size control and enhanced efficiency. The long in-feed opening reduces the need to shorten material before grinding, which is helpful for land-clearing operations.

Davis is a professional contractor providing mobile waste processing to councils, recycling facilities, private clients and land clearing operations throughout NSW. Davis are able to customise their grinders to deliver specific end-product size. Davis has over 100 pieces of equipment available in its privately owned fleet for wet hire or contract. All of the company’s equipment has been hand chosen based on its ability to deliver high production rate and a premium quality product. Davis has built up knowledge and experience after working on thousands of diverse projects over the years in the recycling sector, “Our company brings a strong skill-base in all operational aspects of our horizontal grinding and mobile recycling processes to get the job done efficiently for our clients,” Eric Davis explains. The aim is to recover waste for repurpose in order to protect earth’s valuable resources, “for us, the end is just the beginning. We are committed to waste recycling. And we hope our work can improve sustainability rates, and help close the loop on the wood and green waste stream”.

Crushing it: Davis Earthmoving

As featured in INSIDE WASTE Magazine July 15, 2021,

When it comes to crushing Davis Earthmoving knows a thing or two. With over 45 years experience in the industry, Davis Earthmoving & Quarrying Pty Ltd specialises in mobile concrete crushing, soil screening, glass crushing and concrete recycling. The company recognised the value of waste as a vital resource early on, purchasing its first mobile concrete crusher back in the 1980’s. And they haven’t looked back since. In fact, recycling operations are ramping up with over 100 pieces of equipment in its fleet for hire or contract in NSW.

Professional contractors Davis Earthmoving offer mobile crushing and screening for concrete, brick, soil, sand, tile, asphalt, rock, municipal waste, green organics, gravel and glass. The company processes commercial & industrial (C&I) and construction & demolition (C&D) waste materials into quality recycled aggregates to meet customer specifications, including recycled roadbase, sand and concrete aggregates of various sizes. Producing over a quarter of a million tonne of recycled products annually, the aim is to provide environmentally responsible solutions to maximise resource recovery.

Davis Earthmoving’s range of mobile crushers and screens for hire include high-performance primary and secondary track mounted cone, jaw and high impact crushers. Using electromagnetic separators specialised equipment is able to remove contaminants from concrete. In pre-processing, excavators have specialised concrete pulverisers. The company’s screening plant process waste with maximum efficiency. Crushers crush industrial glass waste and panels into a recycled glass material. Davis is committed to supporting Australia’s recycling industry through the provision of high-powered mobile equipment.

Established in 1975, this Australian family-owned and operated company has a proven history delivering waste management services to council landfill & resource recovery facilities, civil, commercial and government projects throughout NSW. The aim is to recycle materials in an economical and environmentally sustainable manner. CEO Eric Davis explains “to us, it’s more than resource recovery. It’s a mind-set. What some people view as waste, we view as recoverable materials”. Davis runs recycling operations at an EPA licensed recycling facility located in St Ives NSW. ‘Greenwood Landfill and Waste Recovery Facility’ processes C&D waste into recycled aggregates for beneficial re-use and is open to the general public. “Our aim is to continue to reduce the amount of waste going into landfill using best practise resource recovery”. With their mobile waste processing equipment, Davis hopes to continue to help other waste facilities throughout NSW achieve their recycling goals.

KF & Peterson: A Rich History

As featured in Waste Management Review, May 30, 2022.

“WMR looks at the origins of what has developed into a fruitful relationship between Komatsu Forest and Peterson, and how its product range has expanded. Komatsu Forest (KF) has had a very keen interest in the Peterson chipper and grinder distribution for the Australian market since the late 1990s…..

The partnership was up and running by late 2010 and the first orders for machinery followed shortly after – … and the 5710C for Davis Earthmoving, both delivered in early 2011.”

The article explores the growth of Peterson’s wood processing equipment across Australia , highlighting Davis as an early adopter of Peterson technology. This investment reflects our long-standing commitment to high-performance equipment and innovative solutions for processing waste timber and green waste.

With advanced grinding technology helping support efficient material processing and resource recovery, this milestone reflects the importance of continually investing in capable equipment to meet changing industry demands and support more sustainable outcomes.

Modernising the market: Komptech CEA and Davis

As featured in WASTE MANAGEMENT REVIEW May 25, 2021,

Davis Earthmoving and Quarrying’s Eric Davis speaks with Waste Management Review about the role of high-powered machinery in the circular economy resource chain.

Davis Earthmoving and Quarrying is a family-owned business that’s been operating for over 45 years. As the name suggests, the company originated in the quarrying business, however in recent decades has diversified, with its operations now centred around recycling. Eric Davis, Davis Earthmoving and Quarrying CEO, explains that the company moved into concrete and brick recycling in 1989, before expanding into C&D, green waste and timber processing in the late 90s.

Today, Davis Earthmoving and Quarrying also works with glass, tyres and mattresses, recycling the material it receives into beneficial products for reuse. The company’s product offering includes recycled sand, aggregate and road base, as well as a range of organic landscape products. “We diversified into recycling out of a belief that it’s better to use recycled products than to take material from the land, and have continued along that trajectory ever since,” Davis says. He notes growing emphasis on landfill reduction and the transition to a circular economy as the key drivers behind the company’s operations.

Operating out of NSW, Davis Earthmoving and Quarrying works with private companies, councils and the state government, and in recent years has been on a steady growth trajectory. To support that growth, the company invested in a Komptech Terminator shredder earlier this year. “We needed a machine that could handle steel contamination in our processing,” Davis says. He jokes that contamination is his number one enemy, as it damages equipment and negatively impacts end-product purity. As such, Davis and his team pre-shred their material through the Terminator before it’s sent for further processing, thereby minimising contamination and extending the working life of later-stage machines.

“The Terminator is great because it can handle contamination without damaging the machine,” Davis says. “Plus, because Komptech is one of the leading manufactures of waste equipment in the world, I had confidence in the product – knowing that Komptech puts a lot of technical innovation into their equipment.”

As Davis Earthmoving and Quarrying processes a wide range of material, the Terminator’s ability to shred everything from C&D and mattresses to green waste and timber was another motivator behind the purchase. Davis adds that Komptech CEA are always available with spare parts and technical support. “We also run Diamond Z equipment, which CEA distributes, so I know that if I need a spare part CEA will source that part and get us back up and running with minimal downtime,” Davis says. “Being a Komptech machine, we also know the Terminator will hold its resale value, which is an added benefit of the product.”

The heavy-duty, mobile shredder is powered by a choice of modern Tier 3 – Tier 5 CAT engines, which deliver 600 horsepower to the drum. The direct drive drum, with load dependent speed control, creates maximum shredding force that can reverse at any time to prevent blockages, redistribute material or clean the drum. The Terminator’s intelligent drum design also features robust teeth in a spiral arrangement for maximum cutting and tearing, while keeping shredded material consistent. Additionally, the shredder features a remote-controlled hopper with a 3.4 metre feed opening into one of the largest shredding units on the market, facilitating fast and efficient operations.

Davis plans to buy more Terminators in the future, as his company further expands into the C&D processing market. “We have over 100 pieces of plant and equipment at the moment, and we’re showing steady growth,” he says. “We’re buying new equipment and also modernising our fleet – replacing old equipment with the latest in waste processing technology, and I expect Komptech to play a key role in that.”