Ceasars Equipment Finds Sweet Spot with 10-Ft Screener
Eric Johnson, president and founder of Ceasars Equipment, grew up around the aggregate business and has always had a passion for aggregate machines.
"My family was involved in gravel beds and my dad was always involved in the construction business, so I was always around machinery and equipment," he said. "I had seen box screeners operated and I had this idea in my head that I could build an affordable, durable, transportable screening plant."
"I started with a blank piece of paper and engineered it over and over again and tested it over and over again until I had it exactly perfect and then we started producing and selling it. It has really caught on and is now being sold all over the country."
Johnson's first model was the 10S, which stands for 10-ft. screener. "We felt from the beginning that the 10-foot size was the sweet spot for the screening market that we were going after," he said. "A small- to mid-sized contractor, excavator, landscaper who is looking to make material in lower volumes but needs a durable machine that's highly transportable is not in a position to spend $60,000 to $100,000 for a screening plant."
On average, the Ceasar model 10S should be able to process 20 to 35 yards of material per hour. The screener is powered by Honda GX series engines.
Since introducing its 10-ft. screeners, Ceasars Equipment has expanded its offerings. It offers a Grizzly unit — essentially a steel non-mechanical grid designed at a 45-degree angle — available in 7-, 10- and 12-ft. sizes starting under $6,000. The company also offers the Model 7S, a 7-ft. towable vibrating box screener under $8,000.
What sets the machines apart is the spring-mounted deck. "Other machines in this category don't have a true 10-foot-wide space loading clean out area and if they do their screening deck is simply hanging on a set of chains, which does not produce a very aggressive screening process," Johnson said. "Our screening deck actually sits on a set of springs just like the big dollar machines do and it shakes up and down, not just side to side."
That design also allows the machine to screen damper material and extend the season by several weeks in each direction. The angle of the screening bed is adjustable via a jack on each leg. Woven wire screens are changeable in as little as 15 minutes.
"Typically, you have to spend over $30,000 to $40,000 to get a screening plant that generates that type of screening action. So, our screening plant and its screening methods in its price range is truly one of a kind."
Each machine is delivered fully assembled, is American made and comes with a two-year warranty. Ceasars Equipment ships nationwide and offers financing. For more information, call 315-281-8241.
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Eric Johnson grew up around aggregate machinery, saw a gap that nobody else was filling, and engineered a screener that changed the math for contractors across America.
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The Idea Behind the Machine
Eric Johnson grew up around aggregate beds and construction sites. His father was in the construction business, and by the time Eric was working in the industry himself, he understood exactly what was missing: a machine worth owning at a price small contractors could actually justify.
He started from a blank piece of paper. He engineered, tested, and revised until he had a 10-foot vibrating box screener that worked the way he knew it should. He called it the 10S.
The 10S is built from quarter-inch structural tube steel and powered by a Honda GX series engine. Its deck sits on springs, not chains. A spring-mounted deck produces both vertical and lateral motion, while a chain-hung deck is limited to side-to-side shaking. That difference lets the 10S screen damper material, handle recycled concrete and asphalt millings, and extend the usable season by several weeks on each end of the year.
To get that kind of screening action from a competitor, you'd typically spend $30,000 to $40,000. The 10S starts well under half that. Every unit ships fully assembled, comes with a two-year warranty, and has been American made since day one.
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Ceasars Equipment Finds Sweet Spot with 10-Ft Screener
"Our screening plant and its screening methods in its price range is truly one of a kind." Eric Johnson, President and Founder
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What Sets Ceasars Apart
Spring-Mounted Deck
The screening deck sits on springs, not chains. Springs generate both up-and-down and side-to-side motion, producing more aggressive screening action that handles damper material and larger pieces of crushed concrete or asphalt millings — without the $30,000-plus price tag.
True 10-Foot Loading Area
The full 10-foot-wide loading and clean-out area is uncompromised. Competitors in the same size category frequently fall short of the stated width in practice. The Ceasars 10S gives you the full measurement you're paying for.
Adjustable Screening Angle
Each leg of the screening plant has a jack, so the angle of the screen bed can be fine-tuned on site. Different materials screen more efficiently at different angles. This feature is only possible because of the spring-mounted deck design.
Delivered Ready to Run
Every Ceasars screener ships fully assembled. No on-site assembly required. The woven wire screens are field-replaceable in under 15 minutes, and the unit is ready to start screening the same day it arrives.