Crusher for sale in South Africa — jaw, cone, impact, VSI
South Africa's aggregate, recycling and mining sectors run hundreds of crushing and screening trains across the country — quarries, contract crushing operations, recycling yards and the mining industry's primary and secondary plants. IronYard is the busiest independent marketplace for a crusher for sale in South Africa, from small tracked jaws through to complete quarry trains.
Crusher types explained
Jaw crushers — the workhorse primary crusher. Compresses material between a fixed and moving jaw. Best for hard, abrasive rock and recycling. Common models: Sandvik QJ241 / QJ341, Kleemann MC 110i / 120i, Terex Finlay J-1175, McCloskey J50, Pilot Crushtec Jawmax. Cone crushers — secondary and tertiary crushing of hard rock. Produces well-shaped product. Sandvik QH332, Metso HP series, Kleemann MCO. Impact crushers (HSI) — high-reduction on softer materials (limestone, concrete, asphalt). Kleemann MR series, Rubble Master RM, McCloskey I44. Vertical shaft impactors (VSI) — shaping and manufactured sand production.
Mobile vs static crushing plant
Mobile (tracked) plants from Kleemann, Powerscreen, Terex, McCloskey, Sandvik and Metso move from site to site, perfect for contract crushers and short-term projects. Static plants are engineered for long-term, high-volume quarry production with dedicated feed, conveying and product handling.
Screens
Inclined and horizontal screens grade crusher product into spec aggregate sizes. Powerscreen Chieftain, McCloskey S130, Kleemann Mobiscreen and similar are the SA mobile screening standards.
Buying used — what to inspect
Inspect wear parts (jaw plates, mantle and bowl liners, blow bars, screen mesh) — these are consumables but expensive. Test the crusher under load if possible. Check conveyor belts and idlers, hydraulic systems, track condition (mobile units), and review production records to confirm tons-per-hour against the original spec.
Small jaw crusher for sale, portable and quarry-scale crushers
Whatever the scale — a small jaw crusher for sale for a startup aggregate operator, a portable impact crusher for demolition recycling, a full quarry train — IronYard has stock or can source it. Filter crushers for sale by brand and tonnage, size finance on the finance calculator, or WhatsApp +27 83 356 5855 for a specific crusher spec.
Crusher buyer's guide — matching machine to material
Choosing a crusher starts with the feed material (hard granite vs limestone vs recycled concrete), required product size (aggregate 6/10/14/20mm, sub-base, ballast, manufactured sand), and throughput (tons per hour). Hard, abrasive rock like granite, dolerite and quartzite calls for jaw-then-cone circuits with heavy manganese wear parts. Softer limestone, dolomite and recycled concrete run efficiently on impact crushers with lower wear cost per ton. For manufactured sand or shaped chip stone, a VSI (vertical shaft impactor) finishes the circuit. Typical SA producer setups: jaw + cone + screen for granite quarries, jaw + impactor + screen for limestone, jaw + impactor for C&D recycling.
Crusher wear parts, tons-per-hour and running cost
Real crusher economics come down to cost per ton crushed, not sticker price. Budget for jaw plates (manganese, R60k–R180k per set, 200k–600k tons life), cone mantle & bowl liner (R120k–R380k per set, 150k–400k tons), impactor blow bars (R40k–R120k per set, 30k–150k tons on abrasive rock — much longer on softer material). Diesel burn on tracked jaws typically runs 18–35 l/h, cones 12–25 l/h, and screens 6–14 l/h. A well-set-up Sandvik QJ341 + QH332 + QE342 train, or a Kleemann MC 110 + MCO 9 + MS 703 setup, will produce 200–350 tph of spec aggregate at competitive cost per ton for a mid-tier SA quarry.
Crusher hire, contract crushing and rent-to-own in SA
Not every operator needs to own. Contract crushing (a mobile train brought in to process a stockpile) and crusher hire are widely available in South Africa — typically R80–R180/ton depending on material, product spec and volume. IronYard structures rent-to-own on new and used tracked crushers for producers who want the deal to convert to ownership after 24–36 months. Ask via WhatsApp on +27 83 356 5855 or the enquiry button on any crusher listing.
Related categories
Round out the crushing and screening circuit with screening plants, front-end loaders for feed and stockpiling, dozers for pit development, tipper trucks for haulage, and excavators for face work and loading.