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Second Hand Brick Machines in Free State
Looking for a second hand brick making machine near Free State? Say what you want it to make, the most you want to spend, your power supply and whether you can collect. Sellers and suppliers with used stock in Free State and around Free State will tell you what they have and its condition.
The main second hand brick machines page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Free State
Small yards in Botshabelo, Phuthaditjhaba and Kroonstad's Maokeng often run an egg-laying machine on a home slab. Machine sellers and engineering workshops in Bloemfontein's Hamilton and Bloemdustria, and around Sasolburg, keep moulds, mixers and vibrator motors. Frost means curing under cover from May to August, so many yards add a roofed slab or plastic sheeting to keep winter production going.
Free State: the building, the weather and the yards
Sandstone farmhouses in the eastern Free State and red face brick in Bloemfontein tell you the province has always built with what the ground offers. Today the busiest orders come from the townships and new housing around Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu, from Welkom and Virginia where old mine houses are extended and rented, and from Phuthaditjhaba in Qwaqwa where families build in stages. Kroonstad, Bethlehem and Sasolburg have their own yards and builders, and grain and cattle farms order blocks for sheds and staff housing. Cement brick and block yards work the edges of most towns. Hard winter frost and summer hail are real threats to bricks that have not cured.
Who asks for second hand brick machines around Free State, most often first:
- Homeowners: a cheap used press for making bricks for one building project at home
- Farms and smallholdings: a used engine or manual machine for farm buildings far from power
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: a used machine to make bricks on a remote site, sold on afterwards
Local tips for Free State
Most asked for in Free State: maxi bricks for township homes, farm shed blocks, face brick to match older homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards in Bloemfontein, Welkom, Bethlehem and Sasolburg; small yards near every town. A useful tip: in winter, ask the yard how it protects bricks from frost before they leave.
Around Free State the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a cheap used press for making bricks for one building project at home. Before you agree to anything: check the mould size and the motors. Getting stock here: yards deliver along the N1, N3 and N5; farms often take full truck loads.
Service area: Free State and surrounds
Across Free State our network reaches Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Bethlehem, Sasolburg, Harrismith, Clarens and the towns between them. Outside the bigger centres, ask whether delivery is charged per kilometre or per load.