SCARAB International, LLLP
SCARAB`s international reputation as the true pioneer and undisputed industry leader in windrow composting technology is well deserved. Machines are located in 19 countries with successful service available too. SCARAB continues to be the standard by which all of the others are measured in terms of efficiency, durability and simplicity of operation. For over 40 years, SCARAB has been producing the patented windrow composting machines designed to meet the ever increasing need for safe, efficient methods for reduction of the waste stream. The windrow composting system provides both immediate and long term solutions to today`s crisis in organic waste management. We are in it for the future—for our customers and for our world.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Composting
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1972
- Employees:
- 11-100
About Us
Manufacturer of customized composting turners for farming, composting businesses, big private and public sector composters. SCARAB machines are self-propelled; straddle type turners that will turn 6 through 27 foot windrows. There are belt driven or hydraulic driven machines available with a patented track design and independent suspension that allows the machine to 'float' across many varieties of terrain. The multiple drive system options are: front drive tires with castors in the back or transverse configuration, four wheel drive, rubber tires, and full track from 14-30 inches wide. Drums are available in six sizes, with eight flail designs and various configurations. After discussing your composting needs with our knowledgeable staff, the SCARAB team will work with you to build a customized compost turner perfectly sized for your project. We offer an unlimited number of compost machine sizes in each small, medium, or large composting level. If you want a 19-foot compost turner, we will build you one. If you bring in specific measurements required for your composting project, we will build a SCARAB compost machine down to the exact measurement. Every part of the SCARAB turners are customizable, which is something you won’t find in other compost turners.
Size Matters - SCARAB Compost Turners are customized to fit YOUR needs
When looking to buy a compost turner, you may realize that many manufacturing companies are limited to producing only a few machine sizes. However, SCARAB compost machines are customized to fit your specific need. When building a compost turner for you, we start by identifying your composting needs as a small, medium, or large project based on the amount of compost (in tons) the windrow turner will need to turn per year. Many of our small and medium compost machines are used by farmers and composting businesses, and the largest SCARAB turners are used by big private and public sector composters. SCARAB compost machines can be used for any composting project. Whether you need a compost machine to turn municipal sludge, grape stems, sea kelps, pons, cow manure, or any other product used to make fertilizer, we will build a SCARAB compost turner for your needs.
The SCARAB difference
After discussing your composting needs with our knowledgeable staff, the SCARAB team will work with you to build a customized compost turner perfectly sized for your project. We offer an unlimited number of compost machine sizes in each small, medium, or large composting level. If you want a 19-foot compost turner, we will build you one. If you bring in specific measurements required for your composting project, we will build a SCARAB compost machine down to the exact measurement. Every part of the SCARAB turners are customizable, which is something you won’t find in other compost turners.
Customizable and tailored made
We understand that having the option to choose a customizable size is important. The composting industry thrives on efficiency, quality, and uniformity of composting piles. SCARAB recognizes this and focuses on building machines that are tailored to the customer, while also helping the customer to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Size is important because there is a relationship between size and efficiency in the composting world. The bottom line is that SCARAB compost turners are here to meet YOUR needs. After all, SCARAB was the first company to build composting machines in 1972. The founder of SCARAB, Marvin Urbanczyk, first designed the compost turner to meet the expanding needs of the farming and fertilizing community, and to this day, SCARAB continues to focus on the dynamic needs of its customers.
SCARAB machines are self-propelled; straddle type turners that will turn 6 through 27 foot windrows. There are belt driven or hydraulic driven machines available with a patented track design and independent suspension that allows the machine to 'float' across many varieties of terrain. The multiple drive system options are: front drive tires with castors in the back or transverse configuration, four wheel drive, rubber tires, and full track from 14-30 inches wide. Drums are available in six sizes, with eight flail designs and various configurations.
Convenient maintenance and prompt shipment of parts for your SCARAB compost turner is available from dealers in your area.
Mission and Vision Statement
Our Mission
At SCARAB we work to help composters throughout the world realize their full potential. Customers love our machines and trust our company.
Our Vision
To be the most successful and respected company serving the worldwide community of composters.
To make meaningful contributions to the compost industry for the advancement and welfare of humanity.
History
SCARAB derived its name from the Egytian Scarabaeus Sacer or “SACARAB Beetle”, held sacred by the Egytians as the symbol of immortatlity and fertility, which patiently rolls a ball of waste across a field, then buries itself within the ball, consumes it and emerges to begin the process anew.
SCARAB traces its beginnings back to the early 70's when confronted by a local feedlot to find a means for managing the manure and bedding produced by the feedlot. This gave rise to the first SCARAB composting machine (Pictured Above). Early Scarab Composter
Overcoming early obstacles and achieving financial and global marketing success earned Marvin the Small Business Association 1991 Texas Small Business Person of the Year Award. In 2006, the US Composting Council awarded Marvin the Hi Kellogg Award. This award recognizes individuals who have left a lasting, positive impact on the US composting industry.
To fully appreciate SCARAB's machines ones really needs to understand its founder's life and personality. Marvin Urbanczyk, SCARAB's founder, was raised on a farm and after obtaining his degree began his own farming operation. He has worked with large equipment his entire life where he learned through experience how important good equipement is to an operation. So it's no surprise that his vision for SCARAB has always been to build a machine that lasts, is operator proof, doesn't breakdown due to an inadequate understanding of potential stresses placed on a machine, does the job it was designed to do, does it efficiently to minimize fuel cost, and is simple to operate and maintain.
He is also a hands on perfectionist who won't cut corners to squeeze additional profit from machine sales, who has no patience for hype or features that add no value and who is obsessed with what is practical….not what sounds or looks good. He's a hands on builder who insists that SCARAB be responsible for every step –from design to assembly. To this day his office is the one closest to the plant.
Almost forty years and countless innovations later SCARAB is the world's leading manufacturer of self-propelled windrow turners with machines throughout the US and in 17 other countries. Today's innovations make SCARAB a leader in fuel efficiency, production capacity, reliability, and low operating costs.
Thank you for visiting our site. We look forward to hearing from you, learning about your specific operation and exploring how SCARAB might build “just what you need”.
Why Buy Scarab?
Productivity and Fuel
SCARAB offers productivity and fuel efficiency simply unattainable with hydraulic driven drums SCARAB is one of only several manufacturers offering a choice of hydraulic or belt driven machines. SCARAB turners are designed to optimize fuel efficiency without sacrificing performance.
Local Parts and Service
Local service reduces down time, shipping costs and maintenance/repair costs. Our broad dealer network means you won! be waiting weeks for a repair. Most parts can be overnighted and many parts/fittings are immediately available through local merchants.
Value
SCARAB designs, engineers, fabricates and assembles its machines. Several of these processes are outsourced by other brands. Overtime, SCARAB'S hands-on approach has helped it earn a reputation for consistently manufacturing the industry's best turners. Our customers love our machines and trust our company.
Total Cost and Ownership
Today's SCARAB machines combine the founder's obsession for all things practical with over 40 years of listening to customers tell us what is important and why. We'd appreciate the opportunity to tell you more about all the ways a SCARAB will save you money.
Design Flexibility
Do you need to place windrows side-by-side or back out of your windrows to maximize use of your pad? Do you want every possible creature comfort in the cab? Do you need wide tracks and a suspension system to handle uneven or muddy surfaces? Do you need to just fluff your material < or does it require a more aggressive drum? Do you want to build tall windrows? We can offer all these and many more with our modular component approach to designing machines.
Peace of Mind
There are many reasons why SCARAB is the 'Hoover windrow turners and why you'll often hear 'SCARAB the windrow' instead of 'turn the windrow'. But it all comes back to staying true to our Mission: At SCARAB we work to help composters throughout the world realize their full potential. Customers love our machines and trust our company.