Redding Crushing started more by accident, than by design. There was no marketing plan, just an idea born out of necessity.

Clive Redding was faced with a decision to either stay on the family farm or make his own way in life. The only other experience he had other than farming was crushing limestone, so he decided to give that a try.

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Yorke Peninsula had always supported two small mobile crushing contractors, so Clive Redding started looking around for a small mobile crushing plant. None were available that were suitable, but his search introduced him to a small engineering business, run by Ron Woolford at Balhannah,  in the Adelaide hills. After some initial discussions, with Ron and a few chalk designs on the workshop floor, a complete, mobile, closed circuit crushing plant was built. The first section was completed in April, 1982 and the subsequent sections were completed later on that year.