Total Rockbreaking Solutions’ SIMEX pairing: practical notes for road engineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on Roads & Infrastructure (AU)
30 Second Briefing
SIMEX’s PL2000 planer and ART 1000 asphalt repair hot box are being paired by Total Rockbreaking Solutions as a compact package for milling and reinstating asphalt in Australian roadworks. The PL2000, mounted on a skid-steer loader, cold planes existing pavements to a controlled depth and width, while the ART 1000 stores and heats up to 1000 litres of asphalt mix for immediate patching. The combination targets small to medium rehabilitation jobs where full-size profilers and pavers are impractical, tightening work windows and reducing multiple plant movements.
Technical Brief
- PL2000 planer uses the host skid-steer’s hydraulics, avoiding separate power packs or additional engines.
- Side-shift capability on the PL2000 allows milling tight against kerbs, barriers and service covers.
- Depth control is managed via adjustable skis, improving consistency of milled thickness for structural overlays.
- Drum design on the PL2000 targets reduced vibration, limiting damage risk to adjacent brittle pavements.
- ART 1000 hot box is trailer-mounted, enabling rapid mobilisation behind light trucks or utilities.
- Insulated hopper walls on the ART 1000 minimise heat loss, extending workable time for hot mix.
- Integrated agitators in the ART 1000 reduce temperature stratification, keeping asphalt workable across the full volume.
Our Take
Total Rockbreaking Solutions is emerging in our coverage as a niche distributor that links European attachment OEMs such as SIMEX and ALLU to Australian contractors, which tends to shorten lead times for specialised road and quarry gear compared with direct import models.
The earlier note on ALLU buckets in Australian quarrying and mining suggests Total Rockbreaking is deliberately straddling civil infrastructure and extractive sectors, giving it a broader installed base for support and parts across similar hydraulic carrier fleets.
With 802 Infrastructure stories and many focused on conventional plant, the recurring presence of SIMEX and ALLU attachments via Total Rockbreaking points to a gradual tilt in Australian roadwork and small-project delivery towards carrier-mounted, in-situ processing rather than standalone crushers or planers.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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