SINCE 1973

GrinderCrusherScreen since 1973 // FYREBX SD5

Keep the fire from taking your yard with it.

You have hundreds of thousands of dollars of iron sitting next to a pile that makes its own heat. The SD5 puts 500 gallons of water and foam on the loader you already own, so the fire gets handled by your crew in the first ten minutes instead of by the fire department in the second hour.

500 gal

Water, foam, or retardant on board

1 operator

Sprayed from the cab, no ground crew

Dozer blade

Built in, not an add on

$33,500

Or about $695 a month

Watch it work

The unit in operation. Fill, mount, drive to the fire, spray from the cab.

A walkthrough of how agencies including CAL FIRE are running these in the field.

Walkaround of the tank, pump, plumbing, and quick attach mount.

You already know how this goes

A piece of tramp metal goes through the mill. A bearing runs hot. A load comes off the belt with an ember buried in it and lands on a pile that has been cooking since June. By the time anyone sees smoke, the fire is inside the machine or inside the stockpile, which is the one place a garden hose and a fire extinguisher cannot reach.

The fire department shows up and does what the fire department does, which is protect the property line and soak the pile from the outside. Nobody is driving a pumper into a windrow.

  • The machine is the assetHydraulic hoses, wiring harness, and belts go first. A fire that gets ten minutes of runtime usually means a rebuild, not a repair.
  • Downtime costs more than the damageInsurance may cover the iron. It does not cover the contracts you miss while you wait on parts and an adjuster.
  • Mulch piles hold heatStockpiles self heat. The fire that shuts you down often did not start in the grinder at all.

It keeps happening

We keep a running file on this. Not to scare anybody, but because every operator we talk to thinks it is a thing that happens to somebody else.

NBC Philadelphia  ·  Aug 2026

Yard fires are now a monthly event, not a freak one

Industry tracking data shows fires at recycling plants and scrap yards climbing sharply since 2020, with dozens publicly reported every month and operators treating it as the new normal.

Eastside Fire & Rescue, WA  ·  Jul 2026

Fire starts inside the machine, crews cannot reach it

A fire at a Woodinville recycling facility started in the processing equipment itself. Firefighters were still working it 90 minutes in because they could not get at the seat of it.

KING 5, Washington  ·  Jun 2026

Heavy equipment had to open the pile before crews could touch it

A debris pile fire spread into a nearby structure. Firefighters stayed defensive and relied on equipment operators to pull the pile apart so they could reach the hot spots.

6ABC Philadelphia  ·  Jun 2026

Heavy fire at a material processing facility

Crews arrived to heavy flames at a Philadelphia processing and recycling yard. Under control in about 45 minutes, cause undetermined, and that is a good outcome.

ARCCA forensic case study

The grinder burned, but the grinder did not start it

During a drought, piles left unwatered self heated to auto ignition overnight. Investigators watched residual mulch ignite again during the inspection and had to spray it down.

Rotochopper  ·  Prevention guidance

What actually lights a horizontal grinder

Overheated bearings and belts, exhaust components, clutches, leaking hydraulics, and tramp metal coming through hot enough to ignite the end product it lands in.

We are not a fire company

We sell grinders. GrinderCrusherScreen has been putting horizontal grinders, tub grinders, screens, and wear parts into yards like yours since 1973, and we are on the phone with those yards every week. So we hear about it when one burns.

The tank is new to us. The problem is not. We picked up this line because the same conversation kept happening and there was never a good answer to it, and because the answer that finally showed up hangs off equipment our customers already own.

If your loader will not carry it, we will tell you. If you are better off spending the money on pile management and a water truck, we will tell you that too. Fifty odd years in, we would rather sell you a screen next year than sell you the wrong thing today.

  • Built in California, made in AmericaFYREBX is designed and manufactured domestically. Patented, double powder coated, and built to be serviced in the field instead of shipped somewhere.
  • Proven where it countsAdopted by CAL FIRE, procured by the U.S. Army, and running with wildland contractors and fire agencies on four continents. This is not a prototype somebody is testing on you.
  • We know your machineTell us the grinder and the loader and we will speak in specifics, not brochures.
  • We move iron nationwideFreight, setup, and delivery to your yard are things we do every week, not things we are figuring out.
  • Financing is in houseOne application through our partners, real terms back the same day.

Three steps and it is in your yard

1

Tell us what you run

Send us the make and model of your compact track loader. Two minutes on the form or one phone call. We confirm the fit before you spend a dollar.

2

Get a real number

Delivered price, freight, setup, and financing terms if you want them. Same day, from a person, with no follow up sequence.

3

Put it to work

It shows up ready to hang on the quick attach. Fill it, run it on dust control Monday, and know it is there the day you need it.

What does peace of mind cost you?

$33,500

FYREBX SD5, 500 gallons, dozer blade built in. Financing available. Freight and setup quoted to your yard.

  • Less than the deductible on a lot of equipment policies
  • A fraction of one grinder rebuild
  • Roughly what a season of rented water trucks runs
  • Nothing at all compared to a week of downtime in season

Nobody writes a check for this

Look at what is parked in your yard right now. A grinder, a loader, a screen plant, a couple of trucks. That is somewhere north of half a million dollars of iron sitting on dirt, next to a pile that generates its own heat, in a business where a single piece of tramp metal can end your quarter.

Now look at the payment below. That is what it costs to have something on site that can actually get to a fire before the fire department finishes staging.

You are already paying to protect that iron. You pay an insurance company every month for the privilege of being made whole eight weeks after the fact. This is the other half of that bill, and it works on the day it matters instead of the day the adjuster shows up.

36 months

$1,065

per month

48 months

$835

per month

60 months

$695

per month

Estimates on $33,500 financed, illustrated at 9 percent with no money down. Your actual rate and term depend on credit, time in business, and structure. We will get you a real number the same day.

  • About $23 a day on the long termLess than the fuel you burn moving material around the yard on a slow morning.
  • Ask your CPA about Section 179Equipment purchases often qualify for accelerated depreciation. We are not tax advisors, but your accountant will want to know this is on the table before year end.
  • Seasonal and deferred structuresIf your revenue is lumpy, say so. Skip payment and deferred first payment structures exist and we use them.
  • One applicationWe run it through our financing partners and come back with terms. You are not chasing a bank.

The other 364 days

Nobody wants to spend money on a machine that sits. This one does not sit. It is a water tank on a quick attach, so it does the jobs you are currently renting a truck or a trailer to do.

The dozer blade is the piece most yards end up using first. It cuts fire line if you need it and moves dirt, grades the yard, and patches haul road the rest of the time.

  • Dust controlKnock down the yard and the haul road without calling a water truck. Keeps you right with the county and with OSHA.
  • Pre wettingWet the pile before you turn it or before you grind on a dry day.
  • Hydroseeding and site rehabMix seed, mulch, and fertilizer in the tank and shoot slopes you cannot get a truck onto.
  • Dirt workTank empty, blade down, and it is a loader again.

Give your carrier something to look at

Anyone who has renewed a policy on a grinding or mulch operation lately knows the questions have gotten harder. Carriers want to see a written fire plan, water on site, hot load procedures, and pile management before they will quote you at a number you like.

On site suppression is a concrete answer to a question most yards answer with a shrug. It does not guarantee you anything, and we are not going to tell you it will drop your premium. It does put a real piece of equipment in the column where your competitors have nothing.

  • Bring it to renewalTake the spec sheet to your agent before your next renewal conversation, not after a claim.
  • Documented responseA written procedure plus a dedicated unit reads very differently than “we call 911.”
  • Ask about creditsSome carriers and some brokers will look at it. Ask yours. We will send whatever documentation they want.

Two versions of the same Tuesday

Without one

  • Somebody smells smoke and starts running for a hose that will not reach.
  • You call 911 and then you stand there and watch.
  • Crews stay defensive and protect the property line while your machine cooks.
  • Rebuild quote, adjuster, parts lead time, and a season of contracts you cannot service.
  • Your renewal shows up and you have nothing to point to except a claim.

With one

  • Your operator is already in the loader. He hangs the tank and drives to it.
  • Foam on the seat of it in the first few minutes, from inside the cab.
  • Blade down, open the pile, hit the hot spots underneath before they spread.
  • You grind again in the afternoon. There is no claim, because there was no loss.
  • At renewal you have a written plan, a dedicated unit, and a clean record.

Specifications

FYREBX SD5

Severe duty compact track loader attachment

Capacity
500 gal / 1,892 L
Tank
Baffled, 10 to 12 gauge steel
Blade
Integrated dozer cutting edge
Nozzles
Four, cab operated
Pump
2 in. hydraulic
Media
Water, foam, retardant, seed slurry
Mount
Universal quick attach plate
Finish
Double powder coat
Origin
Made in California, USA
Retail
$33,500

Patent US 12,194,907 B2  ·  Sold and supported by GrinderCrusherScreen

  • Options worth havingHose and reel kit with 100 foot forestry hose, monitor gun, auxiliary 7 HP pump for running the unit off the machine, and a winch.
  • Check your loader firstThe 500 gallon unit needs a heavier compact track loader. Send us your make and model and we will confirm the fit before you spend a dollar.
  • No loader, no problemWe move machines for a living. If you need the loader too, we will quote the package.

Specifications subject to change without notice.

Tell us what you run

Give us the loader you already own and the size of your yard. We come back the same day with the right configuration, a delivered price, and financing terms if you want them. No call center, no drip sequence.

Contact Us

GrinderCrusherScreen

1680 Spring Rd SE B, Smyrna, GA 30080 

Phone:  (770) 433-2670

Serving the wood waste, land clearing, and recycling industries since 1973. Authorized FYREBX dealer. Grinders, crushers, screens, parts, and everything that keeps them running.

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