Unlimited Resources

What Unlimited Resources does

Unlimited Resources Corporation (URC), founded in 1996 by Richard L. Duncan and headquartered in Cairo, Missouri, is a privately held, founder-owned reseller and refurbisher of used recycling equipment. The company buys, sells, trades, brokers, and rebuilds equipment across scrap tire recycling, wood waste recycling, and—more recently—plastics, e-waste, aluminum, and salvage recycling. Its inventory spans tire shredders, granulators, crumb rubber systems, tub and horizontal grinders, trommel and vibratory screens, compost turners, and related material-handling equipment from brands including Granutech/Saturn, SSI, Raptor, Morbark, Bandit, Komptech, and Vermeer.

URC operates a custom-built rebuild facility capable of taking equipment down to bare components and refurbishing it to like-new or better-than-new condition, supported by two fully equipped mobile service trucks for on-site repairs and warranty work. It complements equipment sales with consignment/brokerage (typically 15% commission under $100,000 and 10% above), professional equipment appraisals for banks and leasing companies, custom system design, and financing referrals through partner lenders. Distribution is sales-led and direct, combining an inbound website and blog (urcrecycle.com, Recycle Talk), outbound telemarketing, email blasts, fax bulletins, and trade publication classifieds. Customers are primarily B2B enterprises—scrap tire processors, wood waste recyclers, municipalities, and universities—with a U.S. focus and limited international reach.

The business is bootstrapped with no external funding, no public ticker, and a small team of 1–10 employees led by founder/President Richard L. Duncan, EVP/Controller Jeffrey Rumbaugh, Sales/Marketing Coordinator Brian Canote, and marketing representatives with deep vertical specialization. The company has survived multiple economic downturns and continues to actively list rebuilt equipment as recently as 2026, while expanding into new verticals through targeted hires.

Name

Unlimited Resources

Legal name

Unlimited Resources Corporation

Website

https://urcrecycle.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Unlimited Resources Corporation is a privately held U.S. reseller and refurbisher of used recycling equipment, serving scrap tire, wood waste, plastics, and e-waste processors with rebuilt equipment, brokerage, appraisals, and custom system design.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycling Equipment Sales and Refurbishment

SIC

Wholesale-Machinery, Equipment & Supplies (5080)

akta.pro primary industry

Reuse & Resale / Recommerce Operations (EUAIANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Material Reuse & Upcycling Services (Non-recycling Transformation) (EUAIANAJ), Asset Recovery, Surplus & Decommissioning Services (EUAIANAD), Tire Recycling & Processing (Shredding, TDF, Pyrolysis Feedstock) (IMANAMAF), Tire Recycling, Disposal & Sustainability Services (TLAKADAI)

Keywords

• Recycling equipment sales
• Used machinery refurbishment
• Tire shredding equipment
• Wood waste processing
• Equipment brokerage services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cairo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Direct sales of used and refurbished recycling equipment including tire shredders, wood grinders, trommel screens, and complete turn-key recycling systems. Equipment is bought, sold, traded, and brokered.
2. Consignment/Brokerage Services: Consignment or brokerage services for excess equipment. URC charges a commission fee (15% for items under $100,000 and 10% for items exceeding this amount). Customer pays nothing until equipment is sold.
3. Equipment Refurbishment Services: Complete refurbishment and rebuilding of recycling equipment at their facility. Equipment is taken down to bare components and rebuilt to perform as good as or better than new.
4. Equipment Appraisals: Professional appraisals of used recycling equipment for banks, leasing companies, law firms, and other clients needing valuation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Unlimited Resources Corporation buys, sells, trades, brokers, and refurbishes new, used, and refurbished recycling equipment for tire, wood, plastic, and e-waste processors. The company operates a fully equipped rebuild shop, two mobile service trucks, and an equipment locator service, and offers consignment/brokerage, professional appraisals, custom system design, and financing assistance. Sales are conducted through an experienced direct sales team segmented by industry vertical, supported by website listings, telemarketing, fax bulletins, email blasts, and trade publication advertising.

Product overview

Unlimited Resources Corporation (URC) is a recycling equipment company that specializes in buying, selling, trading, brokering, and rebuilding used recycling equipment. The company operates as a single unified business offering both physical equipment products and ancillary services. The product portfolio spans multiple equipment categories: Whole Tire Shredding Systems (Granutech/Saturn, SSI, Raptor, MacSaturn brands) that process whole tires to 2-inch TDF chips; Secondary Tire Grinding Systems including Granutech/Saturn Grizzly systems and Eldan Rasper for producing rubber mulch; Tub Grinders and Horizontal Grinders for wood waste processing; Compost Turners/Windrow Turners for commercial composting; Screening Equipment including trommel, star, and vibratory screens; Granulators and Cracker Mills for fine rubber grinding; plus Plastic Recycling Equipment and E-Waste Recycling Equipment. Supporting services include Equipment Appraisals (offering replacement, fair market, orderly liquidation, auction, and distressed valuations), Equipment Locator Service, Consignment/Brokerage Services (commission-based at 15% under $100K, 10% over), Financing Assistance through partner organizations, and Service After the Sale featuring a rebuild shop and field service trucks with limited warranties on refurbished equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Whole Tire Shredding Systems Complete systems for shredding whole semi-truck and passenger tires down to 2-inch nominal TDF (Tire Derived Fuel) chips, sold to scrap tire recyclers. Includes shear shredders from brands such as Granutech/Saturn, SSI, Raptor, MacSaturn, Columbus McKinnon, and Artech, plus custom-built conveyors, hydraulic power units, and disc screen classifiers.
• Secondary Tire Grinding Systems Systems that take 2-3 inch tire chips down to 3/4 inch minus rubber mulch, sold to scrap tire and crumb rubber processors. Includes Granutech/Saturn Grizzly systems (M50, M80), Eldan Rasper, Raptor Mini TG, and cracker mills with vibratory conveyors, cross-belt magnets, screw auger conveyors, and dust collection systems.
• Tub Grinders Heavy-duty grinding machines for processing cellulosic materials including wood pallets, construction waste, tree waste, and other wood products, sold to wood waste recyclers and composters. Brands include Morbark, WHO, Hogzilla, and Vermeer, in configurations ranging from 300HP to 1200HP (track-mounted, stationary, grapple-fed, cab-equipped).
• Horizontal Grinders Portable and stationary grinders for processing wood waste and oversized materials, sold to wood waste recyclers. Brands include Bandit Beast, CBI (Magnum Force Wood Hog), Morbark (5500, 5600, 6600, 6600T), Rotochopper, Peterson Pacific, and Schutte Buffalo. Preferred for constrained spaces and for handling lengthy oversized materials.
• Compost Turners and Windrow Turners Machines for mixing and stirring compost material in commercial composting operations, sold to composters and municipalities. Available in front-loader mounted, straddle, pull-behind, and self-propelled configurations. Brands include Scarab, Wildcat, Aeromaster, Backhus/Komptech, Scat, Vermeer, Frontier, and custom-built units.
• Screening Equipment Equipment for sizing and separating materials in recycling operations, sold across tire, wood, and other verticals. Includes trommel screens, star screens, vibratory/shaker screens, finger screens, and combination pulverizer/blender units. Brands include Komptech Multistar, Terra Select, Anaconda, McCloskey, Wildcat, Morbark, Powerscreen, Doppstadt, CEC, and Rotex.
• Granulators and Cracker Mills Machines for fine grinding of rubber and plastic materials, sold to crumb rubber and plastic recyclers. Includes Entoleter/AlSteel granulators, Pilao refining mills, and double roll cracker mills for producing crumb rubber from 10 mesh to 40 mesh particle sizes.
• Plastic Recycling Equipment Equipment for plastic recycling operations, sold to plastics recyclers and processors. Includes shredders, granulators, screens, molding, extrusion, balers, and related processing machinery.
• E-Waste Recycling Equipment Equipment for processing electronic waste including computers, tablets, cell phones, video cameras, digital cameras, and answering machines, sold to e-waste recyclers. URC has expanded into this category as part of its plastics and e-waste growth initiative.
• Miscellaneous Material Handling and Recycling Equipment Additional recycling and material handling equipment including balers, baggers, stacking conveyors, generators, excavators, oil filter crushers, and multi-vac cleaning machines.
• Equipment Locator Service Sales-led service that helps customers locate new or used recycling equipment not currently in URC inventory. The team uses web marketing, direct telemarketing, and email blasts to find hard-to-find items, with no upfront charge to the buyer.
• Consignment and Brokerage Services Commission-based consignment or brokerage of excess recycling equipment for sellers on a 90-day exclusive agreement. Commission is typically 15% for items under $100,000 and 10% for items above $100,000, marketed via telemarketing, fax bulletins, web promotion, and trade publication classifieds.
• Equipment Appraisals Professional equipment appraisals for banks, leasing companies, law firms, and other clients, providing valuations across replacement value, fair market value, orderly liquidation value, auction value, and distressed value based on URC's market and refurbishment expertise.
• Service After the Sale Post-sale service offering for URC customers, anchored by a fully equipped rebuild shop for refurbishing recycling equipment and two fully equipped mobile service trucks dispatched to customer locations for on-site repairs and warranty support. Includes limited warranty on refurbished equipment and on-site setup assistance for complete systems or large individual pieces.
• Financing Assistance Referral-based financing assistance connecting equipment buyers with third-party financing partners including Ascentium Capital, Beacon Hill Funding, Alliance Funding Group, and Jupiter Financial Services.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Vermeer Corporation: OEM of tub grinders, horizontal grinders, and composting equipment whose used machines pass through URC's inventory. Comparable as a major equipment category supplier whose brand presence URC leverages and partially competes with in used sales.
• Morbark: Manufacturer of wood grinding, tub/horizontal grinders, and recycling equipment. URC regularly resells, refurbishes, and appraises Morbark machines, making it both a supply partner and a partial substitute for URC's wood recycling offering.
• Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RB Global): Large global auctioneer of heavy and industrial equipment, including recycling machinery. Overlaps with URC as a channel for selling used recycling equipment, but operates at vastly greater scale and broader equipment categories.
• IronPlanet: Online auction marketplace for used heavy equipment, including recycling and material-handling machinery. Competes with URC's consignment and brokerage offering by aggregating used-equipment supply from many sellers.

Others

• SSI Shredding Systems: Manufacturer of industrial and tire shredders. URC lists SSI shredders as a core brand in its inventory, making it a key upstream partner and an indirect competitor when buyers compare new vs. refurbished equipment.
• Komptech: Manufacturer of composting, screening, and wood recycling equipment. URC lists Komptech Multistar screens and Backhus compost turners in its lineup, making it a brand partner whose machines URC distributes in the secondary market.
• Eldan Recycling: Manufacturer of tire and cable recycling equipment including the Eldan Rasper referenced in URC's secondary grinding product line. Comparable as an OEM whose equipment URC refurbishes and resells to crumb-rubber and TDF processors.
• Granutech-Saturn Systems (MTB): OEM manufacturer of tire shredders and recycling equipment; URC is a major reseller/refurbisher of Granutech products (notably the Saturn 62x40HT). Comparable as the upstream supplier whose brand and equipment URC monetizes in the secondary market.

Direct peers

• Recycling Equipment Corporation: Independent dealer of used and refurbished recycling equipment including shredders, granulators, and screens. Closely comparable niche competitor to URC in the resale and brokerage of recycling machinery across tire, wood, and plastics verticals.

Regional players

• Eagle Crusher Company: Manufacturer of crushing, screening, and recycling equipment focused on aggregates and demolition recycling. Adjacent competitor in the broader recycling-equipment resale and refurbishment space where URC also operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/urcrecycle
• YouTubeyoutube.com/urcrecycle
• Facebookfacebook.com/URCRecycle
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/unlimited-resources-corporation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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