In 1973, Randal King returned home from two tours in Vietnam.  While in the military, Mr. King served in the United States Navy as a Seabee.  Building from his experience in his construction battalion, Mr. King decided to start his own company with the purchase of a single dump truck.   From a lonely dump truck, he began hauling materials for construction companies throughout the upstate of South Carolina.

By 1977, Mr. King had begun paving driveways on the side each weekend.  At first, these driveways were paved by hand.  Over the course of the next year, Mr. King acquired a paver and a roller from local junk piles.  Using his diesel mechanic experience from the Navy, he was able to repair each piece of equipment and return them to daily use.

After several years of hard work and long hours, Mr. King had saved enough money to purchase his first self propelled asphalt paver and other related equipment in 1980.  This new addition allowed King Asphalt to take on larger, more profitable projects. From driveways to large commercial parking lots, Mr. King was always looking for ways to expand his business.

After years of buying asphalt from local suppliers, King Asphalt bought its’ first asphalt plant in 1983.  Located on the hill behind the current Liberty asphalt plant, this 1966 1-ton Littleford Model 122-60 batch plant served as the next stepping stone.  Now, King Asphalt could produce as much asphalt as needed while better controlling its’ own paving schedule.

By 1988, King Asphalt had outgrown the Littleford plant in Liberty.  With the addition of a full size paver to the fleet, the demand for asphalt had grown significantly. That year, Mr. King purchased a 180 ton/hour continuous mix plant and placed it at the Liberty site.  The 1-ton Littleford batch plant was moved to Simpsonville to create King Asphalt’s second plant site in the upstate. One year later, Mr. king leased another plant from a local contractor and placed it in Spartanburg.  Mr. King was careful to never let an opportunity to expand pass him by.
The 1990’s brought many more changes.  The 1-ton Littleford in Simpsonville was moved to Seneca and was replaced by a 3 ton batch plant.  Meanwhile, the Liberty plant was replaced by a 5 ton batch plant.  By the mid 90’s, King Asphalt had grown to 4 asphalt plants. During the same time, Mr. King began a Concrete company consisting of  a single concrete plant in Simpsonville.  This allowed the company to build a very loyal customer base throughout the upstate of South Carolina.  Projects ranged from driveways to commercial parking lots and larger resurfacing contracts for surrounding cities and counties.

In 2001, King Asphalt began a new venture.  The company took on several SCDOT projects over the course of the next couple of years.  With this new high production work, came the need for better, more reliable plants capable of producing higher quantities of asphalt.  In the spring of 2001, King Asphalt purchased a new 400 TPH Astec  continuous flow asphalt plant with 600 Tons of storage to replace the old 5 ton batch plant.  This plant proved to be much more efficient and reliable than plants from the past.