Concrete mixer to mix up mel's mix?!!

happyfrog 3/12/2010, 6:28 pm

I saw a recent post in the 'you might be a sfg if you . .' thread about using a concrete mixer. . .

gonna call tomorrow to find out how much a rental is!

http://www.paisleyrental.com/ConcreteEquipment/tabid/6264/Default.aspx

Concrete Equipment (please call for prices)

48" Bull
Float (handles included)
36" Power
Trowel 5.5 hp w/combo blades
48" Power
Trowel 8 hp w/combo blades
14" Gas
Cut-off saw (hand held concrete saw)
Walk
Behind concrete saw 13 hp wet cut
14"
Diamond blade
14"
Abrasive blade
13 hp
concrete buggy 16 cubic ft capacity
Electric
Concrete Mixer 3 cubic ft capacity

Wouldn't that be AWESOME?!! This is a rental company here in my town. . .never would have thought of renting a mixer but gosh, this would be such a time saver - dump in ingredients, mix and pour. . .what would be easier?

anyone actually do this kind of thing? if so, how much did you pay for the rental? and what the heck is a buggy vs a mixer?

happyfrog 3/12/2010, 6:29 pm

i'm thinking seriously about doing a much larger garden this year if the mixer is a real reasonable option - i could have our entire garden expansion DONE in less than 4 hours from start to finish!

Lavender Debs 3/12/2010, 6:32 pm

AND you can wet it down perfectly while it is running!!!!

boffer 3/12/2010, 7:13 pm

happyfrog wrote:I saw a recent post in the 'you might be a sfg if you . .' thread about using a concrete mixer. . .

That was me. I own 2 different size mixers and haven't tried it yet! I have 5 new boxes to fill, so I thought I'd drag them out to try it.

The volume rating on mixers is very misleading. The 3cf you mentioned is a common small size. It will only handle two 60 lb. sacks of cement mix. That's about one cf of concrete mix. When I've tried 3 sacks it splashes out quite a bit. I'm curious to see how much mel's mix I can get in. Like Deb suggested, wetting it down while adding materials will keep the dust down and compress the soil a bit so I can add more at a time.

The buggy is a mixer on wheels. The one you listed is 5x bigger than the small one. It has a pretty good size gas motor on it. You and your husband could lift the small one off a truck. The buggy is probably towable.

It's going to be a few weeks till I get around to mixing, but you could try it out for us first!

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