Mixing concrete in the FEL Bucket

   / Mixing concrete in the FEL Bucket
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Thanks again for the input.

Mixing dry in the form could work if I took out the wire and rebar. Think I want to leave that in.

Mixing it in the FEL bucket would be a challenge to mix it well, but with the power (two handed) variable speed mortar mixer it will be somewhat doable. Or I may learn not so much.

I am a bit of a magnet for hard work - have tackled some enormous tasks alone - typically over build and have mixed many hundreds of bags of concrete alone (80 lb bags and later 60s) and the hard way - so know I can get it done. Knowing myself, I am guessing I will gather what I need topside and just do it. And feel great about it afterwards. Maybe not the smartest way to get-er-done, but it will be done. And dinner will be great whatever it is.
 
   / Mixing concrete in the FEL Bucket #13  
Seeing 2manyrocks first video gave me the thought someone might be able to take an old snowblower and use it to mix concrete. Not offering mine though. Jon
 
   / Mixing concrete in the FEL Bucket #14  
I've done bigger, by hand, alone, not that big of a deal. I did one bag at a time in a wheelbarrow. I see no issues using the FEL bucket. A buddy to help would be nice.
 
   / Mixing concrete in the FEL Bucket #15  
Thanks again for the input.

Mixing dry in the form could work if I took out the wire and rebar. Think I want to leave that in.

Mixing it in the FEL bucket would be a challenge to mix it well, but with the power (two handed) variable speed mortar mixer it will be somewhat doable. Or I may learn not so much.

I am a bit of a magnet for hard work - have tackled some enormous tasks alone - typically over build and have mixed many hundreds of bags of concrete alone (80 lb bags and later 60s) and the hard way - so know I can get it done. Knowing myself, I am guessing I will gather what I need topside and just do it. And feel great about it afterwards. Maybe not the smartest way to get-er-done, but it will be done. And dinner will be great whatever it is.
As they say down under, "Good on you, mate"!

Go for it then. I would keep the rebar, too.

All the best,

Peter
 
   / Mixing concrete in the FEL Bucket #16  
More bags at once will give you a better consistency overall than doing one at a time.
A 3 or 4 tine cultivator or garden fork will help quite a bit in getting the dry mix circulated.
It might work but who wants to be a mortar forker. :D
 
   / Mixing concrete in the FEL Bucket #17  
You'd think there would be some simple way of taking a barrel, bolting angle to the inside, adding water and cement, and then rolling the thing with the tractor to mix cement.
 
   / Mixing concrete in the FEL Bucket #18  
I did about 70 bags in my 54" bucket. Four 80lb bags at a time. Four one gallon milk bottles for the water. Used a shovel and a hoe to mix. It's a workout, but very doable.
 
   / Mixing concrete in the FEL Bucket #19  
the largest slab i mixed by hand in a wheelbarrow was 10’x10’x4”. Mixed, poured and screeded as i went along. Troweled as needed. It was a tack room floor so it got broom finish. No cold joints. Looks great 15 years later. 80lb bags. Sucked.
 
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