Hauling mixed concrete?
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Streetcar
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If the concrete is sloshing around, it is too wet. I have used dump trucks for many concrete pours with no problems.
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Not to derail the thread. Sorry to OP.
About how long does it take do mix up a bucket load and dump it? Reason I ask is after I dump the first mixer load and the bucket is setting with wet mix in it, I'm not sure how many more mixer loads I can mix before dumping the bucket load.
What is a reasonable max pad size with a 4-6" depth to attempt to pour by myself? I've did stone walls and fireplaces by hand a few times but no pads.
I work alone mostly.
HF mixer and a 5 ft bucket on tractor.
Sorry to derail once again. Lot of great info in this thread.
Lenny
Streetcar
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Concrete cures through a chemical reaction, so it depends on temperature. Many state specifications call for placing concrete with in one hour of mixing cement and water
radioman
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i just mixed 32 bags of concrete last week for footings with 80lb bags in a horrible freight mixer . i did half of it myself then my son finally shows up - (he had dental appt) i'm almost 50 and i was a little sore the next day. i dont think its a big deal if you mixed it all yourself. i had lowes load all the concrete in the trailer for me and if you had a young kid helping you to move the concrete and put in the mixer and you did everything else -- you will be fine. heck -- whats 40-50 bucks to a kid for couple hours of work - they would love the money. id rather pay kids instead a big company to mix and deliver
downsizingnow48
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I never tried to haul mixed concrete. Frankly it all sounds more trouble than it is worth. I have always done my own mixing for small jobs, am now 68 and still do my own mixing when needed. The key is to find ways to minimize the lifting. I buy 60 lb sacks and get it loaded onto a pallet in the pickup by the sturdy lads at Lowes, about 1000 lbs at a time. Use the tractor and forks to lift it out of the pickup. Switch to loader bucket. Empty the sacks into the loader bucket at ground level. Then raise the bucket to chest height which makes shoveling into the mixer a breeze. I do not use it much these days, but I keep this mixer around, it always starts on the first pull and does a fast good job of mixing. I have a big old construction wheelbarrow but I only fill it half way to make moving it easier. For the small jobs I do around our property this is the way to go. I wouldn't mind paying the minimum fee for ready mix, but I am usually working in a place where a big truck cannot go, and on projects where the concrete cannot be dumped all in one place anyway. And another thing is, around here it is pretty hard to find a young helper who actually wants to work. They like to get paid but the work part is a different story. So I work in small batches at my own pace.
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crazyal
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This sounds like a great time to buy a 3pt cement mixer. Drive over to the bags, toss a few in and some water then let it mix while you drive over to the pour site. Certainly not the cheapest method but, being a tractor site, it's the most tractory.
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jenkinsph
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I much prefer an electric wheel barrow mixer and use the tractor to move the pallets of concrete where the bags are easy to lift and pour into the mixer tub. I have done several 100 sack pours this way.
