moving cement

txdon · May 25, 2005

Does anyone know if there is an attachment that can move very wet small rock cement 20 feet up? The attachment could run off the tractors PTO, skid steer hydraulics, or from a generator.

The only thing that comes to mind is something like my grandpa's grain auger.

I am looking for something to pump cement into a 6" round cavity (every 18" - horizontal and vertical grid) in a wall as I am building it.

Thanks.

beenthere · May 25, 2005

The local Bobcat dealer here used to rent an hydraulic rig that would push concrete through a hose (about 3-4" diam). I believe it had about a 6' hyd ram that would push the concrete through in 'increments' fro a hopper. I think I heard someone say that a contractor bought it from them.
I was looking into renting it once, but then turned out I didn't need it for the job.
I am not sure if it was a Bobcat attachment, or just fit on a Bobcat quick hitch.

rdbrumfield · May 25, 2005

You might look up concrete pumper in the yellow pages. They do have the large ones of course, but there are also trailer ones that pump right from the cement truck.

txdon · May 26, 2005

Beenthere, That sound like what I need. I need some more key words for google. I will be mixing 4-5 cu ft. at a time and loading the mixer is all the manual labor I want to do. I still have about 6 months if I can't find anything maybe I can build something. The last resort will be to bring in the cement trucks, and pumper truck, with a bulldozer on standby to pull them. When building I will have the time for the one slow horizontal grid pour at a time. I will be using Gridwall blocks.
Any suggestions will be appreciated!

beenthere · May 26, 2005

Here is what I found.

http://www.bobcat.com/products/att/cpump.html

Jagmandave · May 26, 2005

My new house will be two story (well, actually a ranch on a walk out basement) and I'm going to be building with ICF's too. I just plan on renting the pumper and having 'em do their thing when it comes time..........

txdon · May 26, 2005

Thanks Beenthere, I'll check out the purchase and rental price. Dave our house on the hill will also have a walkout basement, see attachment. The style is Tuscany Farmhouse.