Moving wet concrete with tractor bucket?

[RNeumann]

Sounds like you have something backwards? MIXER!?!? The mixer goes next to the hole......dump the mixer directly into the hole!!! The tractor moves the dry raw material to the mixer and a hose moves the water.

 

[rockinmywaypa]

build a triangular box that you can chain into bucket of tractor. tilt bucket back to carry, tilt ahead when over tube. easy to scrape out between loads.

 

[Diggin It]

I can but my mixer prety much dumps out right on its front wheels and even making it into the wheel barrow can be difficult.

I'd be rigging up a piece of 10-12" PVC pipe as a trough/sluice if it were me.

 

[oosik]

As long as you have a system that works for you - there is no wrong way. Some will be more difficult than others - but if it works - who cares.

 

[3Ts]

I've moved concrete from a redi-mix truck to the site with a standard bucket. It doesn't move much at a time since you can't fill the bucket or you'll lose a lot during the moving part. (try to transport water in your bucket and you'll get an idea as to the problem) I was moving it for a patio, so it was flat forms, the sonotube will be a problem since you'll need something like a funnel to get it into the forms.
Seems like the best approach is to put the mixer at the tube and mix it there. You may need to modify the mixer frame to raise it up so it will dump directly into the tube after mixing.

 

[caver]

Might as well buy one of these...you can't take that money to the grave.
That kid on YT Andrew Camarata just bought one for a recent video he did.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Buying a skidsteer concrete mixer - YouTube

Quite interesting. I thought the experience might be a bust, but he seems pleased. I don't know what he charges per hour, and then figure the equipment costs. Redimix can't be far off in price.

I have often wished I had a side dump skid steer bucket similar to what you would find on some CAT 977s.

 

[nyone]

If i had a spare $7k laying around i would be buying more land not a depreciating asset.

Seams like the concrete mixer mounted on the bucket may be the way to go. I think i have an idea for this to work.

 

[Industrial Toys]

And then pay property taxes forever, not to mention up keep..

 

[nyone]

Taxes and up keep is prety minimal on a piece of land. If it ment mixing 100 sacks of concrete or buying the lot next door i would be hand mixing.

Our whole cabin is going to cost less than $15k so its hard to justify a $7k skid steer mixer especially when i dont own a skid steer.