Only in Texas, Don and Harv doing

[jinman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If I need more than just a few sacks of concrete, than I go to United Rentals and buy it already mixed in their one yard buggies. )</font>

Eddie, the one part of the equation you didn't tell us is how far that United Rentals is from your place? If you have to drive 50 to 100 miles roundtrip for a yard of concrete, then mixing onsite looks a lot more attractive. Too bad local concrete companies don't have the same service. I have one of those less than 10 miles from my house.

 

[txdon]

Eddie, I called the two closest United Rentals (50 miles away) and they did not have or know where to locate a buggy. I have never seen one of those around here.

The attachment shows the finished beam with the framing removed from the open side. It turned out very well. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[txdon]

Eddie, I called the two closest United Rentals (50 miles away) and they did not have or know where to locate a buggy. I have never seen one of those around here.

The attachment shows the finished beam with the framing removed from the open side. It turned out very well. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[txdon]

.....and from the storage area looking to the front.

 

[txdon]

.....and from the storage area looking to the front.

 

[EddieWalker]

Jim,

Your right, there is a point when it's not practical to haul that buggy back and forth. For me, it's 15 miles each way, so that's not a big deal.

I'd still be hard pressed to dismiss a fifty mile drive one way to get a buggy for a yard of mud versus mixing it though. Fuel would be a small factor in the comparison because you'd be useing fuel to get those sacks anyway, not to mention the sacks would cost allot more money per yard and be of lesser strength.

Not having to mix a yard of mud, but being able to pour it all at once and beign full of energy to work it would also be a strong point in my deciding to make that drive.

Timewise, I'm not sure which is faster. If you factor in the time it takes to get the sacks of concret, have them loaded and bring them home, then mix them and move the material to the pour, compared with driving fifty miles, hooking up the buggy, having it filled, drive home, dump it, work the finish really nice, hose out the buggy, drive it back and then come home again.

It also becomes a simple one person job versus two people working their tails off on a hot day.

I've done both, and I'm gonna rent the buggy every time. Of course, that's just me. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Don,

Congratulations on your beam. It's a thing of beauty that most people don't recognize until they actually do it themselves. Every time you walk by the building, you will see it from a new set of eyes. You will see behind the walls, under the dirt and throught the layers. It's what makes building so addictive!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Jim,

Your right, there is a point when it's not practical to haul that buggy back and forth. For me, it's 15 miles each way, so that's not a big deal.

I'd still be hard pressed to dismiss a fifty mile drive one way to get a buggy for a yard of mud versus mixing it though. Fuel would be a small factor in the comparison because you'd be useing fuel to get those sacks anyway, not to mention the sacks would cost allot more money per yard and be of lesser strength.

Not having to mix a yard of mud, but being able to pour it all at once and beign full of energy to work it would also be a strong point in my deciding to make that drive.

Timewise, I'm not sure which is faster. If you factor in the time it takes to get the sacks of concret, have them loaded and bring them home, then mix them and move the material to the pour, compared with driving fifty miles, hooking up the buggy, having it filled, drive home, dump it, work the finish really nice, hose out the buggy, drive it back and then come home again.

It also becomes a simple one person job versus two people working their tails off on a hot day.

I've done both, and I'm gonna rent the buggy every time. Of course, that's just me. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Don,

Congratulations on your beam. It's a thing of beauty that most people don't recognize until they actually do it themselves. Every time you walk by the building, you will see it from a new set of eyes. You will see behind the walls, under the dirt and throught the layers. It's what makes building so addictive!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Eddie

 

[rox]

good one Jim /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[rox]

good one Jim /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[txdon]

<font color="blue"> "You will see behind the walls, under the dirt and through the layers. It's what makes building so addictive!!!!" </font>

Eddie, you nail the love of building in the above quote.

I decided to take a break today and do some TRACTOR work on the building. I need to remove the vegetation from the future storage slab area and replace it with compacted various sizes and fines of gravel.

Removing the grass and top soil. picture 1