Grand_Pooba
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Has anyone ever used their FEL to transfer cement from the truck to form. I've done this lots of times with a wheel barrow but the tractor would be way easier on my back.
Transfering cement
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newbury
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I've used it to mix bag cement. I'd be careful on overloading though.
FredH
Platinum Member
Not from a truck , but from a portable mixer . Had mixer set up in driveway next to old pick-up that had the sand / gravel mix in it . 4 shovels of cement , then 16 of sand / gravel , let mix then dumped batch into the bucket on my tc-30 . Repeat second time , then entire load down driveway into field to set corner posts for fence . Beat the heck out of a wheel barrow when you are talking traveling 300 to 500 feet depending on which posts I was planting . Just keep load low if , like on my property you are side hill while traveling .
Fred H.
Fred H.
Yes, make sure you have rear weights or fill slowly to see how much you can carry. I made a form to dump the concrete because I was doing post holes and the bucket is 60" wide, so most of it would wind up on the ground otherwise. I've also used the bucket to fill wheelbarrows, if you tuck one wheelbarrow in right behind the other it's the same width as the bucket and you can fill them both without spilling.
Stimw
Elite Member
Not a problem BUT make sure you keep the bucket washed off or it will always remind you what you did with it! A good stiff brush will help too.
Or you will be using muriatic acid to clean it.
Or you will be using muriatic acid to clean it.
Egon
Epic Contributor
If the haul is long or bumpy You will get segregation and improper water distribution in the concrete.:thumbsup:
LD1
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I guess I'd ask:
How much concrete do you plan on moving this way????
Because you said "off the truck" I am assuming it is a good bit of concrete. And I doubt the driver is going to want to wait around on you to unload his truck, one bucket load at a time.
I dont know how it is around you, but the concrete guys around me are only allotted a certain amount of time to unload. If they go over, you get charged extra.
Why is it that the truck cannot get to the form to pour in directly???
How much concrete do you plan on moving this way????
Because you said "off the truck" I am assuming it is a good bit of concrete. And I doubt the driver is going to want to wait around on you to unload his truck, one bucket load at a time.
I dont know how it is around you, but the concrete guys around me are only allotted a certain amount of time to unload. If they go over, you get charged extra.
Why is it that the truck cannot get to the form to pour in directly???
RDrancher
Veteran Member
The FEL will work fine. I do it all the time. Spray the bucket (inside and out) with diesel to keep the concrete from sticking. And be sure to position your tractor off to the side so the concrete doesn't splash all over your hood and grill.
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Grand_Pooba
Silver Member
I'm putting in head stone foundations in a cemetery. Each one takes about 3/4 of a yard, give er take. If I only have 1 or 2 to do I'll mix it by hand, but anymore than that and getting it delivered makes more sense. The longest distance I would have to go is maybe 150 ft from the driveway to the hole.
LD1
Epic Contributor
I see now.:thumbsup:
