Concrete dumper, mixidump etc etc

[GazCro]

Yeah maybe we’ve a few 3 ton dumpers so could get 1m3 in each if I can get the concrete wagon into the valley

You've got to factor in time, running it in from a mixer with dumpers even paying a standing charge probs still cheaper than trying to get all materials to job and then have to batch it yourself.

 

[Antony Holmes]

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[Rob65]

Giles,
I’ve got a big old diesel site mixer I’d be happy to let you have cheep.
Would this mixer alongside yours produce fast enough if loaded with a mini digger?

Rob

 

[Giles]

You still have to get all the materials there. Or are you saying you can't get a concrete wagon.

I’ll get sand ballast cement in on tipping trailer on numerous trips, job is in edale valley down famous steep windy road. Limited other way by low bridge and tight 90 turn bridge. 7.5 ton limit.

 

[Giles]

Giles,
I’ve got a big old diesel site mixer I’d be happy to let you have cheep.
Would this mixer alongside yours produce fast enough if loaded with a mini digger?

Rob

I’ve two belles of this size, what I haven’t got due to torn knee acl is my big labourer so trying not to shovel it/narrow it etc.

 

[pettsy]

Just the job


Could you hire something like a 9t (road legal) dumper?

 

[Giles]

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Just the job


Could you hire something like a 9t (road legal) dumper?

Too big to get to the barn in the field, my amorak only just fits up the track

 

[GazCro]

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Just the job


Could you hire something like a 9t (road legal) dumper?

Anything bigger/taller than a straight tip 3tonner won't go under chute on back of mixer as a rule

 

[JD450A]

6 Yard skip, Splurge concrete into that and a 3t dumper..... Haul and decant from skip as necessary.

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Got a job to do 20 mins from main rd in a field awful access will need 4-6m3 concrete.

now I could get out big belle mixer 440l and mix it but that’s hard work.

I was thinking getting a little pan mixer 609-800l and mounting it on my 1ton tracked dumper giving tip slew and hydraulic power.

over complicating it?
Digger mounted concrete bucket, pto pan mixer on tractor?

Pto pan mixer on tractor surely, if you already have the tractor (or access to one)?

 

[diggerjones]

If you had one mini loading and one digger with bucket reversed, placing concrete. Just need a small labourer to shout at

 

[V8Druid]

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I like that ..... pity it's in Scortlan'

 

[T whiting]

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did 5m3 in a set of founds on a job needed to be ready for brickys on the Monday loaded by hand as the customer wanted to batch the cement would have been easer loading with the digger but the customer is always right

You can gauge cement with a digger I get 12 bags of cement in a 3ft 3cx bucket and it's just maths from there

6 Yard skip, Splurge concrete into that and a 3t dumper..... Haul and decant from skip as necessary.

I think I like Rory's idea best if you need the concrete all at once. If you need bits and bats so want to mix it it's not overly difficult to load a site mixer with a 18 inch bucket just make sure there's plenty of water in first or it sticks badly I did about 30 cube like that on a underpinning job with bad access.

You've no chance of mounting a pan mixer on a hitip there bad enough with a ton bag in the skip one on a telehandler works well but there a fair lump before you put any ballast in it

 

[Smiffy]

Anything bigger/taller than a straight tip 3tonner won't go under chute on back of mixer as a rule

Can go a bit higher if you use volumetric mixers

 

[DaveDCB]

Coulda mixed it by hand in the time it’s taken that your going have to mix it by hand anyway

 

[GazCro]

Can go a bit higher if you use volumetric mixers

You can if you can get them. None round here, there was briefly but unless they were simple quick pours they ended up dearer.

 

[Rob65]

I’ve two belles of this size, what I haven’t got due to torn knee acl is my big labourer so trying not to shovel it/narrow it etc.

I’ve loaded it with mini digger and then tippped the mix straight into skid steer bucket.
It keeps you busy jumping in and out of machines but it takes all the heavy lifting out of the job.

 

[pettsy]

You can if you can get them. None round here, there was briefly but unless they were simple quick pours they ended up dearer.

Plenty of them round here Infact, it’s rare to see a normal mixer truck!

 

[GazCro]

Plenty of them round here Infact, it’s rare to see a normal mixer truck!

Everywhere is different i guess. I think part the problem for them round here was competing with existing setups and the fact that there's too many places they can't get to.

 

[Smiffy]

You can if you can get them. None round here, there was briefly but unless they were simple quick pours they ended up dearer.

There are more volumetrics round where I am than barrels by a long way
Even big pours have them running so can't be much difference in price