The 'Today's Job' thread

[doobin]

Alot of UK places won't let you collect in less than a 7.5t even if you wanted to

Nearest place must be fifteen miles away, and weight is a killer- the water weight you don’t think about when it comes out of the tap! Plus I wouldn’t like to transport a wet ish mix in my trailer with the sides.

All our work is within five miles of base generally speaking, and I have sharp sand and shingle in 20t bays at the yard. I always used to use volumetric trucks, but recently the prices have gotten sky high plus extra charges for the ‘empty’ tonnage. This works out similar money I reckon once accounting for labour, but you have complete control over timing etc. today was around four cube. New mixer is a big step up.

I wanted a tub mixer (could load with Sherpa etc on larger jobs and move with the multione if room) but I don’t have enough hydraulic flow to run a small one properly unless the 2.7t or big loader are there, which of course they often are not. So for £800 this seemed a good stopgap to test the water.

 

[V8Druid]

Good bit of kit- takes two bags of dust at 5 or 6:1. Two full Sherpa buckets. View attachment 36380View attachment 36381

that's deffo the way to load a mixer, if you gotta do it by hand ....... and unload it

 

[Smiffy]

Nearest place must be fifteen miles away, and weight is a killer- the water weight you don’t think about when it comes out of the tap! Plus I wouldn’t like to transport a wet ish mix in my trailer with the sides.

All our work is within five miles of base generally speaking, and I have sharp sand and shingle in 20t bays at the yard. I always used to use volumetric trucks, but recently the prices have gotten sky high plus extra charges for the ‘empty’ tonnage. This works out similar money I reckon once accounting for labour, but you have complete control over timing etc. today was around four cube. New mixer is a big step up.

I wanted a tub mixer (could load with Sherpa etc on larger jobs and move with the multione if room) but I don’t have enough hydraulic flow to run a small one properly unless the 2.7t or big loader are there, which of course they often are not. So for £800 this seemed a good stopgap to test the water.

Wouldn't you just leave a pan mixer in the yard. Can even stay on a stand that trailers and vehicles can be reversed under. Perfect for doing kerbs sandbags or other jobs requiring drier mixes. Or just wet up on site jor bigger jobs.

 

[Furniss]

weight isn't an issue for me but we hand mixed for years and more recently we just pick up dry curb mix from plant and wet it up in tracked mixer if need be, but we never really need wet gear nowadays
But you have plenty of laborers

 

[Storrsy]

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At last 15m3 in!

Nearest place must be fifteen miles away, and weight is a killer- the water weight you don’t think about when it comes out of the tap! Plus I wouldn’t like to transport a wet ish mix in my trailer with the sides.

All our work is within five miles of base generally speaking, and I have sharp sand and shingle in 20t bays at the yard. I always used to use volumetric trucks, but recently the prices have gotten sky high plus extra charges for the ‘empty’ tonnage. This works out similar money I reckon once accounting for labour, but you have complete control over timing etc. today was around four cube. New mixer is a big step up.

I wanted a tub mixer (could load with Sherpa etc on larger jobs and move with the multione if room) but I don’t have enough hydraulic flow to run a small one properly unless the 2.7t or big loader are there, which of course they often are not. So for £800 this seemed a good stopgap to test the water.

Interesting.
I might have a job coming up. No lorry access and concrete has to go down a narrow pathway for 500 meters to bed in granite kerbs and form runoff gullies. Was wondering the easiest way to do it. Thinking digger buckets into 2 ton dumper at roadside and mix it in the dumper with the digger before taking it down the path.

 

[doobin]

Wouldn't you just leave a pan mixer in the yard. Can even stay on a stand that trailers and vehicles can be reversed under. Perfect for doing kerbs sandbags or other jobs requiring drier mixes. Or just wet up on site jor bigger jobs.

That’s really not a bad idea. Just not sure how you’d ‘wet it up on site’?

 

[Shovelhands]

That’s really not a bad idea. Just not sure how you’d ‘wet it up on site’?

What about if you made yourself a small mixer bucket for the Sherpa? Chuck it in the bucket as a dry mix, batched from the pan, stick a drop of water with it and mix it as you trundle from the trailer to the point of use?

 

[Lancs Lad]

What about something along the lines of Andrews?

 

[doobin]

What about if you made yourself a small mixer bucket for the Sherpa? Chuck it in the bucket as a dry mix, batched from the pan, stick a drop of water with it and mix it as you trundle from the trailer to the point of use?

You’d never get the water perfect. Extra weight of the mixer bucket would mean you’d be moving much less. And it wouldn’t move whilst mixing.

Small gear is great, but there are limits unfortunately.

 

[doobin]

What about something along the lines of Andrews?

That would work on the multione, but not the smaller gear. And to be fair, if you were mixing that much on site that a bucket mixer on the loader was a viable proposition, then you’d be talking full loads of mix trucks anyway.

 

[Smiffy]

That’s really not a bad idea. Just not sure how you’d ‘wet it up on site’?

I either mix it on the floor or in the back of the lorry with a machine.

Have it damp enough to set out the pan mixer. Kind of damp enough to roll into a ball. Which doesn't equate to much water weight. Then it's really just wetting it up for workability so getting the water right isn't so much of a problem as the mix is already wet enough.

Or the school of African engineering. Throw it all in and use the Rotavator.

 

[6feetdown]

What about something along the lines of Andrews?

I looked into 1 of these for the avant about 4k plus vat

 

[Russell]

I got some made up and stuck in the dumper on the trailer the other day. Was nice to not have to take the mixer.
Instead of mixing it myself, just sit in the car for 10 min.
If I had a few more jobs like that it would be worth getting a bigger dumper.

 

[6feetdown]

Internal shutters stripped this afternoon

 

[bobthebuilder]

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Internal shutters stripped this afternoon

tidy job

 

[Giles]

Good bit of kit- takes two bags of dust at 5 or 6:1. Two full Sherpa buckets. View attachment 36380View attachment 36381

Looks same colour as my imer 360 forced action mixer is it an imer ?

 

[doobin]

Looks same colour as my imer 360 forced action mixer is it an imer ?

Yup. Looks exactly the same as the belle road tow, I know a lot of their stuff comes from the continent.

Which pan mixer do you have?

 

[Giles]

Yup. Looks exactly the same as the belle road tow, I know a lot of their stuff comes from the continent.

Which pan mixer do you have?

I’ve got the imer 240 litre great mixer for lime mortars, has jack on it to jack it up then drop legs, little Honda engine etc

I had same problem with flow for pan mixer power pack or 1.5 ton wouldbt power it only 3 ton + etc

 

[GazCro]

I’ve got the imer 240 litre great mixer for lime mortars, has jack on it to jack it up then drop legs, little Honda engine etc

I had same problem with flow for pan mixer power pack or 1.5 ton wouldbt power it only 3 ton + etc

I'd bet you'd be surprised how much flow a hyd pan mixer would need gotta be careful if you're only meeting min required.

 

[Giles]

I'd bet you'd be surprised how much flow a hyd pan mixer would need gotta be careful if you're only meeting min required.

They spec they need 50litres a minute