No More Hand Mixing Concrete...

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Got this Yardmax 4.0 cu ft cement mixer at HD since it was on sale. The sale price and a small discount made it irresistible since I'd been wanting one for a while. It seems to be pretty well constructed and should easily mix 3 60-lb bags of concrete. I'm about to put it to use on several little projects around the homestead.

It's a little loud and has an annoying rattle...but apparently that's normal for this model.

 

[caliberbob]

Shoot, I didn’t know I was sharing a forum with a YouTube star!!!!!!

Looks awesome!

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Yeah... Big shot YT star. Me and my 30-something subscribers. Most of them are friends/family that feel sorry for me.

I just do the YT thing because it's easier to share videos with friends/family rather than sending a crappy auto-resized video with my phone that no one can see.

 

[OHJEEZE]

Growing up, I remember we had a electric one.

Never saw it used, then it just disappeared!

I think it would be nice to have something big enough to do a few cubic yards at a time, but am afraid it would be too costly.

Think it would be nice to have a 3 point pto model too!

Have some friends that are always doing some bag concrete projects and baffles me why they do not partner on a decent mixer

 

[caliberbob]

Try 41 subscribers you lucky devil

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Try 41 subscribers you lucky devil

Woo-hoo!

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Growing up, I remember we had a electric one.

Never saw it used, then it just disappeared!

I think it would be nice to have something big enough to do a few cubic yards at a time, but am afraid it would be too costly.

Think it would be nice to have a 3 point pto model too!

Have some friends that are always doing some bag concrete projects and baffles me why they do not partner on a decent mixer

I have 2 small pads/walkways, about 12'x4' each, two small stairways (first is two steps, second is 3) to the back porch, a small curb to put under some wooden privacy fence, and maybe a few other projects to do. That's why I got this thing...too much to hand mix but not enough for a truck.

Aside from fenceposts I've never done much concrete. So I need to head to YouTube University and get some learnin'.

 

[Snattlerake]

Does it go into reverse to unload the stuff?

 

[Big House]

Will you be helping Suckerburg build his irobot cave in Hawaii?

 

[CanadianRiverRat]

Keep it clean and you'll have a helluva brass tumbler after the concrete work is over!!!!!!