No More Hand Mixing Concrete...

[trekrok]

Concrete work in any form sucks. That is all.

 

[Jeff Rasberry]

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.





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Get a bag of portland concrete and add a shovel full to each bag of that quickcrete you will get a better quality concrete that will set up harder

 

[mouthpiece]

I might get one of those.
i've mixed 6 pallets of bag concrete by hand!
IT SUCKS.
i did a 22x24 garage and a pretty good size barn floor 15 years ago.
ugh

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Get a bag of portland concrete and add a shovel full to each bag of that quickcrete you will get a better quality concrete that will set up harder

I'm sure it would. But for me there's no need to make it that complicated. I just need decent mud that'll stand up to walking. Pretty sure regular concrete mix will do just fine for what I want.

I might get one of those.
i've mixed 6 pallets of bag concrete by hand!
IT SUCKS.
i did a 22x24 garage and a pretty good size barn floor 15 years ago.
ugh

This machine thoroughly mixes 3 60-lb bags in 3 to 4 mins. I've seen guys do really large pads with them and it's impressive. Not the fastest in the world but it gets the job done.

 

[John6185]

You could pour some major sidewalks around your home and never walk in mud again! And a first rate storm shelter!

 

[dennishoddy]

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'm thinking the bolded part means you want to do a few cubic feet at a time. A few Cubic yards of concrete would be cement truck size.
When we do bag projects at the range, renting a gasoline powered mixer works great. More than a few rentals would more than pay for the OP's though.

 

[dennishoddy]

Try 41 subscribers you lucky devil

Speak for yourself. I have two subscribers.
But! I found a video for another thread.

 

[caliberbob]

Speak for yourself. I have two subscribers.
But! I found a video for another thread.

What’s your channel? I’ll sub

 

[OHJEEZE]

I'm thinking the bolded part means you want to do a few cubic feet at a time. A few Cubic yards of concrete would be cement truck size.
When we do bag projects at the range, renting a gasoline powered mixer works great. More than a few rentals would more than pay for the OP's though.

No sir!

I was talking yards!

Something like this would be neat!



Around my neck of the woods 10 yards is a truckload.

I think it used to be 4 yard minimum to get a truck out without paying extra, but dont quote me on that because it has been a while

 

[dennishoddy]

Three!


I have another one from way back when it was so easy to load from the Iphone that I'll look up. It may have 4 subs. LOL.