On May 19, 1:48*pm, "HeyBub" <hey...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> Anybody have the link to an article on fashioning a concrete mixer from a
> washing-machine tub, some pipes, a small electric motor, and, possibly,
> lard?
>
> Thanks.

here's one my neighbor built despite my suggestion of getting one CL

http://www.onlinetips.org/home-made-concrete-mixer


cheers
Bob

On May 20, 11:50*am, "HeyBub" <hey...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> fftt wrote:
> > On May 19, 1:48 pm, "HeyBub" <hey...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> >> Anybody have the link to an article on fashioning a concrete mixer
> >> from a washing-machine tub, some pipes, a small electric motor, and,
> >> possibly, lard?
>
> >> Thanks.
>
> > here's one my neighbor built despite my suggestion of getting one CL
>
> >http://www.onlinetips.org/home-made-concrete-mixer
>
> Thank. I found that but there's no picture, so I'm not sure whether the
> motor goes inside the drum or outside.

I didnt realize you were really serious......I thought you were
joking.

In my experience, anything more than a 1/2 yard per session is worth
getting:

1) a transit mix trailer from a local rental yard (if you have one
that supplies concrete)
2) a site mix truck (dry components)

mixing concrete by hand (ie, even an powered mixer) sucks

cheers
Bob

On May 20, 4:22�pm, fftt <rkaza...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 20, 11:50�am, "HeyBub" <hey...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
> > fftt wrote:
> > > On May 19, 1:48 pm, "HeyBub" <hey...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Anybody have the link to an article on fashioning a concrete mixer
> > >> from a washing-machine tub, some pipes, a small electric motor, and,
> > >> possibly, lard?
>
> > >> Thanks.
>
> > > here's one my neighbor built despite my suggestion of getting one CL
>
> > >http://www.onlinetips.org/home-made-concrete-mixer
>
> > Thank. I found that but there's no picture, so I'm not sure whether the
> > motor goes inside the drum or outside.
>
> I didnt realize you were really serious......I thought you were
> joking.
>
> In my experience, anything more than a 1/2 yard per session is worth
> getting:
>
> 1) a transit mix trailer from a local rental yard (if you have one
> that supplies concrete)
> 2) a site mix truck (dry components)
>
> mixing concrete by hand (ie, even an powered mixer) sucks
>
> cheers
> Bob

not only that but bought by the truckload concrete is many times
cheaper than by the bag, or buying sand cement and gravel.

some years ago concrete at least 5 yards was 75 bucks a yard
delivered.
the materials to make it near 200 bucks a yard.