Ready Mix Concrete-Batching, Mixing, Transporting, and Handling

Ready Mixed Concrete

• Shrink-mixed concrete
  • mixed partially in a stationary mixer and completed in a truck mixer
• Truck-mixed concrete
  • mixed completely in a truck mixer

Agitator Trucks

• Used for: Transporting concrete truck for all uses. Haul distances must allow discharge of concrete within 1½ hours.
• Advantages: Operate usually from central mixing plants.
• Watch for: Timing of deliveries should suit job organization. Concrete crew and equipment must be ready onsite to handle concrete.

Transporting and Handling

Wheelbarrows and Buggies

• Used for: Short flat hauls on all types of onsite concrete construction.
• Advantages: Versatile—ideal inside and on jobsites with changing placing conditions.
• Watch for: Slow and labor intensive.

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