Cement/concrete mixer needed - any advice on which model to buy?

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SpokeyDokey

67, & my GP says I will officially be old at 70!
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I have a number of small jobs to complete around the house ranging from mixing mortar to repair some of our stone walls and a few areas (around a metre square) of concrete that need replacing.

I want a small electric mixer that I can use for these jobs and others as they occur over time.

Has anyone used a particular model that they can recommend for similar jobs?

Not wanting to go down the hire route as that puts me under time pressure - I just want to undertake these jobs when my mood and good weather coincide. ^_^
 

dan_bo

How much does it cost to Oldham?
Drill and paddle mate
 

Profpointy

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I thought the tradition was to buy a 2nd hand professional quality mixer of indeterminate age and brand - keep it to do the job - then sell it on for same money. Same goes for dumper trucks.

I am being serious by the way, albeit not personally bought, but have used both items on the above basis
 

slowmotion

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I thought the tradition was to buy a 2nd hand professional quality mixer of indeterminate age and brand - keep it to do the job - then sell it on for same money. Same goes for dumper trucks.

I am being serious by the way, albeit not personally bought, but have used both items on the above basis
Ebay seems to bear out your theory, but there's a lot of dog-rough plant on offer as well.
 

Profpointy

Legendary Member
Ebay seems to bear out your theory, but there's a lot of dog-rough plant on offer as well.

My caving club has one of each, both many decades old. The cement mixer was apparently a cast off from a member who'd bought it 2nd hand to build his extension and the dumper truck had been bought 2nd hand for a particular job with the intention of flipping but was found sufficiently useful to hang on to
 

Adam4868

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Mixing drill and paddle and one of those gorilla tubs.For smaller jobs it's all you need.Easier to clean also.Saying that I've rendered houses without a mixer.Prefer to do it by hand if it's not too big of a area.
 

nickyboy

Norven Mankey
Drill and paddle (or the specifically designed integrated systems) are for mixing plaster.
Belle sells a professional 150l mixer (the orange one) and a 130l DIY mixer (the yellow one). The 130, second hand, would suffice.
I used to be a Director at Belle so I can answer most concrete mixer questions (and other small plant for that matter)
 
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