CalvinHobbes Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 So we have 2 houses to put up and the best rental price is 45 pw. Guessing we will need it for a minimum of 14 weeks. Tempted to buy one and sell it at the end. Whatcha think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 The first time round we hired This time we bought an old lister petter for £280 and it hasn’t mixed a beat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Buy … have a look on FarceBook marketplace and get a used Belle Minimix - even if the drum is shot a new drum isn’t too expensive and you will sell it for what you paid for it. Just remember to clean it every day and once every couple of weeks run it with a litre of brick acid and a couple of litres of water to clean up any stubborn bits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Still have my Belle mixer from 1987. Replaced the gearbox. Had the paddles in the drum rewelded. Would recommend not leaving out in the rain if you want it to last. Used for supplying concrete/mortar from manholes to foundations to brickwork to patio to paths from the start of a job to near to the finish. No off hire in bad weather, no delivery / collection charge, no being charged when a gap in the work. If you can transport it and store it then in my experience its a no brainer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 16 minutes ago, Marvin said: Would recommend not leaving out in the rain if you want it to last. Today's top tip. The average "1 ton builders bag" that you often get full of gravel, sand etc, nicely fits over the top of the average small cement mixer to keep the worst of the weather off it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 1 minute ago, ProDave said: Today's top tip. +1 Exactly what we did with our Belle Minimix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyscotland Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 29 minutes ago, ProDave said: Today's top tip. The average "1 ton builders bag" that you often get full of gravel, sand etc, nicely fits over the top of the average small cement mixer to keep the worst of the weather off it. Mine (which I got off eBay with a failed power switch & refurbished) has been outside under a bulk bag for 4 years now and is still going strong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 After the estimated 14 weeks stretches to 20, there will be other occasions when you will use yours because it is there. We bought a smallish new one. None second hand when wd wanted of course. Its biggest job was 3m3 of concrete which was a lot of refills, but worked out fine. 139 litres, £280 but shop around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceverge Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Be careful if anyone else uses it that they wash it too. I had a ladder and a wheelbarrow that weren't so lucky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 How many squads of brickies will you have on site at the one time? Might be worth getting a tub of ready-mix each day. Otherwise, worth having at least a small one anyway. My £200 mini belle is still going strong nearly 10 years on, despite a gearbox oil leak. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Buying a new 136L Belle minimix is pricey though. I can vouch for the almost identical looking £284 136L mixer from Screwfix. Only the power switch has failed since I got it 4 years ago, but these seem to go quite regularly anyway. The switch on my previous mixer went as well as the one on the Belle minimix that my builder brought round when building our extensions. Easily fixed by a common replacement switch available on Amazon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrerahill Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 10 hours ago, CalvinHobbes said: So we have 2 houses to put up and the best rental price is 45 pw. Guessing we will need it for a minimum of 14 weeks. Tempted to buy one and sell it at the end. Whatcha think? Buy it. You will also need it for all the other things you forgot about or haven't even thought about yet. I got mine 7-8 years ago and it has mixed so much, concrete, mortar and render that I just couldn't imagine life without one sitting there at the ready. I need to pour 2 small founds for some block columns at the weekend, an easy mornings work to dig, mix and place concrete with the mixer about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrerahill Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 2 hours ago, ProDave said: Today's top tip. The average "1 ton builders bag" that you often get full of gravel, sand etc, nicely fits over the top of the average small cement mixer to keep the worst of the weather off it. It does indeed! Also appears to be storm proof its such a good snug fit. But you need to know to slide it over the handle side first then down over the drum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 10 hours ago, CalvinHobbes said: Whatcha think? On reflection I think it depends. Bricklayers should bring their own and will want a biggish one. Then they will look after it a bit, which involves washing it down and occasionaly throwing a brick in or hitting it with a shovel when not cleaned properly at 3pm friday. One labourer can then serve 2 layers. If you hire it for them it will be your problem if it breaks down, and your cost to clean prpoperly at end of hire.....because they won't. You will also be paying for it when they don't show up. They will not tolerate a small one. They will want paying for lost time if your machine stops working. If diy, which seems unlikely (?), then the smaller ones allow 1 serving 1. Or small batches of mixing and laying which provides variety and reduces RSI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 1 minute ago, saveasteading said: On reflection I think it depends. Bricklayers should bring their own and will want a biggish one. Yes I did all my own bricklaying, drainage, landscaping and so on, but each property has been a renovation with or without extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalvinHobbes Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) We are paying the builder by the block and he won't supply the cement mixer. We hired a diesel one for a few weeks to get underneath done but really, it's dead money. Hoping to have our old generator working soon but thinking we do need a bigger one. Edited May 11, 2023 by CalvinHobbes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalvinHobbes Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) what about this? more £ than I intended £900 and its a lister https://www.gumtree.com/p/plant-tractors/diesel-cement-mixer-/1455939145 he says he has just finished his own self build. Edited May 11, 2023 by CalvinHobbes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalvinHobbes Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 or this? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/495040812706624/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Better ask the bricky. He seems to be in control and you wouldn't want him unhappy with your mixer. I think you need an agreement on how long he will take. Then you will have a known time for your hire or buy formula. Then does the £45/ week come off his pay? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Thing is your Brickies will look after them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Buy shag it sell on 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 5 minutes ago, pocster said: Buy shag it sell on 👍 The mixer I meant !!!! 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Brand new from Screwfix for under 300, use and sell on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 8 hours ago, CalvinHobbes said: what about this? more £ than I intended £900 and its a lister https://www.gumtree.com/p/plant-tractors/diesel-cement-mixer-/1455939145 he says he has just finished his own self build. Typo in the ad..? Should be £90…. Can pick them up for half that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 1 hour ago, PeterW said: Typo in the ad..? Should be £90…. Can pick them up for half that Not so many of them, this wee side of the Pond 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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