Mud mixer. UK equivalent?

[flanagaj]

I came across the Mux Mixer on Facebook Marketplace and I did think that it looks like an interesting bit of kit.

Portable & Electric Concrete Mixer | MMXR-3221 | MudMixer®

Has anyone looked into these or found something similar for the UK market?

 

[Iceverge]

No reason why it wouldn't work.

 

Does it limit you to pre bagged concrete though? 

 

 

[flanagaj]

3 minutes ago, Iceverge said:

No reason why it wouldn't work.

 

Does it limit you to pre bagged concrete though? 

 

 

They do all seem to use Quikcrete, which I think is pre mixed.  

[ProDave]

What the website does not SAY (you have to look at a video to understand it) is this is a continual process mixer.  Feed bagged content into the top and as long as you keep that fed, you get a continuous stream of concrete out of the end.  A Completely different thing to the conventional mixer which is a batch process.

 

So I would say different machine for different use with limited overlap.  Choose the machine that suits the task.

[Russell griffiths]

What do you want it for ?

i cannot think of a use for it apart from rendering. 

[Iceverge]

I mix a fair chunk of concrete here in a 300l tractor mixer. 

 

The mixing and filing time are the main limitations on output. 

 

It was less than half the price of that and I can do about 1m³ per HR if I'm mixing only. 

 

The this is a nice machine if you can use it as demonstrated and continually feed and pour directly into your forms. However if you want a particularly lean or strong mix I think you're stuck with what comes out of the bags. 

 

Once you need to stick a wheel barrow under the spout I think all the advantages disappear.

 

 

 

 

[flanagaj]

1 hour ago, Russell griffiths said:

What do you want it for ?

i cannot think of a use for it apart from rendering. 

I thought it might be quicker for building a 20m wall of vertically installed sleepers, but having looked into it further though, the mix / flow rate does seem to be pretty low.

[Iceverge]

Premixed concrete I assume is much the same as a 3:2:1 general mix which I make up for £85/m3 or 2400kg. 

 

Bagged premix concrete is about £6/40kg at best or over 4 times dearer. I bought my ballast in a truckload though so that may not be convenient for everyone.