FTG-05
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- Joined
- Jan 7, 2011
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- Location
- TN
- Tractor
- Kubota L4330 GST w/FEL, Kubota RTV-XG850, Kubota ZD326S
I'll be pouring a 6'x6' concrete pad tomorrow, 3.5" thick. Calculator says it will be about 10.5 cu. ft. or just under 18 bags of concrete. I have the HF concrete mixer, works pretty well but only for one bag at a time.
What I'd like to do is mix all the concrete at once, dropping each mixed bag into my tractor bucket (L4330 with a 1/2 cu yd bucket) and then drop the whole bucket load at once at the pad. It usually takes about a minute or so for each bag of concrete, perhaps I can add a half bag, I'll have to see if that will work. So we're talking probably 20-30 minutes of bag mixing from the first bag to the last bag.
Will this work or do I risk having the concrete start to harden and cure while in the bucket?
Thanks for any suggestion, comments etc.
What I'd like to do is mix all the concrete at once, dropping each mixed bag into my tractor bucket (L4330 with a 1/2 cu yd bucket) and then drop the whole bucket load at once at the pad. It usually takes about a minute or so for each bag of concrete, perhaps I can add a half bag, I'll have to see if that will work. So we're talking probably 20-30 minutes of bag mixing from the first bag to the last bag.
Will this work or do I risk having the concrete start to harden and cure while in the bucket?
Thanks for any suggestion, comments etc.