Kind of OT--- How do you measure the drum capacity of a cement mixer?
 

I have a freshly painted and tuned cement mixer I want to sell but I
don't know how to accurately describe it. I see mixers offered as 1/2
sack mixers, etc. but how is the capacity computed. The drum on mine
would probably hold a quarter yard of cement at water level but I don't
think the 5 HP Briggs & Straton would turn it if the bearing held up.
Leigh at MarMachine

Kind of OT--- How do you measure the drum capacity of a cement mixer?
 

A 'standard' concrete mix is 6 sacks per cubic yard of aggregate. A
half sack mixer will handle 1/12 cubic yard, or 2.25 cubic feet. This
is not quite 17 gallons of water equivalent.
Bugs

Kind of OT--- How do you measure the drum capacity of a cementmixer?
 

wrote:
I have a freshly painted and tuned cement mixer I want to sell but I
don't know how to accurately describe it. I see mixers offered as 1/2
sack mixers, etc. but how is the capacity computed. The drum on mine
would probably hold a quarter yard of cement at water level but I don't
think the 5 HP Briggs & Straton would turn it if the bearing held up.
Leigh at MarMachine

I think you're confusing a concrete mixer with a cement mixer. The
mixer you have is most likley for bricklayers or plasters. A concrete
mixer, even a small one, would be much larger. Sorry, don't know how to
size it.

--
Gary Brady
Austin, TX
www.powdercoatoven.4t.com

Kind of OT--- How do you measure the drum capacity of a cement mixer?
 

That is some help but how full would you fill the mixer to measure the
capacity. I'd guess about half way but that is a guess. Leigh

Kind of OT--- How do you measure the drum capacity of a cementmixer?
 

I'd say to the lip while in the normal mixing direction - to the lip and under.
I have one also and have no idea what size it is - Dad gave it to younger brother
who brought it to us.
I hope it is more than scrap iron at this point - paint is long gone.

Martin
Martin Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH, NRA Life
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder


wrote:
That is some help but how full would you fill the mixer to measure the
capacity. I'd guess about half way but that is a guess. Leigh


----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups
----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----