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Mixing concrete can be the toughest part of any concrete job, but with these tips from http://go.askthebuilder.com/NewsletterSignupNow Tim Carter your job will be much easier. Concrete mixing shouldn't keep you from getting your job done.

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  • I cannot find this Ryobi MixMax available anywhere, including the Ryobi website.

  • I believe they stopped making it. You can achieve the same results with a tiny rototiller that you take to a welder. Have him weld on a few small plates on a few of the tynes. Look closely in the video for these paddles.

  • What if you can't afford a RYOBI concrete mixer?

  • I would consider a shovel and a wheelbarrow. Or even a large sheet of heavy plastic.

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  • what does pcf stand for?

  • @mykulc : in 1970, I MIXED CONCRETE TO BUILD A JAPANESE GARDEN FISH POND IN MY BACKYARD WITH MY BARE HAND. BOY! DID I PULL MY BACK THAT I HAD TO GO TO BED IMMEDIATELY. LUCKILY, THE SEVERE PAIN WAS GONE AFTER I SLEPT SEVERAL HOURS. A FEW YEARS LATER , I HAND BUILT A CHINESE RESTAURANT WITH THREE BEDROOMS UPSTAIRS. THIS TIME I ORDERED EIGHT TRUCKLOADS OF TRANSIT MIX FOR MY FOOTINGS. NO MORE MIXING BY MY OWN STRENGTH!

  • Great question. You can use any of these methods to mix mortar or concrete.

  • cool!

  • Dewly noted. I'm making a walkway (6ft long) to a sm.porch area under my deck. (8X8ft) Bordered by landscape timbers, I used paving-gravel base sand for a base and am using plastic cobblestone path makers to pour the Quikrete in to. I tried the 'shovel in the plastic bin' for the 1st few, but the consistency was a little too pourus. I'll keep trying and erroring! Your vids have been a savior for more than a few of my projects though, thanks a ton!

  • The Court of Public Opinion will rule on ConcreteSamurai's motion. Not to mention the Free Market.

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