Skid Steer-Mounted Cement Mixer

Skid Steer-Mounted Cement Mixer MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous John Krueger can scoop up cement sand and water and then mix it on the way to where the finished concrete is needed His shop-built mixer rides in the bucket of his skid steer When he gets to the form he wants to fill he has complete control of where when and how fast he dumps “I had an old tumbler drum once used for polishing ball bearings laying around and decided to put it to use ” recalls Krueger “I welded a 2 1/2-in shaft to the center of the drum’s bottom and made a housing for the shaft from 3/8-in steel plate Two pillow block bearings on the inside of the housing hold the shaft in place ” He designed the housing so he can drive into it with the bucket and scoop it up The housing has a slot on the bottom that fits over the bucket lip Two steel straps on the sides of the housing pin to clevis hitches welded to the top lip of the bucket “I mounted paddles to the inside of the drum at 35 to 40-degree angles to mix the materials as they are added ” says Krueger “A commercial mixer rides on rollers but it can’t be dumped Because mine is fixed to the bucket I can tip it to a vertical position ” To drive the mixer he mounted a #80 chain sprocket on the shaft between the housing and the mixer The chain runs to a jackshaft driven in turn by a chain from a sprocket on a hydraulic wheel motor It runs on the skid steer’s auxiliary hydraulics “Because it’s a hydraulic motor I didn’t have to worry about sprocket ratios ” says Krueger “I can control the rotation speed from the skid steer cab or alongside it ” Krueger’s older-style skid steer has two levers for control of the machine and two spring-loaded floor pedals for control of auxiliary valves Each floor pedal rotates the drum in a different direction “I rigged up a remote set of levers which I mounted to the side of the skid steer ” says Krueger “It presses down on one of the floor pedals as I only need the drum turning in one direction When released it goes back to a neutral position and the drum stops turning ” Krueger notes that the mobile mixer is a big improvement from his previous small stationary cement mixer “I can drive over to a stack of 94-lb bags of cement and tip the bucket to slide in a bag ” says Krueger “The tumbler is big enough to handle making the full 4 1/2 cu ft at one time ” Meanwhile Krueger’s wife has found a new use for the old mixer - making compost for her garden Contact: FARM SHOW Followup John Krueger 1112 County St 2984 Blanchard Okla 73010 ph 405-392-4796

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