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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Hoytsville, Utah
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Re: garage concrete ???
Those front discharge mixers were invented right here in Utah in the early 70's.
Story is, they wanted a more efficient way to transport the mud for one specific job-the placing of the footings and foundation for the smoke stack at the Kennecott copper mine smelter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennecott_Smokestack Invented by a fellow named Royal W Sims of Holladay, Utah: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_mixer I don't think I've seen a rear-discharge mixer in Utah in 20 years. I don't know why everywhere don't have these FDM's. I have heard that some unions won't let them in because they may eliminate the chute-mans job, but the logic of that argument escapes me. I have never been on a flatwork crew that wasn't shorthanded. The chute man don't lose his job-he just loses his easy Job ![]() ![]() ![]()
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#27 |
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: On the banks of the Clackamas River, Eagle CreeK Oregon
Posts: 387
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Re: garage concrete ???
Yes Sir’ the trucks we used were manufactured by Rite-Way, they were three axle and carried a max of 10yd’s.
And it was from 1973 until 1981 that I chased around a muck rake, I never seemed to catch up to it though… ![]() My Daddy used to tell me that it came to concrete work the only easy part was parking you truck on it, the rest was damm tough. ![]() Good luck with chosen career ![]() |
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