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1. 
   ringshank | Sep 07, 2006 07:51am | #1

   ive got the biggest electric one they make ( i think)...i got it out of the northern tool catalog...it was build in seattle WA...and the name escapes me as i type...

   the bugger was not cheep , it has a large big mouth orange plastic drum that sit on a tilt

   it works fine at best...seems like it was made with cheep thin steel..and if you dont add the water first it will not mix,,,, ive poured a few concrete countertops with it but have a heck of a time getting a good low water mix out of the thing..

   ive actually gottin 4 cubic feet out of it before...the motor is strong...the gear ring is cheep
   i thing the makes spent all there money on the tires and the drum..

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   dedubya | Sep 07, 2006 01:37pm | #2

   dont waste your money on the HD mixer, go with

   one of the used heavy duty rental units, Stone,

   Whiteman, Monarch, get a brand name .I have a

   Monarch  that I bought from a fellow contractor

   6yrs ago, its a well built unit ,poured a lot of yards of

   concrete with the thing .

    

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   VTNorm | Sep 07, 2006 01:58pm | #3

   http://www.multiquip.com/multiquip/598_937_ENU_HTML.htm

   I bought this one last year from my local mason supplier. I had to do 16 sono tubes for a deck and we couldn't get a cement truck within 50 yards of the site - this was the next best option.

   Poly drum is great, imo. Cleans easily and is somewhat translucent so you can see what's going on inside.

   It also came with a taller stand so the whole unit gets about 3ft off the ground, usefull for filling wheelbarrels, 5 gallon pails or positioning directly over a sono tube and tilting it to fill.

   I only get to use it once a month or so, not lots of experience with it but I've been happy with it....cost around $600 if I remember correctly.

   -Norm