Pumping concrete

That's about the cheapest rate for a concrete pump I've ever seen quoted!

I thought it was a miracle of good value!

That price for a pump is very good. Some mixing trucks have a pump, or conveyor on the back, you need to search yellow pages for one.

A small dumper will work.

The best option is a mix & barrow service - see yellow pages. A readymix service you will pay a heck of a lot of cash for them to bring you the truck virtually empty.

Rick

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Although 1.5 cu metres is deceptively large it's not beyond mixing it yourself with a small mixer, which removes the time pressures - you can then move a bit of agregate at a time over several days.

AWEM

A Putzmeister type concrete pump will deliver a cubic metre of concrete in sixty seconds!

Get a mixer in!

Dave

Depending to some extent on the height of the pour. A few years back in New York I saw a third storey pour being made. The mixer trucks were queued up in a line. Once the one at the pump emptied, it would drive out of the queue and the next one would just reverse up and start discharging. I was impressed.

John Schmitt

Thanks for all the replies! Much appreciated!

Arno

Andrew Maws>>Building an extension for which I need about 1 - 1.5 Cube/Mtr of >>concrete delivered

Back in the mid 1970's I used to sell the hoses for concrete pumps, 6" bore IIRC. In them days Putzmeister's slogan was " a metre a minute". Just checked their web site and things have moved on a bit. Biggest beastie can chuck out 160 cu/m an hour!!

Dave