The Cement Mixer Hack 

funny, I had the same idea 3 years ago :) I also wanted to put another one for my soil mixes ... its a lot easier to blend your soils the way you want with these inexpensive mixers ... you can find them in yards sales too for cheap .... for what you want it for you can salvage and old side load washer or dryer... you cut out the bottom of the washer and remove the outer tank ... I bolted 2x4 legs on mine so it sits higher and there is more room underneath to clean out ,,,, leave the water valves on it too,,, you can diver them to the side and hook them up directly ,,, so if you sifting dry soil it off and washing stone you can just hit a switch and the water will come on

What a great way to educate us about the cement mixer's assembly and operating systems

The harbor freight mixers used to stand much taller years ago when i first bought one for soil and compost mixing but there were lawsuits against HF because when they were loaded with 80 lb. bags of concrete and the arm to dump it was activated the whole thing was tipping over and hurting people. So they lowered the center of gravity. I've seen these mixers adapted for Gold processing trommels and for screening soil and aggregate. It's a good cheap solution that works.

Adding a catch pan with a sump pump may help preserve water (some tarp and a hole in the ground for the pump) . And it probably prevents flooding the whole place. I'd guess that the water doesn't have to be really clean the first couple of turns. But a very clever idea!

I think I'd put another screen on the opposite side, just to speed things along maybe. Great idea.

I use to use those round expanded clay balls and I hated those thing, so I switched to HigroMite. That is AMAZING stuff. It’s a rock with a lot of micro holes that holds moisture and nutrients. I had a noticeable growth increase. Looking at your system you have superb filtration so I don’t see the HigroMite getting clogged up. Anyway, love the videos.

Excellent

At first I was like wtf 😬. Then of course hey presto what a clever idea. I suppose it’s easy enough to weld a patch back there for mixing concrete 👍

That's interesting! I picked up one of those mixers that was on clearance for $80. It's missing the blades but you are giving me an idea for sifting my wood chips chicken compost! Thanks.

what a smart man he is.

really liked the idea with a concrete mixer

I would call the experiment a success 👍

HF has a larger mixer. I had one, used it once for a project, then sold it for what I paid for it. Then I realized all the gardening uses- sifting compost, mixing soil, as well as media cleaner,

Lol, your face when thanking the patreon supporters

Good video. Thank you.

Good idea!

So wait. I didn't see him put the black rubber seal between the tub tops and bottom. Does that not have to go in there? That's been a piece of work trying to get it to match the all the holes without sliding all around

you could have kept the cut out in case you wanted to mix concrete also :)

Impressive 👍. God 🙏 bless you 🙏🇦🇱

This whole Time I thought he was going to pour a patio

I have wrestled with the same challenge for my landscape gravel... Still working on the idea.

Cost please i want one

and that is a cement mixer? is it made for a dwarf? how do you get your barrel under it for emptying it out?

is this cement or concrete mixer ???

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So the one hole was enough? It seems you could make it into a 4-holer easy enough. Would that make it even more efficient, or would that not increase efficiency that much?

what are you mixing rock into dirt for?

HAD MINE FER 10 MIN. BURNED THE MOTOR OUT OF IT. TURNED IT INTO A BBQ GRILL. NICE JOB

Hi I use concrete mixer to paint wooden beads for necklaces.

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Sort of like a trommel. And all this time I was thinking of turning my cement mixer into a wood lathe. 😄😄

nice,,,good for dirt screaning....

Good idea.

Gold Pickers would be proud

A gold slusher or opal noodler

Dang thats a small mixer.

It's tiny :-)

Too many commercials. Adding your own commercial in addition to youtube's was too much. 👎

Danger: Water and High voltage is... not good idea.

Ruined the machine