i wash out in the little holes on the side of the streets. usially has a picture of a fish or a duck and says "lives down stream" trucks clean. no mess left behind. everyones happy
At Cemstone, in Minnesota, we use a trash pump system that puts the wash water and fine materials back into the mixer drum. The drum gets dumped into a weir back at the plant which separates the slurry and allows for recycling of the water. The pump system comes in handy for pumping out flooded footings and cleaning up contractors tools and equipment.
When I worked for Hanson Concrete in West Australia they never provided anything like this. I carried my own bucket and did something similar but left all the chutes on till it was all clear, which meant every half bucket I had to climb back up the truck and pour it in the chute. The management were nothing special, and one of the big bosses called Murray Smith was a lying sleaze bag, thought he could push people around any way he wanted, and he pretty much did till he ran into me. One of the best things to happen to me was leaving, (but he went before me and he didn't like that!) I rediscovered humanity. So yeah, its nice to see a company provide something like that, the guy did a good job.
I drove mixers for 6 years and had one of these on the truck. Absolute fucking piece of shit. The screw that holds the plug onto the rinse tank would strip the plastic cap and would not screw tight anymore. Also no matter how good you rinse the system out there always seems to be concrete that gets stuck in the nooks and crannies of the screens and plugged the damn thing up. All this because cheap ass contractors don't want to rent a washout bin. It is supposed to be the contractor's responsibility to make sure the jobsite is safe for the 70000+ lb. mixers to drive onto and provide a proper washout location. And of course the ready mix companies don't want to risk losing a customer(even the pain in the ass ones) so they let the contractors play these bullshit games of shifting their responsibility onto the concrete supplier who then dumps all the new problems and their consequences onto the drivers. Don't get me started on the "scrape n go" with the flop chute on jobs that are close to the plant-you fellow mixer veterans know what I am referring to.
I just finished pouring at 2 locations for a cheap ass immigrant. Had 7 meters on and at both locations he said there was no place to wash out. Our company doesn't have these rinse out chutes yet. Funniest thing was, the guy was smoothing out the concrete in his running shoes.
I used that same system when I was driving. I liked it very much. easy, simple, and fast. The downside to it is if you live in an area where the temps get over 100+ degrees for days on end the plastic hose gets dry and brittle and will crack. And why put that container under the ladder, its twice as hard to wash out. put it on the right side then your saving your noggin. Have good day everybody and DRIVE SAFE.🥸
I use a different washout system. You tell the crew to make sure they scrape the chutes at the end of the pour and you can use your system and it only take about 10 minutes tops to wash down on the job site.
We had a washout bin in our yard for cleaning the drum It circulated water around a screen & the stone would fall to the side we'd reuse the stone for doing asphalt beds.
I can see my dispatcher literally tell the salesman that would sell these things to get the fuck out of the building and never come back. Everyone cries about concrete messes. Wtf about toxins we spew into the air, radiation in the drinkable water table?
I usually wash chute two and three first, then remove bucket and two chutes, then hook bucket to chute one and complete the whole washout. then remove chute one. A you don't have to lift the bucket as high to re-hook it, and B it is lower when you unhook the full bucket. .
If you scrape all the concrete till there is only a film. Soft spray just enough to wet the film with out the chutes dripping . By the time you get back to the plant that’s film has become dust. That’s if thet don’t have a wash out or wheel barrow for you.
Contractors know to have a place for us to at least wash our chutes out. Otherwise, it's five gallon buckets for the chutes and run back with the main and flop chute dirty to finish cleaning up at the recycling system at the plant. We had a system years ago similar to this and it was a waste of time and money for us here in seattle.
teamster1997 I just have them wash out in my backhoe bucket then I will dump it somewhere discreet like an empty lot I use to get this rental house had nothing but dirt and crab grass in front drive hoe right in front yard and dump. Love working in the hood
YeAh here in the Detroit area every single contractor knows to have a spot for us to wash whether it be on the ground in a certain area a wheel barrow a buggy or whatever... only time u ever run into trouble with washout is when a home owner is tryin to do there own work u tell him u have to wash and they look at u like u have four eyes... thats when u wash in whatever I’ve actually washed in a damn recycle bin u put out for collection.. they actually work pretty good...I’ve never gone back with dirty chutes ever..and I don’t remember anyone else doing it either... I guess a rookie ran himself outta water or let the contractor run him outta water one day but that’s another story lol
Agree, I can just imagine how that thing would get in the way. We did 3 different Saturday pours at MIT, 5000 yards +/-, S and F concrete would have thrown us all off the job.
I bet you had a washout pit at MIT. Try hauling in California without a washout bucket and chute shutter or diaper. 5000 yards was a pump job so no extra chutes. Just dump and go with a quick rinse.
That's like when I delivered pressure treated lumber to LOWE's,, They couldn't keep it outside but the decks & playgrounds that are made from it are outside.. LOL !
Exactly . I work in California and you have to have your vest , hard hat , safety glasses , ear protection , boots and gloves on pretty much on all jobs except some C.O.D 's in a Saturday. And he's spraying water on the ground . I do it too but some contractors and state inspectors will shit down both legs if they see you . Industry has changed so much in my career. 25 years and still at it . Ahhh , the good old days when you could wash out right on the ground and we wore shorts and tank tops .
For riding wheelies. Jk. It's a booster axle for when there are road restrictions limiting the amount of weight you can have on each axle or tire. Comes down when fully loaded to spread out the weight. Bridges also require this if you are super heavy.
@@erikcaldwell2913 that would be way more fun. Road restrictions make us do 25-30mph on some roads while using that booster axle. I would rather do wheelies. Then again, up in North Idaho we go up some hills that feel like we are riding a wheely. We have to spin the drum forward pretty quick to prevent the mud from running out the back. Lol.
I don't like this type because your limited on how much wash water you use since that tank can only hold so much water. Reclaim system is the best, puts all the water back in drum.
Truck should come out on job with 140 gal. of water. If not there also could be the chance of hot loads because of not taking the time to discharge the old out of the drum. Also I bet most drivers don`t know is how many revolutions on the drum to mix a certain size load to specs. Or even how many revs the book says for adding color to each yard.
@@phsycopiano But it does , Ive done many on the job additions . the book says the drum needs to rotate at a certain # of rpm for a total of 350 revolutions for just a color mix . I have found that it usually takes 400 to get a good color mix
@@gunfisher4661 Shoot well if the book says so I guess it’s true. Been operating a mixer for years and the magical number is 120, depending if it’s a government job, love it when an inspector comes up to me with there little stupid clip board and tells lectures me on how it should be done.
It’s called common sense. We used to have it. Before all the safety mandates, regulations and industry killing bureaucracy. We used to leave safety up to the individual, if he needed it for the occasion, he put it on. Now we think the government should tell us how to live. So long freedom
