concrete pump truck costs

[North Dakota]

So I just got my building permit approved and I'm trying to figure out prices on things since I'm doing this myself. A local company wants $300 a hour to rent a pump truck does that sound right?

I'm using icf's so after my first lift there's gonna be an hour of not doing anything there goes $300 out the window plus how many ever hours their gonna there for the pour

I'm looking for ideas to get this cheaper.. do ready mix companies have pump trucks? Thanks for your help!

 

[egdede]

Not sure about the answer to your question, I paid $150/hour 7 years ago. But, when those kinds of costs get me down, I think about the alternative; wheel barrows and hod carriers : (

 

[matt_i]

Around here to fill my ICF forms, $1000 for a few hour job. I also paid for the floor to be pumped.

I look at it this way. The pump truck itself is quite expensive to run and maintain. They are not trying to gouge, just keep their business running.

In addition the money you are saving by DIY concrete is probably 5x (1/5 you know) of what it would cost to be installed and finished for you. And I'm guessing you took the plunge on concrete you are going to continue to DIY so the savings are going to continue to add up.

Main thing to think of is that a pump truck is going to have 1/2 to 1 yard left in the hopper after they clean the tube back. If you have a flatwork or other project you can use that for, excellent otherwise its destined to be rock for another project or hauled off for the dump.

 

[Spencer Was Here]

I was going to need one when I put an addition on my house. It was going to cost me $800 to have the pump truck here.

My issue was height. The chute on the concrete truck could not reach where we needed it. My solution was to build up the area the truck would be parked during the pour. I have a dump trailer, so I went and got a bunch of crushed recycled concrete and built a huge ramp for the truck.

Once the ramp was no longer needed, I spread out the recycled concrete I had purchased to areas I needed it in my newly expanded circled driveway and parking areas.

So instead of spending $800 on a pump truck, I spent $600 on recycled concrete that I got to keep and use for myself.

 

[MushCreek]

On our 1400 sq ft house, there was no wait time between lifts. By the time they had worked their way around the foundation, the first corner was set enough for the second lift. I paid the crew to fill my ICF forms, so I didn't get a break-down of what the pumper cost.

 

[mike93lx]

So I just got my building permit approved and I'm trying to figure out prices on things since I'm doing this myself. A local company wants $300 a hour to rent a pump truck does that sound right?

I'm using icf's so after my first lift there's gonna be an hour of not doing anything there goes $300 out the window plus how many ever hours their gonna there for the pour

I'm looking for ideas to get this cheaper.. do ready mix companies have pump trucks? Thanks for your help!

Save wherever you can, but if you are worrying about 1 hour of rental being wasted this early in the project, you are probably going to have a hard time with the project. Stuff like that is part of the game.

What does the $300 include? An operator? Are they charging for delivery and pickup? Who handles the washout? Those are all important parts of the equation

 

[Retroman]

Depends on the size of the boom pump? No I don't think it is excessive as a homeowner they know there is no repeat business. We pay between $250 to $275 an hour plus a charge for each yard pumped and a washout fee.

 

[GA_Brown]

I’ve seen them use a bucket on a Skid Steer.

Pump trucks are not cheap, my cousin owns and operates one. He is about to sell his, not for the lack of business as he has plenty.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Have you contacted any other pumper ? Maybe call around and see what their rates are along with availability.


Keep in mind, you'll probably pay a travel time for the pump to get to your location. So what may be cheaper in the beginning may be more expensive after the bill is totalled.

 

[trashmanssd]

Seems about right, I think I had to pay 2-3 hours for pump truck for about half my garage foundation. One side was to far from driveable area. My septic system is on one side and back is down hill slope the front and other side were easy pours from the truck. There are always surprises and overruns on a project. You got to at least figure 20-25 percent extra just for surprises never mind if you add stuff as you go.

 

[Showkey]

Sounds about right with like a 3-4 hour minimum.

Google says so..........

Generally speaking, hourly rates will range somewhere between $150 and $200*. Prices will vary based on region and the amount of competition in the area. Most rental companies will require a minimum rental time. 3-4 hours of required rental payment is usually enforced by the concrete pump renter.

*Plus delivery, setup, operator, clean up, minimums,

 

[Milton Shaw]

Ten or so years ago I paid a minimum charge of $1100. That included drive time and pumping charges. I was lucky, I didn't think I would need one but concrete truck's front end came off the ground trying to get into the driveway and he refused to try it again. The finisher I had hired had a friend who drove a pump truck and they called a got him out here in 2 hours and concrete company had somewhere to send the undeliverable load. So two hours late I started with pump truck, fresh concrete and finishers were able to finish before late afternoon rain.

 

[Jackfre]

Look at the recent post on the "concrete catastrophe". These things can go sideways and you do not want to be there. Trying to catch up with a pour is kinda stressful. Our local pump guy made my pours go so much more smoothly and the finishers were on it finishing rather than moving and spreading the mud and my concrete work went really well. Good luck with your pour.

 

[72Camaro]

Do you need a pump truck or just a concrete pump? We rented just a trailer pump with 400 feet of hose, cost $1,200 for the day.

 

[imjustdave]

So I just got my building permit approved and I'm trying to figure out prices on things since I'm doing this myself. A local company wants $300 a hour to rent a pump truck does that sound right?

I'm using icf's so after my first lift there's gonna be an hour of not doing anything there goes $300 out the window plus how many ever hours their gonna there for the pour

I'm looking for ideas to get this cheaper.. do ready mix companies have pump trucks? Thanks for your help!

So did you get the building started yet?

If you haven't I would find a few hands to help you on pour day "day finishers" they may have an account with a pumper but in reality a pump truck is worth it and reality is I doubt you will have any downtime except maybe waiting for trucks to move into position.. If your worried about waiting time talk with your ICF supplier and cement supplier on options that work but wont cause delays for setting up so you can continue the pour. By the way you can back in 2 cement trucks at a time if you wanted.
Most pumpers in my area are very competitive and if your planning on most of the day I would see if they would be willing to negotiate some. full day Fast payment, ETC. talk VS 30 days pay ETC. just as a point of reference a decent pump truck with a boom is easy 300-600k to buy new depending on size ETC and it can put TONS of concrete exactly where you want it. they really are the tool for the job.
Even if you could dump it in the wall with a loader the reality is the pump is superior, they can speed it up or slow it down. with my luck you would hit the wall with a loader and have an epic mess.

Never poured ICF but have done plenty of foundations and traditional walls and there is nothing else I would use to place concrete.

 

[Joemctag]

I’m thinking you need a pump truck with the boom. A trailer-type pump with hose can be furnished and set up by the redo-mix company, but that hose needs to run on the ground and can’t really be carried along the top of a wall.
Why don’t you hire someone to pour it , someone who has experience pouring ICFs? Let him arrange for the pump truck. If you try to do it yourself, the truck drivers will, hopefully, be telling you what you need to do, and they probably won’t mind. Have a “mini-conference” before starting to pour.
Even hiring someone, you’ll be busy , believe me. Good luck!

 

[brownbagg]

here its portal to portal $150 hour plus $5 a yard

 

[JWILLIE1977]

Do you really need a boom pump truck?

Ready mix companies typically have conveyor mixer trucks, that use a conveyor mounted to the side of the truck, to do just that, convey concrete into the formwork. The reach may be less than that of a pump truck. But I doubt you need every meter of a 36m or 40m boom pump either.

Conveyor rates have got to be cheaper. Request your RMX company to send the first load on a conveyor, and the remaining trucks can be straight trucks that discharge onto the conveyor truck.

Point the driver where you want the concrete to discharge and he moves the conveyor. Occasionally you may need to reposition the truck, but that shouldn't be an issue.

I think you will find it to be cheaper than a boom pump.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

I had my garage pad poured in the backyard. They showed up at 7:30 with a boom pump truck and were gone 2 hours later. My hourly was considerably more than the OPs. It was slightly above freezing and took the poor guy doing the finishing till late. We were setting up lights so he could finish. Still think it was money well spent. Stopped in the street and pumped it over the house to backyard. It saved me a fortune in beer and pizza.

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[Renegade1LI]

The pump more than pays for it's self in time & labor saved.

 

[Bigblockyeti]

For ICFs I would think that would be the only way to go. I needed to get 6 yards 220' from the road to my shed slab form. The driveway was repoured less than 2.5 years prior (at the time) so there was no way I was going to have a truck back up my driveway then up the hill behind the house which he probably wouldn't have made it up, all while destroying the turf. I never looked into a pumper but considered wheelbarrowing it up 6cuft. at a time for about half a second. I paid $128 for a power buggy that hauled 1/2 a yard at a time no problem and gave the truck something to wash out into. I could see doing ICFs only if they were no higher than ~16" above grade, even then efficiency would be poor vs. pumping.

 

[Tracs]

Cost $500 flat rate for the pumper truck when they poured my 24x30 slab. That was 6 years ago.

 

[nadogail]

Sometimes you just have to **** up the unexpected costs, then late after analyzing the situation, you find out your decision was not a bad one.

 

[Innovate1]

Like someone else mentioned, a conveyor truck is an option. Should be cheaper than a pumper if you can get close with the trucks. That's what was used on my 30 x 40 building. It went the 40 feet with no problem.

For the house a number of years ago they brought in a huge conveyor on a separate trailer.

 

[dcg9381]

$1000/day here.

 

[kwb]

$300/hr seems very reasonable for a billing rate for such a piece of equipment and an operator.

A line pump would be a PITA if you could even make it work without knocking over the ICF's

Just pay it and move on even if he is there all day and bills $2400 in the scheme of the cost of building that is just a start.

Fretting over this is a bad sign for your project as a whole.

 

[rburke65]

It’s your back or your bucks!

 

[scottydosnntkno]

if your worrying about $300 this early in your build, you have a LONG WAY to go before you get to the end. Instead of looking at the 'wasted' $300, look at how much your probably saving by hiring out the pumping yourself, setting the ICFs, and all the other parts involved in the foundation.

$300 is 2.5 yards of concrete. if you try to rush it and its not set enough, and you have a blowout from the pressure, there goes 5-10-15 yds of concrete, however many ICF forms you have to replace (which you wont have on hand) so there is additional cutting, demo, resetting, etc time that is many many thousands of dollars of cost.

sure you can use conveyor trucks, IF a fully loaded cement truck can even drive remotely close to your foundation, ON ALL SIDES, and still be above the top of the forms. many new houses around here are 3-5-7' above ground when the forms are set, which is well above chute or conveyor height. plus septic, if applicable, often limits where the truck can drive as well.

like shown above pumping over the house, pump trucks put thousands and thousands of lbs of material exactly where its needed with no extra work. when we poured the forms for my basement (400' of 11' wall total) the top of the forms were 8' above existing grade, so we definitely needed a pump truck. we had a septic in the whole front, a pool excavated in the back, so access was very limited. we had a 50m pump truck and used every bit of it to reach the back corner of the foundation 130' from where the truck was parked. it took two guys to pull the hose end out enough to make it into the top of the forms in that corner.

3 years ago, a pump was $995/4hr minimum and $5/yd. it allowed my foundation company to pump almost 1400 yds in just over 5 hours.

 

[scottydosnntkno]

also fun tidbit from a friend in heavy civil construction, when you see those large munincipal projects with 3-5 pumpers pumping a large foundation at once, believe it or not there are ANOTHER 3-5 pumpers on standby in case one breaks down. most pump outfits have a active or working rate of $2-400/hr, and a standby rate of $1-200/hr where the truck and operator is literally sitting there all day and night, in case one breaks down and its needed.

when your pouring 2000-6000-20,000 yds of concrete in a single pour, thats taken weeks and months of planning and scheduling from a labor, material, delivery, weather etc perspective a couple 20g's spend in pump standy is pennies compared to the other costs involved.

if you try to jerry rig a trailer and hose (which btw can often only pump pea gravel mix, not normal mixed aggregate, which most likely wont meet your foundation structural requirements) and you have a blowout, but youve ordered 400 or 600 yds of concrete, your supplier will be on your *** for the material cost if they dont have anywhere else to send it. at 1200/truckload, youll wish real fast those three or four trucks werent on the road coming to you.