Best way to move concrete.

[bannerd]

I have about 7 yards of concrete that I need to get inside a basement. I have a walk in basement and I'm trying to think of the best way to fill the basement. The house is on a hill and in a remote area... trucks and pumpers are out of the question. We ended up moving a concrete plant on site, old gilson mixer that will handle a yard with 5 bags of portland. We have water on site.. Currently the thought is to use the 4x4 backhoe bring the bucket up and dump it into a wooded sluth lined with something... PVC?

I'm open to ideas.. we have a excavator as well and though about using that but with the ghosting on the old girl we wont risk it.. the house is near finished.

 

[jack stand]

Sometimes and some jobs you just have to go "old school"
Be happy that it's not 8yds or more!

 

[Shiftless]

the house is near finished.

Am I missing something here? How did you get concrete into position for the foundation and slabs (if any) ?

 

[Skooterj]

7 Yard of concrete for what??? A slab? Why didn't you pour it before putting a house above it?

But anyway, just rent a concrete buggy for a day and drive it through whatever opening you have for your walk out.

 

[Racer_X]

Mini skidsteer with a bucket. Drive it right into the basement and dump it.

 

[bannerd]

Am I missing something here? How did you get concrete into position for the foundation and slabs (if any) ?

Nah, when the house was built we brought 220 volvos up there carrying bags and slowly dumping concrete into the ICF. We should have done the slab in the basement but covid hit and the client stopped progress. This year they want it done.. we thought about building a troth lined with PVC and it might be the only option.. just looking for suggestions.

 

[NUTTSGT]

A mixer that does a yard ? What does it have for a power source ?

 

[larry_g]

We had a project on the farm we could not get the concrete trucks into. We had the truck put it directly into the loader bucket on the backhoe and then used the backhoe to transport the mix to the project. Can you get a small trailer mounted concrete pump into the project. The pump I used on my shop project was towed with a pickup.

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no neat sig line

 

[dcg9381]

I have about 7 yards of concrete that I need to get inside a basement. I have a walk in basement and I'm trying to think of the best way to fill the basement. The house is on a hill and in a remote area... trucks and pumpers are out of the question. We ended up moving a concrete plant on site, old gilson mixer that will handle a yard with 5 bags of portland. We have water on site.. Currently the thought is to use the 4x4 backhoe bring the bucket up and dump it into a wooded sluth lined with something... PVC?

Photos. I think the "chute" idea is exactly what you need to do...

 

[BombShelter]

They line chutes with HDPE, if you can't get it locally, USPlastics will ship it to you, just use woodworking tools to cut to size.

I'd rent one of these and skip the bucket brigade....

 

[cvairwerks]

Unless you would have to pump more than several hundred feet, a trailer or bobcat mounted pump would be the easiest and quickest.

 

[andyvh1959]

For the chute how about using 10' lengths of 4" or larger PVC drainage pipe? May have to make a "box" at one end to dump the concrete into and direct it into the pipe.

 

[65ranchero]

For the chute how about using 10' lengths of 4" or larger PVC drainage pipe? May have to make a "box" at one end to dump the concrete into and direct it into the pipe.

Sorta what I did for a small pour in a basement.
Took a 12" PVC Sch 40 and cut it length wise in half for a chute and poured the concrete into the top side and used a hoe to help it down the chute.

 

[tarmy]

Pay somebody else to do it…seriously.

My neighbor paid the landscape guy to have about 20 laborers there and they did a wheel borrow and 5 gallon bucket brigade. I thought it was going to be a disaster…but nope…worked great. Moved 12 yards down under a house that was to far to pump to.

 

[PCustoms]

I have about 7 yards of concrete that I need to get inside a basement. I have a walk in basement and I'm trying to think of the best way to fill the basement. The house is on a hill and in a remote area... trucks and pumpers are out of the question. We ended up moving a concrete plant on site, old gilson mixer that will handle a yard with 5 bags of portland. We have water on site.. Currently the thought is to use the 4x4 backhoe bring the bucket up and dump it into a wooded sluth lined with something... PVC?

I'm open to ideas.. we have a excavator as well and though about using that but with the ghosting on the old girl we wont risk it.. the house is near finished.

Got any pictures?

im not seeing why you couldn't chute this in from a window, mix inside the walk in our rent a pump.

Is this your house out are you the contractor?

 

[LopezBart]

My neighbor paid the landscape guy to have about 20 laborers there and they did a wheel borrow and 5 gallon bucket brigade. I thought it was going to be a disaster…but nope…worked great. Moved 12 yards down under a house that was to far to pump to.

Back in the 1970s I occasionally helped wheel concrete for pool decks in Modesto CA. Perhaps they didn't have a concrete pump or we worked too cheap. The wheel barrows were heavy af; I never dropped one into the pool, but I heard of someone else doing so.

It does work; you do need enough people, preferably young, hardworking and not too smart.

 

[larry4406]

A job for strong backs and weak minds.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Rent a powered “Georgia buggy”.

 

[The Cobbler]

mixing in 1 yd batches will be a b**ch to finish , in my opinion . your first batch will probably be gone off before the last batch is mixed ( and the other batches in various states ) .

 

[CraigStu]

Assuming you can get water there in a hose I like the MudMixr or even a conventional mixer right outside the door. This way you only need to move the mix and the sand to the site. Not sure what % the weight of the water is in mixed concrete but seems not having to carry it would be a huge advantage.

 

[bannerd]

Got any pictures?

im not seeing why you couldn't chute this in from a window, mix inside the walk in our rent a pump.

Is this your house out are you the contractor?

Ended up doing a chute and lined it with plastic. We tried to use a large culvert pipe but it wasn't long enough. The old gilson one yard mixed it faster than we could smooth it! Don't really do photos on job sites

 

[gmcgeo]

All my jobs i take photos, it covers your **** if customer complains.

Plus, its nice to look back on the projects iv completed

 

[bannerd]

Depends on the client ..depends on the contract. In our proposals we have scope of work and once that work is completed the client must come out and initial it's satisfied. If they refuse to come out then in that proposal there is a charge. Many times they want MORE done so we write in an addendum and additional costing. I think using photos for personal things is okay... if the client doesn't want photos I respect that as well.

 

[jabberwoki]

Watch someone else do it.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Bring the mixer right in the basement.

 

[Kaizen]

Glad it worked out. I'll put my experience for others in the future.
First chute i tried I used large sono tubes cut in half and wood to hold them in shape. Had it secured on pump jack platform that I had. Did not work. Dumb idea.
Last one i did i had a piece of metal roofing left over ten feet long. I bent it into a U shape with the paint side on the inside and used 2x screwed through it to keep shape. had it fit through a window and 2 bag mixer at the top side. Did a whole pallet like that. Worked great. I did make sure i hosed it down between pours. Still have it in the corner of the yard.