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Slednut

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Thats not bad at all for that truck

The pump truck was part of the bid from the GC, but it was for a shorter truck that would of had to back up my driveway to reach the work. I paid 300 for the longer reach truck so I'm sure I paid at least 5 to 6 hundred for the pump truck.
 
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Bobcat610

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I drive redi-mix, i'm not getting a good enough picture of the area to say for sure but i wouldn't advise going on that driveway that i know. If a guy and dumped some gravel in the ditch maybe could get a straight shot across it? the trucks are very top heavy and don't do side hills well. we have deflaters that really help a lot in yards not to sink in, plus wheel locks and diff lock.

if it were me, i'd also opt for air entrainment if freezing is possible and a water reducer as mentioned above by someone. plasticiser, super, glenium, whatever trade name they call it around your place. even if the trucks throw in ten-15 gallons at the job to return slump after transport, its still overall less water in the mix.

they can pump low slump, we pump 2.5-3". highest slump you'd want is a 5 but with glenium or z-60 it would work like it's wetter. z-60 is a slump retainer, your guy should be able to advise on admixtures.

oh, the pump guy can put the hose into the last truck and pump leftover and slurry into it to eliminate a huge mess on your property.

to sum up my rambling you'd probably have 2-300$ in power buggy rental, i'd probably try to pump it.

post up some pics when you get it done

More thoughts, when we deliver line mix it's a smaller aggregate due to smaller line hose, not what I,d want. Also a truck shoot dumping would most likely not be able to reach the trench all the way around. Tempting you to add water and try to get it to flow or shoot across. Again, not ideal.
 
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Hilltopmasonry

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The pump truck was part of the bid from the GC, but it was for a shorter truck that would of had to back up my driveway to reach the work. I paid 300 for the longer reach truck so I'm sure I paid at least 5 to 6 hundred for the pump truck.



Ok that makes sense....i was thinking that is dirt cheap for a truck!


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anuccite

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Closest one to me wants $300/hour They figure 3 hours.... The guy that arranged all this is covering 1/2 an hour......

We will now be pouring on Monday / Tuesday.....
 

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We used a pump for our pool deck. $1000 took them about 3-4 hrs. I walked out of the garage right as one of his hoses blew up shooting concrete 100' into the air then back onto the roofs and into the pool, it rained pebbles and cement for a good minute or two, or seemed that long. If that ruptured in my direction I would have been killed. We have a metal roof on both my shop and house. I was really upset I could not get up on the roof to wash it off. The drains go to my rain water collection and I didn't want it to get in there. If I took off the down spouts it would have ran on the new patio. A month later I had to rent a man lift to power wash the roof. Still have specks of concrete on the roof. I hope it does not eat through the gavalum roof. Be careful around those pumps.
 
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