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Using professional equipment will get you professional results. Jobsite mixing leaves the contractor in control of batch size, timing and details of the mix such as additives and color.

As a concrete contractor, you're probably using concrete mixes, repair mixes or overlays on a daily basis. You want to ensure proper and efficient mixing of your materials. Jobsite mixers are a great resource to help you achieve this.

There are times for a ready mix truck and times for jobsite mixing. Anytime you have a project that requires more than 5 cubic yards of concrete or a continuous pour, you'll most likely call in a ready mix truck. For smaller jobs, projects that will be poured in stages, or on jobsites not easily reached by ready mix trucks, jobsite mixing offers you flexibility and quality control.

Hand mixing
Hand mixers are the most portable and flexible of jobsite mixing equipment. Contractors can carry hand mixers up or down stairs and easily transport them around a jobsite. While some contractors mixing small batches of concrete might turn to a drill with a mixer paddle attachment or a hoe and wheelbarrow, those devices aren't designed for professionally mixing concrete and could result in a mix that won't harden like it should, has air pockets or won't meet its intended strength. A hand mixer designed for mixing concrete and similar products will prevent those errors.

"A professional mixing tool will help ensure proper material integrity by mixing it correctly," says Bruce Coleman, product manager with Multiquip. "Sometimes a product bag or bucket will suggest an RPM at which to mix a product. Our mixers employ gear boxes with adjustable RPMs that allow you to spin at an optimum rate the product suggests."