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Concrete 101

2018-09-17T21:52:04+00:00July 27th, 2018|Business Opportunity, End User, International, Municipal, Product Analysis & News|

Concrete Facts and Economic Strengths Concrete is the second most consumed product on earth, behind water. Yet, by comparison, concrete construction represents millions of more jobs and a much greater economic return than water. In fact, sustainable water projects rely heavily on concrete for storage, distribution, and reclamation. There are nearly 3 tons of concrete

The Truth about cement mixer capacity

2018-08-31T21:51:09+00:00July 27th, 2018|Business Opportunity, Contractor, International, Municipal, Product Analysis & News|

A 4.1 cubic foot cement mixer or a 1.94 cubic foot mixer? There is misleading information that accompanies the sale of small cement mixers today. There are retailers that advertise large capacities in the bold headlines, and then they hide the real capacity from the buyer down in the spec sheet. It is only when

What you hear is Good Concrete

2018-08-31T22:00:08+00:00July 27th, 2018|Business Opportunity, Contractor, End User, International, Municipal, Product Analysis & News|

With an experienced ear, you can hear concrete mixing If you have worked concrete often enough you can recognize good concrete either by looking inside the cement mixer or watching as it comes out of the mixer and goes into the wheelbarrow or form. Concrete flows Whether your mixer is a 6 cubic foot Home

Richard Luxenburg – Concrete Construction

2018-08-31T22:16:27+00:00July 27th, 2018|End User, International, Municipal, Product Analysis & News|

Concrete mixers have created a world of solid knowledge Richard Luxenburg is a professor of Architecture at Anne Arundel Community College in Annapolis, Maryland. He has produced some excellent presentations on concrete construction technology. Because we focus this blog on concrete mixers and cement mixing technology, we thought that this presentation by Mr. Luxenburg would be very educational.

Cart-Away CUBE 150 Mixer Fixes Dam

2020-01-28T02:34:33+00:00July 27th, 2018|Contractor, Cube, Customer Experiences, End User, International, Municipal, Product Analysis & News|

Barnard Construction uses big cement mixer on reservoir expansion The Los Vaqueros Reservoir in California is being expanded. The reservoir's capacity will grow from 100,000 acre-feet to 160,000 acre-feet. The dam will increase in height by 34 feet. The project will cost $120 million and will be completed in 2012. Barnard Construction is the contractor on the project

Cart-Away Concrete Gets High Marks

2018-08-31T22:24:44+00:00July 27th, 2018|International, Municipal, Product Analysis & News|

Manufacturing cement mixers for the GSA requires a good "Past Performance Evaluation" Cart-Away Concrete Systems, Inc is a GSA (Government Services Administration) contract holder. This agreement renews every few years and this time we were required to pay an independent firm to survey customers to determine our "Past Performance". The survey was conducted via telephone

Portable Concrete Mixer into War

2022-04-19T18:56:05+00:00July 27th, 2018|Customer Experiences, International, Municipal, Product Analysis & News|

1.75 cubic yard cement mixer trailers work in Afghanistan It was a cold and frosty day in Oregon when these two portable cement mixer trailers were loaded onto the truck at the Cart-Away factory in McMinnville. In just a few weeks these two mixers will be producing concrete somewhere in the war-torn countrysides of Afghanistan.

Two Portable Concrete Mixer to Canada

2018-09-26T03:04:47+00:00July 27th, 2018|Business Opportunity, Customer Experiences, International, Municipal, Product Analysis & News|

The driver pulled in with a 24-foot bed and so we nested the two large mixers together so that he could take them up to a big construction project in Canada. This is how you put 27' of mixers into 24' of space. These portable concrete mixers will produce cement-based construction mixes for one of

Truth in Cement Mixer Advertising

2018-08-31T22:37:21+00:00July 27th, 2018|Business Opportunity, Contractor, Customer Experiences, End User, International, Municipal, Parts Buyer, Product Analysis & News|

WARNING... Read the fine print on mixer specifications We will not share the name of the manufacturer of this skid steer mixer, because it really doesn't matter. The issue of inflated capacity claims is nearly universal in the small concrete mixer universe. It is not our intention to suggest that these machines are not good, just

Cart-Away mixers are Cash Cows

2018-08-31T23:14:28+00:00July 27th, 2018|Business Opportunity, Contractor, International, Municipal, Product Analysis & News|

DC has decorated concrete cows, but Cart-Away has Cash Cows Someone is mixing a little fun into the Maryland workday using the local concrete cows. They are sneaking around decorating the bovine and adding some entertainment for the community. This story reminded me that we had called the Cart-Away concrete mixer "The Concrete Cash Cow" at one time.

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