a
fair amount of spillage and we had to use plywood to
contain it,” says Konsbruck, adding "the fork
pockets for transporting the unit were too small.”
Regardless of design tweaks, this new mixing device
answered the call for a concrete job that fell
between a project size of a wheelbarrow and a mixing
truck. “By utilizing Cart-away’s ‘Cube’ we were able
to not only successfully bid on a different type of
job, but also enabled us to complete the job,” says
Kubesh. “The guys at Cart-Away were great to work
with and very attentive to our needs.” |
ALTERNATIVES AND
ADVANCEMENTS
Whereas the C.U.B.E.
handles jobs that require concrete output for large
remote locations, another fairly new product was
placed on the market is Mixing Innovations, TMS2000,
a compact, stationary, upright drum mixer for
ready-mixed materials in sacks including mortar,
grout, cement, plaster, flooring compounds, terrazzo
and rough casting.
Tom Blocher of the Louisville,
Kentucky-based Mixing Innovations, LLC explains that
the TMS2000 mixer combines speed, mobility and
reliability to help the contractor |
mix even the most viscous materials consistently. It
is small enough to fit in a truck, has large wheels
for easy mobility through narrow spaces and a slide
valve to empty the material quickly into a
wheelbarrow, or other delivery device.
“It is a
portable concrete mixer that handles mortar as well
and has better mixing action than the rotary drum
style. It fits in the back of a truck and has real
innovative features and it is narrow enough to fit
through 30 inch doors—the large wheels allow it to
go up and down stairs,” says Blocher, adding “it has
rollers to easily load on and off a truck, too.”
Two years ago at the WOCC, attendees and a group
of industry experts voted the Collomix TMS 2000 as
the Experts Choice as the Most Innovative Product in
the Concrete Construction Equipment category.
For
more information about the C.U.B.E call:
1-800-909-9809.
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