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There's more than one way to mix Papercrete. The Tow-Mixer is handy, because it mixes and dispenses, but there are stationary mixers that specialize in mixing only. Mike McCain, mentioned in other places on this site, had two stationary mixers when I visited him. One was powered by a van's back axle, the other by a pickup. Got an old car you don't mind parking and dedicating to the job of powering your mixer? That's exactly what Mike did. Check them out:


Mike McCain has just dropped an entire sack of cement into his van-powered mixer. Notice that this mixer has one tire, because it was a Tow-Mixer in its last life. Now it's stationary. The van doesn't go anywhere either. It mixes.

Mike's other stationary mixer, powered by a pickup. This is a barrel mixer - the 'blade' is actually a horizontal shaft with pieces of angle iron welded to it. Here, the batch is done and flowing out the PVC pipe into a trench. Mike has just pulled the 'plug', the stopper that fits in the PVC pipe.

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