When I was in the UK...I could buy ballast which was the sand and gravel
already premixed. I would then buy 90 pound bags of cement.
Having the sand and gravel premixed saved a lot of effort
Mark N1UK
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When I was younger and on the farm, it seemed like nearly every farm had a
mixer, and piles of gravel and sand. We'd purchase the cement by 80 or 90
pound bags. It was so many shovel of sand so many gravel and so many of
cement. add water to the desired consistency. IIRC we'd have tho shoveling
in, one on the wheelbarrow for sand and gravel and one or two hauling it
to where ever. Then there were those leveling and troweling. For a tower
base, the mixer could set at one edge of the hole so you'd shovel in, mix,
and dump! It went fairly fast, but the set up and clean up took almost as
long as the work.
I no longer remember how many shovels full of each and with only one
working hand I don't think of that as a viable approach anyway.<:-))
73
Roger (K8RI)
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