Concrete Plant - How Your Concrete Is Batched And How To Order Concrete

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This video will show you the concrete plant I use for most of my jobs. I will also show you how the concrete gets batched into the concrete truck and I'll tell you how to order your concrete. When you have a concrete pour to do, you can't expect to call the concrete batch plant the day you want to pour and get your concrete delivered that day. You have to give the dispatcher some advance notice. How much notice will vary, but I would call a week in advance to put in your concrete order. Most concrete plants have 10 to 15 concrete trucks on site, some even more, but their usually very busy. Especially first thing in the morning when most concrete floor guys want their concrete. If you've never seen how concrete is made and batched into the concrete truck, this video will show you how the cement, sand, aggregate, and water get loaded and mixed into the concrete truck.
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@michaelkoon8371 3 жыл бұрын

I like this i drove concrete truck for 14 years and realy liked my joband enjoyed working with our contractors and loved working with all the drivers

@teds4165 Жыл бұрын

What now ?

@sonnyblazer5504 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! Thanks for the tour. I watched a couple of your videos. Find you to be the man for stamped finished concrete. Watched one where it was much warmer than you would have hoped but you, your daughter and her friend pulled the mission off without a hitch. Those two girls were knowledgeable on what tool to grab when. All three of you ran like a Swiss watch; CONGRATULATIONS! - Now I'm subscribed as well. Thanks. Sonny (CT)

@MikeDayConcrete 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sonny!

@lethaloutdoors001 4 жыл бұрын

Great channel, im a batcher and I hope to start showing our process of making a mix and coordinating trucks

@Davy-lf4cj Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike for the tour was very interesting

@yopappy891 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks you for all the detailed videos and Happy Thanksgiving.

@corydriver7634 4 жыл бұрын

I found your channel by chance not long ago and find the content Interesting so I subscribed. Oddly enough I knew a guy named Mike Day a long time ago, he was a truck driver for a ready mix company.

@EricCox4848 2 жыл бұрын

You just described to me what they did at the old Gifford-Hill plant. Well, they call it Forterra. Before then it was called Hanson after they bought Gifford-Hill. But very informative.

@arobyte 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed that. Thanks Mike!

@skliros9235 4 жыл бұрын

Another informative video. Thanks.

@michaelfroman6636 2 жыл бұрын

Quit hating on Victory concrete Ryan is a master at concrete and a good guy

@cashcow4383 5 ай бұрын

Great video ! Learned alot.Thanks

@larryoyiolo6596 6 ай бұрын

Thanks...loving your video

@RJ-lk5pj 3 жыл бұрын

Great view.. a perspective that doesn’t typically get view by the average Joe.

@ghettohey2388 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see a video on using pump mix concrete. I feel alot of people have the idea that pump concrete mix is not as strong as chute concrete mix when in fact its just as or stronger because there is less water and more cement in pump mix.

@gunfisher4661 2 жыл бұрын

Years back I had a boss that could order his mud for 30 days infront and he was pretty good at it. Oh we had to put back a load now and then but he was probably the best at it.

@moonlighthunter6250 2 ай бұрын

The past month I started a janitor position at Holiday Rock, the more I learned the more I’m interested in how everything works, when I apply for this job I knew nothing about working in a concrete plant

@davidhinson5010 4 жыл бұрын

Cool video thanks, from NC.

@scottp4063 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!!!!!!!

@crazyhandshands9028 3 жыл бұрын

GREAT JOB

@swirledworld340 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure I saw you comment on victory outdoors saying Ryan was doing a good job cause you started around the same time and he has more subscribers. Well the you tube algorithm just kicked you into my feed. Keep on keeping on!

@stephenbru 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative...Thanks for making this video..

@MikeDayConcrete 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@eddiefrayle 11 ай бұрын

Great video,planing to pour a 14x20 ft slab for a storage shed what type of concrete should I order from plant?

@vanillarain711 3 жыл бұрын

That was awesome!

@MikeDayConcrete 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@scootter2323 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@DialToneTP 2 жыл бұрын

Do anyone know how to Adjust the boot on the batch plant to fit multiple trucks? At my job the boot is set to load rear discharge trucks that's ideally 12' tall, but I drive a front discharge which is 13+ feet tall. When I'm being loaded, the boot touches the inside of my hopper, which causes the material to spill everywhere.

@Asymmetrical-Saggin Жыл бұрын

Second i heard you talking i knew you was up here in Maine. lol we can't hide our accent 😂😂

@bennavarro1507 2 жыл бұрын

I watch the video of you guys and you guys are using water reducer pouring a 7/8-in slump I was wondering if you could put retarder with it like a 2-hour delay just curious never done it I've been pouring concrete for a long time I always wondered if you ever have please let me know thank you what's a good mix for the summertime getting it wet and having good strength and have time to work it

@photorealm 2 жыл бұрын

Great video I was wondering what that end looked like. Its funny they are a concrete supplier and their concrete could use a little TLC. Probably those heavy trucks all the time.

@teds4165 Жыл бұрын

It's like painting contractors houses always need painting ✌

@mctrun 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Day drops a video. Like before even watching

@jfchonors8873 10 ай бұрын

Is there a maximum amount of time between loading and pouring that the concrete is usable?

@fullvegan 4 жыл бұрын

I am placing an order at Marshalltown and am trying to use your code 'EAC' and it says 'The promotion code: eac, is not valid.' thought you'd like to know..

@bradleyogden5688 Жыл бұрын

Mike, I'm an HO scale model railroader and I'm doing research on building a big enough complex to where this plant would make stuff like Jersey barriers, culverts, pipes, railroad ties, bumpers seen in parking lots and other misc items. I've bought several tractors w/ pnumatic dry bulk trailers, front end loader. I'll have the aggregates come in by rail loaded in 100 ton capacity cars. Lime can also come in by rail. You pointed out that the plant shown had two 100 ton storage silos, these are also available. Is their any other trailers that I'll need to transport material? How many different piles will I need, lime, cement, aggregates, sand. Which one of these need to be kept dry? Thanks for sharing this and for your valuable time. 0q

@UniversolTV 2 жыл бұрын

Just subscribed

@MrHornsHigh Жыл бұрын

Please explain to me why no matter where in the world we work we still use dot matrix printers?

@TheSweetswed 4 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for a video like this. Pricing n this planning stuff

@lcvt8023 2 жыл бұрын

wood pays my bills. concrete is my secret lover.

@tariqalhaj5384 2 жыл бұрын

Brother, I want you to tell me how much the concrete mixer driver gets per hour

@johnforeman9926 4 жыл бұрын

I was looking for a lot more technical information about the concrete; i.e., mix, slump, water amounts, etc.

@jjjustin17favs 4 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@tristanloteryman4023 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@crazyhandshands9028 3 жыл бұрын

For sidewalks add water in sec, 10 to 15 seconds mixing.

@vegasurbutis669 3 жыл бұрын

thats correct!! where is the water????

@mayankkochar8895 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah...me too

@vegas9440 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@huseyin5141 2 жыл бұрын

Do you need block machine or batch plant

@psidvicious 4 жыл бұрын

Good vid Mike. You forgot to mention how those dispatchers always seem to have some ‘story’ about why your concrete is late 😆! Jk 🤜🤛

@KingUSVI 4 жыл бұрын

Im a ready mix concrete dispatcher and I must admit your comment give me a good laugh😄

@Tigersfan829 4 жыл бұрын

As a batch man the only reason your concrete is late from me is my dispatcher gave me more orders than I have trucks or the plant broke, lol.

@Tigersfan829 3 жыл бұрын

@kjh 1 I moved companies and now I batch and dispatch. I will say contractors are the worst and how some think we're just sitting around waiting with trucks for their call like they're the only order of the day is amazing. There is an art to dispatching though and I find if you call them and let them know the situation when it happens they're a lot more understanding. A lot will lie.

@markoconnor7381 2 жыл бұрын

Your concert is late because the guy before you had a flat tire on his wheelbarrow and took twice as long to get the load off

@cagedtigersteve Жыл бұрын

Around 2:00 mark he gets started talking about the subject. You can watch it at 2.0x speed to understand it. Do you need a video editor for your videos?

@maplemanz 2 жыл бұрын

I happen to be a loader guy at a redi mix plant.

@budclark1039 2 жыл бұрын

folks still use rear dump trucks???

@oscarsanchez194 9 ай бұрын

Is that a high profile plant ? Or a low profile plant ?

@benwilliams3539 8 ай бұрын

Do you think these plants make a lot of money provided the work is around?

@thesoulreader2578 6 ай бұрын

I can’t imagine how ear piercingly loud that limestone dropping into the scale is inside that warehouse 😂

@jaybartgis5148 2 жыл бұрын

00:40 when he said that he reminded me of this scene in the HBO Series "Chernobyl" when an inspector asks, "why did I see graphite on the roof?" And the plant director says, "you must have mistaken it for burnt concrete" and he goes, "that's where you made a mistake. I know all about concrete"

@thomasdecato9786 Жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention the most important part the scales for agg and cement also water and ad mix measurements these are all very precise and need to be calibrated yearly or even monthly, spent 30 plus years putting up plants and repairing.

@teds4165 Жыл бұрын

3.2.1

@Jason-jy4sr Жыл бұрын

Where are you located? I feel really sorry that you guys that have to drive and use the rear discharge concrete trucks. Front discharge is much faster and easier

@idicalidical5343 4 жыл бұрын

Do they offer fly ash or other "pozzolans"? It's hard to get those adjuvants in my area.

@ericwsmith7722 3 жыл бұрын

With natural gas being so (relatively ) cheap and coal fired electric power plants coming under more and more regulations, many coal-fired electric plants are being shut down or only used during peak times, and fly ash only comes from them ( its a by-product ) , its going to be more and more in short supply .

@cbuck132 3 жыл бұрын

You probably got a lot of views today or recently because I’m a high schooler and my teacher for construction tools us to watch two of your videos

@MikeDayConcrete 3 жыл бұрын

That's cool, thanks.

@robertwttbvethanauer9515 3 жыл бұрын

cool , bob dispatcher at northern lakes concrete, like the vid, i have 5 plants and 20 drivers,

@MikeDayConcrete 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, good to hear from you Bob!

@antoniorosas1334 3 жыл бұрын

Approximately how much does it cost to start a redimix company? Let’s just start small and say running 3 trucks. How much land would one need?

@surveyingengineeringdesigninfo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for Amazing Video

@MikeDayConcrete 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@ramblin_man23 Жыл бұрын

Always wondered how many concrete trucks will empty a cement truck. According to you figures, in a 10-yard truck that carries 40,000+ lbs of concrete, 5,500 lbs of it is cement.

@jeffludden6868 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a “dry” batch plant, can we get a central mix tour? 😂

@SonuKhan-ky9ye 2 жыл бұрын

You need batching plant opretar

@crazyhandshands9028 3 жыл бұрын

How do you go about measuring like a drive way...

@MikeDayConcrete 3 жыл бұрын

If it's not a rectangle, break it into small sections using spray paint, then measure out each small section and add them together.

@kettlekorn471 4 жыл бұрын

5:40 You call Enrico Colantoni for your concrete?😆

@farooqchaudhary7461 3 жыл бұрын

i drive misar truck in dubai do you have a job

@abdulhafiz8579 3 жыл бұрын

Can I have a job if I come America

@ruebentschetter9412 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Mike this is Ruben I'm from Northern Alberta Canada I'm wondering have you ever made a video of type 10 or type 50 concrete and where and why it would be used and how the finishing would be on either or

@rodfrost5051 2 жыл бұрын

It was dean!

@shayershayer1777 Жыл бұрын

Hy I need job .

@sleeper_5558 2 жыл бұрын

30 tons is the most you can get with a heavy permit.. 33 tons would have to be incorrect

@Whutup549 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, so the concrete is actually getting mixed in the truck.

@lilwayneisboss5050 2 жыл бұрын

At a dry batch plant like this, yes. The other kind of plant is called central mix, where the materials all get mixed in a drum then dumped into the truck.

@melberber79 3 жыл бұрын

Does this plant impact air quality? How do neighboring homes fair?

@ericwsmith7722 3 жыл бұрын

air and noise quality , I would not buy a home any were near a batch plant ,

@vegasurbutis669 3 жыл бұрын

can you tell us when do they mix water in?? i ordered 4 truck 3 of those where with different consistency the last one driver forgot to add fibre we had to wait on site for the van to deliver fibre he then added to truck what a noncense you would think the computer doses all that

@MikeDayConcrete 3 жыл бұрын

The batch man does add some water. The truck should leave the plant with about a 4 slump, then add water on site to what you want. We get inconsistent mixes also. Sometimes we have to add water 3 or 4 times to get it where we want it.

@VWRICH23 3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeDayConcrete some drivers are better than others 😁👍

@ericwsmith7722 3 жыл бұрын

You never really know whos fault that is , Some times its the driver, they get lazy and don't dump out leftovers or wash out water, and some times its time pressure from the dispatcher to get loaded or they are selling left over concrete from the last job , some times its poor communication between the salesperson to the dispatcher to the batch man . Fiber is put in manually, driver should look at the ticket , but 90% of the time there is no need to , so they dont , and they cant get the ticket till its loaded in the truck anyhow .

@vegasurbutis669 3 жыл бұрын

Are they so behind ages in UK. Its just simple. Computer calculates the ration and amounts maschine add them mixer mixes and pump pumps to truck of you go !! The perfect. Mix. Im paying for 40nm but if to much water or to much water added on site makes it 30nm only!!

@ericwsmith7722 3 жыл бұрын

@@vegasurbutis669 lol.... it is done EXACTLY the same way here as it is in the UK . water makes no difference in the volume.

@immortalhour3888 3 жыл бұрын

You should see the vids on the drivers view dealing with contractors 😂

@bruddaozzo 2 жыл бұрын

Can you link some? sounds interesting :)

@farooqchaudhary7461 3 жыл бұрын

we have mixer truck job i am from dubai

@mituakter2635 3 жыл бұрын

Look so gd

@shacaramalone 2 жыл бұрын

How is it possible to get a bad batch of concrete?

@boogie_nz Жыл бұрын

Once all the calculated water and additives are added, the batcher will look by eye to judge the slump - often trim water will added at the end - no more than 10L per m3. This is often where oversight happens (if you're a new bat he perhaps) and you can end up with a batch that's to wet - water = more workability (how most concrete layers want it but less strength. Hence why every 60 odd m3 from a plant should be tested.

@juicylyricstv1640 2 жыл бұрын

how much would it cost to start a concrete delivery service? batch plant, truck etc (please list the price separately)

@teds4165 Жыл бұрын

18 mil .. CA property is exspensive 10 trucks etc

@phsycopiano 4 жыл бұрын

Are you with Sargent materials in Maine?

@MikeDayConcrete 4 жыл бұрын

That's where I get my concrete.

@phsycopiano 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Day Everything About Concrete Oh nice. Ya I went and visited Maine a few years ago and absolutely fell in love with the great state. Looking to drive a mixer over there and came upon Sargent materials. Then I found your channel and thought “sweet I got an inside man now”😁

@ernieengineer3462 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting but doesn’t help me order concrete. Specifically slump, when to add fiber, rock size, what if i order too much, too little, etc. love your videos generally. Interested Subscriber.

@MikeDayConcrete 4 жыл бұрын

They usually batch the concrete at around a 3 inch slump unless you tell them otherwise. They add the fiber when they batch the concrete. 3/4" rock size is standard. If you order too much, they take it back and make blocks out of the extra and no you don't get a refund for it. If you order too little, you have to order more to finish the job. You may incur a small load charge for the small amount of extra you need.

@ernieengineer3462 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Day Everything About Concrete Thanks Mike for taking the time to answer!

@taufuqumartaufiq8119 2 жыл бұрын

I m batching plant operator sir

@roylogan 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have to pay the concrete company to take your used junk concrete?

@MikeDayConcrete 4 жыл бұрын

No, they recycle it.

@mayankkochar8895 3 жыл бұрын

Hey how much it costs averagely per truck.

@ericwsmith7722 3 жыл бұрын

depends on the mix, how far from the plant it is going, and how much you order. But in my area, upstate NY its about $100, per yard for a full 10 yard truck going local .

@jjjustin17favs 4 жыл бұрын

I thought the concrete was mixed in the plant not the truck

@MikeDayConcrete 4 жыл бұрын

They add the dry ingredients into the truck at the plant, as well as some of the water, then the truck mixes it all together.

@DJSTOEK Жыл бұрын

🙂😷😷

@remington351 4 жыл бұрын

At 4:28 the concrete apron of the concrete mixing plant all cracked and busted to hell...ironic.

@7.3powerstroke6 4 жыл бұрын

Concrete suppliers and the concrete masons themselves get lazy. The problem is they go home and the last thing they want to do is their own concrete lol. They are stubborn because they don't want to pay someone else to do it because they can do it themselves. But they don't want to do it in the first place. They also don't enjoy paying for the actual concrete for their own pleasure.