How site-mixed concrete works
A site-mixed truck, also called a volumetric mixer, doesn't show up with a drum full of concrete. It carries sand, stone, cement and water in separate bins and mixes them at the back of the truck as the concrete comes down the chute. What goes into your forms was made a minute ago, right there.
A drum truck works the other way. The load is batched at the plant, and once water hits cement the clock is running, traffic or not. Order a little short and you wait on a second truck. Order long and the extra has to go somewhere. A site-mixed truck just stops mixing when the forms are full.
Short loads and big pours
Small jobs are where mixing on site earns its keep. A few footers, a sidewalk section, a pad for a shed. Those are short loads, and the truck makes only what the job takes. If the measurements were a little off, the mix keeps going or stops early.
The trucks run on bigger work too: slabs, footers and foundations, driveways and flatwork, and commercial pours. A big slab can take more than one truck. You'll see our mixers working side by side in the job photos.
Contractors and homeowners
Masons, driveway and flatwork contractors and builders order from us for their jobs. If that's you, see concrete for contractors and builders.
Homeowners call too. If it's your first pour, the guides cover what to have ready before the truck pulls up.
Picking up materials at the yard
Some customers bring a trailer to the Melbourne yard to pick up materials. Call first. That way someone's there with the loader when you pull in.