Mixing concrete with forklift bucket

[Scotty]

Have got some concrete to lay in a cattle shed next to the feed barrier for scraping.
Have access to Proper ballast FOC.
Would I be nuts to try and mix it with the forklift bucket on a concrete yard against a wall. I have a pan mixer but it's out of action at the moment.
Has anyone else done this ? Any pointers ?
Accept that ready mix would be easier but trying to lay 8 cube at a time on my own doesn't appeal. Does it need to be perfect for some beef cows to get dirty?
Was thinking 2 ton of ballast to 15 bags of cement?
Cheers

 

[Blue.]

Have got some concrete to lay in a cattle shed next to the feed barrier for scraping.
Have access to Proper ballast FOC.
Would I be nuts to try and mix it with the forklift bucket on a concrete yard against a wall. I have a pan mixer but it's out of action at the moment.
Has anyone else done this ? Any pointers ?
Accept that ready mix would be easier but trying to lay 8 cube at a time on my own doesn't appeal. Does it need to be perfect for some beef cows to get dirty?
Was thinking 2 ton of ballast to 15 bags of cement?
Cheers

Done it like this years ago,worked well and the concrete is fine.

I have mixed concrete in a diet feeder but it was an arse to get out,but was good to fill with the weigher.

 

[Cowcalf]

always done it like that. No problems

 

[Daniel]

Works fine, Wears the bucket blade pretty quickly if you're scraping it along the floor.

We've got one of these though and I recommend it highly, so handy if you just want a bit doing or even for laying large slabs, it's one of those things where the cost isn't really justifiable before you have it but once you've got it you wonder why you didn't get it sooner, especially if you have free ballast!

http://www.omeco.it/equipment/m3_bm600_219eng.php

 

[Scotty]

Works fine, Wears the bucket blade pretty quickly if you're scraping it along the floor.

We've got one of these though and I recommend it highly, so handy if you just want a bit doing or even for laying large slabs, it's one of those things where the cost isn't really justifiable before you have it but once you've got it you wonder why you didn't get it sooner, especially if you have free ballast!

http://www.omeco.it/equipment/m3_bm600_219eng.php

Have got a fliegle 1400 dfa which has been invaluable, just getting hard up now and needing some r&m before it is used again.
Phoned for concrete this morning to be quoted 181 ton in bags? Will have a shop around next week but that would be £60 quid for my concrete in one cube.