Mixit slurry stirrers any good?

Hilly

Member
then have all 3 heights of mixit and pocket the change!
cant believe the Reck is quicker but have no experience of it in action.
I used and developed my tower stirrer by contracting for 14 years and most people were astonished how quick it was.
I was astonished at how quick the mixit mixed my store, unbelievable.
 

stirrer

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Location
devon
I have both tower mixer and lagoon mixer from mix-it.id be happy for @stirrer to put on here what theyve cost to run.tower mixer 7 year old and lagoon mixer 4.it will be pence per hour.

peppa!
not sure what you have spent so far but would think £100/year would cover it. you are a busy contractor so things like pto's are pretty busy.
tower stirrers seem good for 8 years and then the belts fail. best then to renew the pulley bearings at the same time. belts are around £300-400
Lagoon stirrers, providing the main bearing is not regularly submerged, last about 7 years untouched.
as usual, the wreckers take most of the spares I supply. Bending the PTO's u/j's EQUALLY is really important as the impellers do take a lot of continuous power.
how many people have not yet touched their machines? must be half of the customers from my records.
 

vantage

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Pembs
peppa!
not sure what you have spent so far but would think £100/year would cover it. you are a busy contractor so things like pto's are pretty busy.
tower stirrers seem good for 8 years and then the belts fail. best then to renew the pulley bearings at the same time. belts are around £300-400
Lagoon stirrers, providing the main bearing is not regularly submerged, last about 7 years untouched.
as usual, the wreckers take most of the spares I supply. Bending the PTO's u/j's EQUALLY is really important as the impellers do take a lot of continuous power.
how many people have not yet touched their machines? must be half of the customers from my records.
New impellor here as the contractor ran it sitting on the concrete floor of the lagoon!:confused:
New bearings supplied as we thought they had failed because of wobble caused by the damaged impellor,originals all ok and now the spares!
 

stirrer

Member
Location
devon
re costs - had a farmer collect the main and pto bearings last night.
he has a 1997 20ft mixit lagoon stirrer. it was the second time i have seen him in that time.
total costs so far (ignoring upgrading his impeller) is £400
this equates to £20 per year for this farmer, and service intervals of 10 years!
 
its all so wet I had a browse of the Irish scene - very happy to find this posting.

Look up MIXIT, https://www.mixitstirrers.co.uk/made by contractor in UK, got one, worth 3 standard whisk put together, agent in Ireland now, also contractor near Limerick rents it out

if it is worth 3 std stirrers it is too cheap!!

It's about time you showed us some newer videos with one of the bigger versions on the back of something suitably meaty!
 

stirrer

Member
Location
devon
It's about time you showed us some newer videos with one of the bigger versions on the back of something suitably meaty!

my son has decided to come back from the j deere factory in Germany, so, when he joins me, he will be having a good look round uk, and is a dab hand at video's.
might take a while but if his mountain bike videos featured on my website are anything to go by - it will be good.
he also has a drone so the mind boggles. hope a lump of sticky stuff doesn't down him.
i am upping the thickness of all the frame's box section as your 200hp jobs are puting higher loads on everything.
it is noticable how the number of 25ft stirrers, and the heavier 2600 pto are increasingly requested.
certainly contractors are moving to the 2600 and i am told U/J life has stopped being a problem. the downside is the extra price of £450.
 

Hilly

Member
if you email me with it attached, my son will sort it mix.it at outlook.com (modified for antispam)
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i will try , this is it .
 

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