(03/28/18) O Scale Cement Truck from Menards!

Is Jack drving the truck?  Trust him over some of the resent HAL self driven car projects!

Nice looking truck! Will fit into any construction site!

Love their die-cast cars and trucks!

I want to get a couple of there cranes down the road!

Knit picker alert !   There is no such thing as a "Cement truck".   The proper terminology is "Transit mix" or "Concrete truck".  Cement doesn't get poured, it's concrete and it gets placed.  

Have fun !

OMG... JEEZ..., my dad was a carpenter  all his life. I can still hear him say, here comes the cement truck.. get ready....

I can model my local quarry 

Why year would you say that truck is?

Years ago my girlfriend at the time drove my pickup like she thought it was a cement truck and could go through anything! After a year it looked like I used it to haul ammunition! LOL

Finally a truck I can use with my 50's - 70 theme as it has the old round headlights so I can get away with it. 

Play Trains, I love how you remember things! I bet if we asked her she would say it was from you chasing her! LOL Either way it sure sounds like fun!

This is a model of the "R" series Mack truck. They were produced from 1966 - 2002. However, many well-used ones are still in use today.

This is the same "cement" truck that was issued by K-line trains.

Mike,didn't need my truck for that, she was one of those girls you could chase at a slow walk, if you know what I mean! LOL

With the additional box truck, I wonder if the box and the cement mixers can be swapped?

play trains posted:

Mike,didn't need my truck for that, she was one of those girls you could chase at a slow walk, if you know what I mean! LOL

My brother, I LIKE IT!

I like this older American style of concrete truck, it's something I seen growing up, it will fit nicely on my future layout! Another winner from Mark and the Menards crew!

Rusty

Diverging Clear posted:

I like this older American style of concrete truck, it's something I seen growing up, it will fit nicely on my future layout! Another winner from Mark and the Menards crew!

Rusty

Agreed!!!!  Just ordered one.  Now they can deliver the cement to the Brewery site.  Anyone need a modern Menards box truck?  I'll have one and it goes REAL cheap.

Dan Padova posted:

Knit picker alert !   There is no such thing as a "Cement truck".   The proper terminology is "Transit mix" or "Concrete truck".  Cement doesn't get poured, it's concrete and it gets placed.  

Have fun !

Sorry Dan but I slightly disagree.  Cement does get poured as it's an ingredient of cement along with sand, gravel, and water.  Concrete is a composite material of fine and course aggregate that are bonded together with Portland cement and water that harden over time. 

So  we can say it really isn't a cement truck  but rather a cement mixer.  Now that's knit picking and it comes from 17 years of owning a construction company.

If you really want to nit pick we could say that Menards doesn't sell hot water heaters.  They sell water heaters.  You don't heat hot water.  Maybe we should call them cold water heaters but I guess water heaters will do.

Anyway I just ordered a cement mixer.

My oldest son called them “mentsixers” when he was a 2 year old.

Larry

Mentsixers sounds like a craft beer. Lol

This is a "Cement Mixer"  It mixes the cement and water (no sand or rocks ) on the fly with pressure ( hundreds to thousands of pounds of pressure) and pumps it down oil/gas wells.  (these trucks work the best at night, oilfield joke)

Looks like the same truck on the C&O flatcar, also offered with the free truck, for $24.99.

Alex

Dan Padova posted:

Knit picker alert !   There is no such thing as a "Cement truck".   The proper terminology is "Transit mix" or "Concrete truck".  Cement doesn't get poured, it's concrete and it gets placed.  

It's not nitpicking (observe irony) to those in the business.  Bet no one can cite a legitimate 1:1 scale manufacturer calling their concrete delivery trucks with rotating drums cement mixers.  Maybe transit mix or ready mix trucks, but not cement mixers.  As for pouring versus placing, ready mix concrete was poured, and precast concrete structures were placed  in my highway/heavy construction experience in Texas.  Maybe that distinction is a regional thing.

What, me worry? 

I could care less about cement, concrete trucks or whatever you wanna call them! Where are the new rolling stock releases????

More modern trucks we don't need. No mirrors, water tank or extension chutes either. Won't work for historical and period modelers. Been around them many years, never heard of a transit mix, LOL!

Here are some real looking “cement mixers”

                                         H.O. has everything correct, we don't.

Matt Kramer posted:

I could care less about cement, concrete trucks or whatever you wanna call them! Where are the new rolling stock releases????

Matt Kramer posted:

I could care less about cement, concrete trucks or whatever you wanna call them! Where are the new rolling stock releases????

Fantastic new products are coming,  just wait till you see them !

Dad I hope you got your forms up for the concrete pour!

wild mary posted:

Dan Padova posted:

Knit picker alert !   There is no such thing as a "Cement truck".   The proper terminology is "Transit mix" or "Concrete truck".  Cement doesn't get poured, it's concrete and it gets placed.  

Have fun !

Sorry Dan but I slightly disagree.  Cement does get poured as it's an ingredient of cement along with sand, gravel, and water.  Concrete is a composite material of fine and course aggregate that are bonded together with Portland cement and water that harden over time. 

So  we can say it really isn't a cement truck  but rather a cement mixer.  Now that's knit picking and it comes from 17 years of owning a construction company.

If you really want to nit pick we could say that Menards doesn't sell hot water heaters.  They sell water heaters.  You don't heat hot water.  Maybe we should call them cold water heaters but I guess water heaters will do.

Anyway I just ordered a cement mixer.

 

 

Your comparison of cement and concrete doesn't make sense.  Concrete is a mixture of Portland cement, sand, aggregate and water.  The aggregate can be crushed stone or river stone.  The difference, for those not in the construction business is crushed aggregate has sharp edges and river stone is rounded.  But both are considered aggregate when used in concrete.  Pea gravel is also used as aggregate instead of the larger crushed stone and river stone.  

Concrete is either placed or pumped.  The only time it can be considered poured is when it is being placed using the tremie method.  

It's a toy cement truck. It's Rays company so HE can call it any way he wants...final answer..LOL

Amen Dad! LOL

cabinet Bob posted:

It's a toy cement truck. It's Rays company so HE can call it any way he wants...final answer..LOL

Yes, he can.  However, if you re-read my initial post, you will notice I said nit picker alert. Unlike rivet counters, who turn their noses up at us toy train guys, I prefaced my words, figuring everyone would get that it was meant in humor.  

SIRT posted:

More modern trucks we don't need. No mirrors, water tank or extension chutes either. Won't work for historical and period modelers. Been around them many years, never heard of a transit mix, LOL!

                                         H.O. has everything correct, we don't.

IDK what you mean by "Modern  Trucks" as the Mack Turret Cab has not been around since the "Turn of the Century"- Which is almost 20 years ago! 

While Lacking in details, The price reflects that however they are a good starting point for a 1980's to late 1990's Cement truck. I remember Ria Industries/ Blue Circle and now Eastern Concrete Materials had Fleets of these trucks. The OLD Plant is an interesting Sheet Metal over steel frame structure too!

Great! I can always use another cement mixer down at the jobsite!

Just ordered a half dozen, for the ready mix concrete plant I plan to build. I will repait them for the company I used to work for. 

The name for this type of truck can be very regional in useage. Just to summarize, here are a few, most of which have been mentioned:

Mixer truck

Redi-mix concrete truck

Ready-mix concrete truck

Concrete mixer truck

Transit mix truck

Cement mixer truck

Anyone care to add a few more?

Jeff

OK, just for a bit of variety on a layout.  For those "hard to reach" places and elevations, many times I placed concrete buckets in location needed when operating the crane.  Usually they were two yard buckets and always had to remind the finishers to not fill it all way to the top.  It all depended upon the amount of boom I had out, and the radius to the location for the placement.  Also, had to inform them of less in the dump bucket due to the addition of more water in the mix, which did occur sometimes.  Remember, the more weight, the less in the bucket and less radii from center of rotation on the crane.

That would make a good animation on a layout, the concrete bucket being raised and lowered at the back of a cement truck in between rotation and raise/lower for the placement.

Jesse     TCA   12-68275

Nice looking truck for hauling, dumping concrete down the chute.......

Jesse

WOW that was quick.  Received the cement mixer truck today and was pleasantly surprised by the quality.  Everything with the exception of the air filter and chute is diecast.  Going to separate the body from the frame to give it a driver.  Think I'll remove the driver side window so the driver can have his arm out the window.  All in all it's a nice looking truck and very heavy.  On the other hand, the Menards box truck that came with it is a piece of crap.  Hard to believe they sold for $14.99.  It would be an embarrassment even for the DOLLAR STORE.  I'll probably take the side mirrors and mount them on the cement mixer so it does have some use.  Anyway nice job on the mixer Menards.