Fabricobbled concrete mixer

Pouring slabs and picking scabs.
Round for the crew: / ave

[@AW-Services]

You need one of those fancy skid steer concrete mixer bucket things that Andrew Camarata uses

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

SIX THOUSAND DOLL HAIRS?! I got it done with yard scrap and 4 beers.

[@AW-Services]

@@arduinoversusevil2025 Prefer the Uncle bumblefuck creation

[@timothyvanderschultzen9640]

@@DaffyDuc69 - Maybe they were double deuces?

[@lacombar]

@@arduinoversusevil2025 that's US doll pubic hairs, that must be >10k Canadian pesos...

[@THEOGGUNSHOW]

🤪👍👍👍

[@eugenekrabs4253]

Been laying concrete since I was born. Word of advice, no matter how good the concrete looks, don't eat it.

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

So that's what I did wrong.

[@ApolloTheDerg]

One of my personal struggles right here

[@wes11bravo]

Now you tell me.

[@petewood2350]

So Dr is that why I have Constipation?.

[@timesthree5757]

But it taste good.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

And they said the Red Green Show was no longer on TV. "That's why God made hoses." EVERYTHING is a fuse is you use it wrong enough.

[@tbled52]

obviously Canada has had a thriving DIY industry for decades

[@EyebrowsMahoney]

Every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough.

[@jasonhessels]

Why the beating of us farm welders. Never ever have we ever had a weld let go. Ever.... it’s usually the slag that fails.

[@NoPegs]

Or the terminals on one of the seven various automotive batteries you chained in series with box-wrenches for a repair in the field when you're about halfway down your second rod? Because gasoline/diesel welders ain't cheap, right?

[@subixbarbarasson6052]

Well said

[@notmarhellnem8414]

This contraption makes all my noodly appendages retract when it moves.

[@andreasbachlindsmann1610]

Hell, I even sucked my hemorrhoids back in.

[@351cleavland]

@@andreasbachlindsmann1610 As long as it was your own and not others'.

[@AshTheDeerGuy]

It's like an expensive automagic dull apprentice! Hardly works, so you can work harder

[@hyperboloidofonesheet1036]

At least he's shown he has the skills to weld a patch on the side of that snow bucket when old man winter comes round again.

[@hyperboloidofonesheet1036]

@@Dherkin_McGhurken I bow down to your superior technical enginerding!

[@somedude5174]

@@Dherkin_McGhurken lmfao

[@okbanlon]

My sincere congratulations - that is, without a doubt, the most half-assed cement mixer I have ever seen. Bonus points for the whole rig being self contained and self propelled, so that you can drive around and mix a load of sketchy cement anywhere on the property.

[@jersmont1309]

You could drive all over the area and just dump cement at night

[@RoseUnseen]

when dumping a bag of concrete you want to get half of it in the air so it coats your teeth and eyes lol

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

#Protips

[@timothyvanderschultzen9640]

See-mint boogers rule!

[@MattGamesYT]

@@arduinoversusevil2025 Same applies for screed, woodchip, chicken food and metal grinding dust!

[@TheNapalmFTW]

What's a little bit of silicosis between friends eh

[@samjezard]

nature's hair product - gives you that "fresh from the breech" look if you still got some, half-assed hardhat if you're rocking a chrome dome

[@Richter-89]

Good thing you checked the fitment of the shaft before gettin' out there in the field. That coulda been a pain in the ass.

[@tonyp6631]

No need for rebar when you have crescent wrenches in your aggregate

[@papapetad]

You're right. Your viewership has not been forthcoming about acknowledging its gratitude for your adjusting volume levels during grinding exercises. Thank you. It truly has been agreeable and appreciated. A true gentleman in mechanic's sheathing.

[@halnywiatr]

How to lay concrete: Start with complimenting it, and then buy it a few drinks ...

[@noisytim]

Mine’s still playing HARD to get :/

[@paddington1670]

you place concrete, you lay pipe

[@poptartmcjelly7054]

But in the end it's all wet, sticky and gets everywhere.

[@pentachronic]

You give it a few drinks and it starts getting hot and then goes cold and rigid!

[@cholesterol6703]

Usually I spill my liquid additives before I even get to the mix bucket.

[@unherolike]

"Check the fitment of the shaft" Ladies and Gentleman..... That is what the book learning types call Foreshadowing.

[@MattLitkeRacing]

I think you’re violating the Deere John EULA by doing this. That’s why we like you!

[@temptorsent]

Forget the EULA, he's violating that Deere! Carry on...

[@smartgorilla]

Probably got big man cuts from the deeere apple centric right to not adjust your own crap

[@BobPapadopoulos]

I know some of the fellas what wrote that, and they're not the sort you'd invite over for dinner parties because you don't wanna listen to em.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Right to disrepair

[@theRPGmaster]

@@tomtheplummer7322 What do they say over in the US of A, our right to despair shall not be infringed?

[@leroyreaper_lv1749]

Skip engineering and go straight to fabrication for best results 👍👍🤘

[@callingoutdead]

"sweatin', cursin', groanin' and gaggin' on my hands and knees..." Brother, something tells me it's not your first time.

[@samuelmartin2817]

DOING CONCRETE???

[@stewsafreak]

That’s how tradespeople get promoted

[@xmachine7003]

Deliverance😉

[@cafe0letriumph]

Ave: Alexa, order 6 one arm shirts. Alexa: I'm sorry aavvvee, which arm? Ave: dealers choice. Alexa: .... beep boop.

[@rianmach9043]

Just flip the shirt around if Lady Luck is not on your side

[@MolsonPeanut]

Lol not gunna lie, I was waiting for that to snap right off under the weight of the mix.

[@Joshdavies146]

2:53 Wait, your grinder has a volume knob?

[@mkultra4542]

Calibrated in cm³ . . . . to remove the correct amount of material....then apply paint.

[@harveysmith100]

I never doubted it would work for a minute. ( I doubted it for the first 15 minutes!!)

[@LazerLord10]

Oh hey, that old part is from that screw press, isn't it? I'd recognize that I-can't-believe-it's-not-beige paint anywhere.

[@MrPWH12345]

"Check the fitment of the shaft before you get out in the field!" , you're killing me Smalls!

[@KiwiRanger1]

12:00 how many of us were anticipating the auger giving the hose a good chomp?

[@MotoDeSoto]

Orange is my wrench color. You’ll need to find a different color.

[@Swampyankeehomestead]

Paint them pink, not too many people will steal pink tools but, the ones that do will gladly give there tool.

[@Boraxo]

Back when I was a young teen my Dad asked me what was my least favorite color. "Purple" I told him. 2 days later every tool handle in the shop was purple. Every single one.

[@Demicron]

What do u take him for a Jimmy diresta?

[@rufusconnolly8489]

@@Boraxo I would kill to have your dad. I inherited some tools and had to paint them myself lol

[@apersonontheinternet8006]

@@Swampyankeehomestead telling people my secrets! To the gulag

[@gyroo42]

Rent a concrete mixer for a day? Ave: hold my bike...

[@TheAndre8900]

The perfect setting for a farmer weld is every knob turned to 11/10 of the scale and be sure to weld standing in the muddiest shittiest puddle of manure ever seen.

[@TheAndre8900]

@@miket6314 You mean socksless flip-flops right?

[@alabrrmrbmmr]

Simply one of the most entertaining people on KZbin. It's like I'm a kid watching Red Green all over again.

[@tekvax01]

"Cling tenaciously to my false bravado it never fails!" -- AvE

[@blubb7711]

Canada man is the more friendly and inteligent cousin of florida man.

[@iFixJunk]

Ah, but which one is crazier? I used to believe that I knew.

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

@@iFixJunk ask Ricky, Bubbles and Jules.

[@NotSureJoeBauers]

Less meth more weed

[@ghl3488]

Proof of concept right before your very eyes. I'll bet that before the turn of the century that will catch on and there will be large trucks with those things on the back taking that concrete stuff right to the job.

[@SkivaksXD]

"Check fitment of the shaft" - proceeds with out checking - shaft doesnt fit in the field - we breathe on his collar while he tries to save the shituation Outcome: do what he says, dont do what he does

[@RocketPoweredRedneck]

I work with a guy that is best described as 'gives good advice, doesn't follow it' knows more about fire alarms than all of the bosses in the office though.

[@scriptguru4669]

most cost effective way to mix concrete - A meathead with a shovel, it's been that way for a few thousand years.

[@papapetad]

Meathead lubricant prices are not what they used to be.

[@ukpkmkk_2]

I also wondered.. it’s a one time thing and not that big amount.. one could do it himself and it would be more cost effective and easy to do..

[@mikesavage8793]

@@papapetad Case of beer ain't that much.

[@kennethshorter7546]

But they got "no stoke"

[@TreyCook21]

I read methhead, pretty sure that's what you're referring to anyway, also sure they'd do it faster with a spoon.

[@RamadaArtist]

The *best* kind of mentors: "Here's some advice that I've got for you that I'm not gonna use, and then you an' me, we're gonna fix my fuckup because I didn't do what I said we should do, and in the future, you'll always remember."

[@starcarrier1874]

Wow, babydoll on camera, in the drawers! This channel may be gettin a little racey for me.

[@gs425]

Nice flanks too

[@mattedward6155]

Keep running towards that light man, you have been one of my biggest inspirations. Can't begin to tell you how blessed we all are to share in your knowledge, and uhh atypical adventures. God bless you and if I ever head up to Canadia I hope to meet you.

[@RecalcitrantObserver]

That looks like the farmers concrete my grandfather use to mix up! About 5 mpa after 28 days lol

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Ants need homes too.

[@RecalcitrantObserver]

@@arduinoversusevil2025 Not 1 homeless ant around our farm lol

[@sarumayne]

"I've got the clearance to run the interference" I too sometimes Rage Against the Machine

[@peterhutnick3291]

That’s a cover. Originally by Cypress Hill.

[@JerryMraz.]

B Real

[@tychlg]

@@peterhutnick3291 pulled that up in a separate tab and replayed this vid on mute, satisfying.

[@sarumayne]

Dang, I always forget RATM did a cover album, never took the time to learn who did what. Time for some research

[@rufusconnolly8489]

Since y'all are finding out about good songs that were popularly covered, check out Drift Away by Dobie Grey. Cracker did it solid in the 90s, but the original is.. Well, I like it better, but my pic is a Bebop/Calvin&Hobbes crossover so temper your expectations accordingly lol

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

It feels like tis been forever since we had a full video. Glad you're back! I would love to see an exploration video again soon either here or on chickadee or even a simple teardown of something weird like the old days but hey any content im happy.

[@JonahAberle]

I've been thanking you for years for turning down the volume on your tools. I owe ya a beer for that alone. Fellas in the comments were telling me that was some automatic magic but I was not swayed, not me!

[@robsodomy]

When she started spinning I couldn't stop laughing.

[@xmachine7003]

Slappin the tools around the bucket😂😂

[@280zone]

I am glad to have roundy spinny trucks that will deliver that kinda slop right to the kingdom.

[@snoopdogie187]

Usually cheaper than buying the dry ingredients also. If you need a large amount, it makes no sense to mix it on your own.

[@alexs6352]

I can feel my civil engineer friends cringing at the eyeballing of this concrete mix

[@nybirdman]

Yea that mix only gets approved in the chinesium cities.

[@PeterB12345]

A wee bit on the leaky side, eh? Glad I'm not the only one who thought so...

[@johnt1815]

This is it gentlemen , I think he finally lost what little he had left. We're entering a new erra of anxiety inducing entertainment with proportionally prominent pucker factor. Better double up on the safety squints.

[@PatrickPease]

i really feel like a guest when a man tells his wife to say hello to me.

[@cloroxfreshmeadowbleach9860]

finallly an AVE upload been having withdraws

[@smartgorilla]

Same here. I need 30 mins of Friday fun

[@TheNapalmFTW]

You should never withdraw. But it's only to have withdrawals

[@dhawthorne1634]

"Always knock the slag off your noozle" Words of wisdom from a man who has obviously gone out the back door and right around to the front many a time.

[@ironash20]

I think traditional mixers use kneading. The inside fins pull the crete up then drop it at the top where it kneads down and then repeats. I think this side mixing idea might not work well since it leaves areas where crete can hide and not mix. I think a better solution would be to just mount a mixing bucket in the deere bucket and spin it.

[@Wingnut353]

Or weld an an attachment plate to a mixer.... and just attach it to the tractor....

[@unnaturalflavors]

Immediately reminded me of the wife and I when you started the mixer up for the first time. A little movement, a little glob and a bunch of tools being flung around like a bounce house.

[@tylerd.9457]

Farm-grade welding setup. Sounds like a tetanus shot waiting to happen. Haha

[@BernardTheMandeville]

I recently found a note in my phone saying 'get tetanus shot' from 2019. I can't remember ever getting one though

[@infoanorexic]

In a pinch, you can lay your pre-mix in the forms dry. Wet it, screed, finish. Poke around it, here and there, to make sure you got it all wet. I ended up doing that when the mixer broke right after getting started. Put it down in two layers to make sure I didn't leave any dry spots, bottom a little wet, top slightly "stiff." It worked. Can't find any difference between the first section I did and the one I mixed in the forms Read about this in an Ag Shop textbook. Amazing how something you read (mainly out of boredom) in high school can come to your rescue nearly 40 years later.

[@mckenziekeith7434]

I have wondered if this would work. Seems like as long as you mind how much water you put in and make sure the contents of the bag don't separate it should work pretty well. Especially if you are only making a footpath or driveway on top of solid base.

[@BobPapadopoulos]

There's only two ways of accomplishing anything: trial and error, or theoretical pre-testing. The former is seen as dumber, but the latter is no fun when you're drinking and let's be honest: that's what's important.

[@fidikvien7682]

I don't know why but the "hello tractor" gets me every time. Nobody questions when I say it out loud anytime I start a tractor now either...

[@cavemaneca]

Don't get me wrong, it's a good idea. Good ideas just often aren't all that practical.

[@stevej6824]

And practical ideas aren’t always that good

[@imbabyface]

Not too shabby an idea! The Vo-cab is always a entertainment and chuckles. Thx Brother!

[@Adamsadventures83]

I give this a provisional Red Green seal of approval. It would have gotten a full approval but there ain't a single bit of duct tape to be seen. I about lost it with the tiny tractor Timmy bit. I had to stop watching his channel after a dozen videos or so. Still better than the old Wankerstar though...

[@mdn13mdn]

Well, I'm convinced. I'll order the ready mix.

[@berthuggins8042]

The sketch factor is strong with this one! Be sure to have your apprentice wear long sleeves when he reaches in to guide the chunkys into the spinamakthung. Power take off yer arm!

[@sandyjonesmusic]

Thank you AvE, for always managing your power tool noises on the vijeyos.

[@cangooner]

"I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment..." No idea why that popped into my head just now. :)

[@stanervin6108]

What's wrong with AvE's hard on equipment?

[@jaredmarker5432]

Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else

[@Kavukamari]

i love what AvE's done with the english language, very nice remodel

[@Crobisaur]

I'm impressed it worked as well as intended! Took that patina right off the auger too! Free glamour shot for the ol influencer gram.

[@ZoeyTheGSP]

“Grass is always greener over the septic tanks” - AvE Truer words have never been spoken.

[@infoanorexic]

actually, that was/is a title to a book by erma bombeck, and I'd heard the phrase before then. it's been around forever. probably evolved from "over the last sh!thouse hole," in the days before indoor plumbing

[@OvAeons]

Man that wrench in there got rocked HARD and put away wet!

[@buckstarchaser2376]

Thanks for crushing my idea for a 24/7 Grinder Livestream in Dolby Digital Surround and IMAX.

[@Skyliner04s]

Not gonna lie, I missed you, uncle bumblefuck! Glad you´re well!

[@TimAnder11]

You are almost there. A machine similar to what you have created has been used for years in the plaster and stucco world. There is always a support on the far end that holds the screw at the bottom of the trough to achieve complete mixing. Make sure and leave enough room for the largest rocks you will be mixing so they don't cause the screw to bind.

[@Nos2113]

Non-destructive testing: when you whack it real good and it don't come off on ya

[@MrGuvEuroman]

I keep hearing the “shake hards with danger” guitar riff every time I watch your videos.

[@kevinblank5585]

I’ve never seen someone work so hard to make a mess.

[@dotdot2497]

never have i laughed so much at a youtube channel, you sir have a gift, and you use it well.

[@williamdegnan4718]

15:29 Looks like about a ten inch slump -- roughly equivalent to a Type 6 on the Bristol Stool Scale.

[@Gameboygenius]

@@paulg3336 Who isn't aware of the Bristol Stool Scale in this neck of the woods? We're all shitposters in this here comment section.

[@williamdegnan4718]

@@paulg3336 It should come as no surprise that many here have higher levels of subject matter competency in a variety of fields and across disciplines. See y'all at AvE Fantasy Camp '22!

[@7h3F33d3r]

@@Gameboygenius That would be me. So now I have a conudrum...is I or ain't I a shitposter? Was hoping to get some good sleep tonight but now I don't even know what I am!

[@jaylittleton1]

Wife said it reminded her of our wedding week. Twisting, turning, flopping and sloppy with a whole lot of noise. I'm a lucky man.

[@timfagan816]

Your wife sounds like she needs to be my wife!

[@CorruptedPlist]

Oh man, as a farmer, I can call myself a professional at shaking whatever’s in the goddamn bucket of a tractor.

[@rufusconnolly8489]

We still need men like you. Whatever the politicians say.

[@Bobs-Wrigles5555]

That's gotta be one of most forked up, screwed up, bucket of a job I've seen in a long time

[@globeflicker9216]

Rube Goldberg just called his patent attorney. 🤔🙂

[@FranklyPeetoons]

Your videos are like communiques from an alien world. I live in one small room. I rarely leave it. To make my living, I create "motion graphics" for corporations and advertising agencies. A world in which heavy equipment exists challenges my comprehension. Congrats! You won the "challenging comprehension" award.

[@dcurry7287]

You better be careful, ol unca bumblefark is gonna have you checking out used mills on Craigslist soon enough.

[@rman126]

Anything to avoid going to the homedepot or local tool rental and rent a proper mixer

[@zlaya84]

RENT!? thats just giving money away!

[@reidkirkpatrick997]

So glad you’re around helping balance out the demons in my head!

[@makesense1607]

6:46 I think i'm in love. Look at that pile of batterias charging up nice and smooth.

[@patobez3901]

Yep, them are some sweet batteries! You are a lucky man Mister 😜

[@CliveGregory]

I love the way you re-purposed the Rusty Screw Polisher into a Concrete Mixer just by adding cement to the aggregate.

[@drivenbydemons6537]

A couple more screws, some pvc pipe and the beautiful scent of glue, a little fire hose, and you have a concrete PUMPER.

[@roygrinberg8795]

I showed my wife this video.... long story short... I need to buy her a tractor. THANKS A LOT Ave!! 😁

[@maudlg3200]

When loading a concrete mixer always start with water/additives before adding your agregates. Else you'll have a big clump of solid dirt that won't mix with the water and you will have to shovel it out. But then again, I've never used a hydraulic cement mixer... Only puny 1/2hp ones.

[@abpsd73]

Seeing a "smart" tractor with all the emission systems makes me happy that my stuff is made before the era of rampant diesel emission control systems.

[@waynegoebel395]

Thank you for self-regulating the volume for all these years!! 😂

[@staticfanatic]

sorry to hear you've been in pain. i hope it gets better soon.

[@TheOlsonOutfit]

I spy with my little eye: An angry pixie powered Husqvarna. BOLTR???

[@deadfishporter]

I have one and it's fantastic! Plenty of power and enough run time to get most jobs done 👍

[@juanb201]

this man is just a gold mine of one liners "the grass is always greener over the septic tank"

[@ChrisDoll44]

There are better ways of accomplishing this but by golly if that's what we were after.... wait, what are we after again?

[@AU519940545]

@2:30 "If'n you remember this part, it's time you move on to greener pastures, partner." Brother, that video was the one that subscribed me to your channel. What with the Swedish nut lathe, wife holding in your hernia, and sitting at the cool kid's table for doing it one handed while filming with the other....my that doesn't sound good a' tall! Loved the callback.

[@Schrasma]

Hey ave i have Been watching your videos for very Long Time now... but Working at a concrete factory you can do yourself a favor fairly easy if you change the srew conveyer (which just conveys and does NOT correctly mix) against a Spikes Roller... you can easily build one yourself with a big Long and lots of small short pipes and a welder and the results will be extremly good :) greetings from a german concrete Factory :P if you have questions or Need dwg or dxf Comment :) keep your showel out of the mixer ;)

[@reneorozco2195]

A pole throigh the center connected to the other side via bearing and a couple of paddles in a t configuration mabe 3 one in the center and the other 2 centered off the middle one. It would work perfectly! Love your show the concrete mixer is almost there! So close dont give up!

[@summitlt]

Looks like it needs some more protoabrication. Mint idea though, no fun moving around a cement mixer.

[@imafarmboy2]

You don't know what will work until you find out what won't work. A+ for effort.

[@tonyrmathis]

"Oh yeah! Shield down." Well there went another mouth full of coffee all over my keyboard.

[@aaronc2624]

Do i lay concrete? No. Am i a fabricator ? No. Am i an engineer? No. Do i binge watch this channel for some random knowledge, wholesome family content and world champion level banter? Hell yeah!

[@douglasarnold4248]

Whew'who! Certified farm welder merit badge! 😎 🆒️

[@kennethbone5490]

I recommend Baby Dolls KitchenAid mixer for this job. The optional concrete beaters even clean the rim of your bowl.

[@JacoBadenhorst]

I will be sitting here with my grinder-dust flavoured popcorn waiting for the structural engineer to ramble something about water/cement ratio....

[@noisytim]

Want some gritty beer? 😆

[@mattfleming86]

The wetter the better. Self leveling.

[@bipedalspecies2086]

As a nerd that has followed AvE for a while now, one of many reasons being you talk like me and I don't mean the accent, I have to wonder, why do we do things at the same time. I don't mean specifically, I mean like inventors seem to pull that off all the time or you're thinking of something obscure and someone else has the same idea. I'm making concrete and one of the things is an extension to my garage so I can have space for my CNC that I'm going to build. I've been making concrete for the first time and I'm using a mixer. What I've found is going some water then sand and giving it a couple of mins to mix, then cement and get that to the right consistency which may require water -it probably should, then stone is the best way -for me and the mixer anyway. The major drawback with advice from me is that I have only been doing it 3 days. I tried all sorts of techniques including half at a time. Building 30 metres of fence, a fully formed building out of concrete (roof too and it isn't huge at 6 metres by 2.5) and a lot of other stuff with zero experience. I've done a lot of things with zero experience so I don't leave hesitation marks, no I tend to need to do major rework if I screw up :D