When you’re in the ready-mix industry, it can seem like everything is tied into your overall profitability and overhead expenses. A long pour, rise in supply costs or batch that set up too quickly can quickly eat into your profits. Fortunately, there are ways to get your company ahead of the competition, including offering additional services and delivery options, such as a mixer mounted conveyor. But what are the real benefits of a mixer mounted conveyor and how can it help you get ahead in the ready-mix business? We thought you’d never ask…
Better Placement
Where exactly does the customer want the concrete? With a mixer mounted conveyor, you have much finer control of where the concrete ends up. That means you can get the concrete into that narrow form or down into the block fill spaces without making a big mess and wasting the concrete in the process. And as we all know, less waste and mess leads to much happier customers and a lot more repeat business.
Better Control of the Outflow
Brief pours to top off a form are a nightmare. The concrete pours where the form only needs another half square foot to finish out are invariably the ones where half a yard of concrete comes flying down the shoot as the driver tries to baby the controls and limit the outflow. Conveyor placement is stopped instantly when the belt stops moving, making it much easier to control exactly how much is going into the form.
Less Property Damage
We’ve all seen those job sites where the property owner is absolutely certain the ground is rock solid and won’t have any problems bearing the weight of the truck, just to have to get a tow to get the truck out of the mud. Because conveyor systems allow the concrete to be placed further from the truck, your drivers are much better able to avoid the possible issues created by bad slopes, poor ground strength and similar concerns on the job site.
Better Concrete Strength
Sure, self-leveling concrete is easy to work, but it won’t hold any serious strength. Because of the way a mixer mounted conveyor has to move the concrete, it requires a minimum slump to be maintained, providing better quality control. This means you can ensure that your drivers are providing a better slump to your customers, ensuring a higher quality of concrete and better strength as the concrete sets up and cures.
Avoid Pre-Soaking Aggregate
One issue with pumping concrete is the need to pre-soak aggregate in lightweight mixes to get it to flow properly. With conveyor placement, this issue is avoided entirely, allowing your plant to continue operating in a business as usual mode rather than having to stop to include special batches or treatments to make the mix work.
Summary
When your ready-mix concrete company’s trucks are equipped with a mixer mounted conveyor, you can save time, effort and material while providing your customers with solid value-added benefits they won’t forget anytime soon. If you need help finding the right mixer mounted conveyor solution for your fleet, please feel free to contact the experts at THEAM USA today for assistance. When your company works with THEAM mixer truck mounted conveyor solutions, the system’s high quality is just one of the benefits.
