That fancy mortar mixer I thought was a gimmick saved my back on a big job

Honestly, I was dead set against buying a powered mortar mixer for years. Thought it was just another way to waste money when a shovel and a wheelbarrow worked fine. Then I took on a 3,000 brick retaining wall in Tacoma last month. After day two of mixing by hand, my shoulders were shot and I was falling behind schedule. My buddy finally talked me into renting a mixing drill from the supply house, and ngl, I finished the wall in four days instead of six. Has anyone else switched to a mixer and seen a big difference in their daily output?

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wade7671mo ago

Better be careful, those mixers chew up your wrist over time if you don't brace em right.

amy6921mo ago

Watched a buddy's mixer kick back and bruise his whole forearm real bad.