so says the customer and ive never seen anyone pump back into the mixer.I do it all the time less mess for the customer,makes my washout eaiser,and we all know we dont want air in the hose.

20 years or 20 minutes? 99% of the time i pump back in the mixer.

Depends on location I guess. Up here to water-wash into a mixer will cost ya a fun ticket ($100) unless its late and "un-documented". RM trucks cant even wash-out on site unless its an eco-pan or pit lined with plastic. Being most RM companies here are on a water way or river they have a block yard away from the plant. If they cant pour blocks with it they will delvo it sometimes OVER NIGHT! I've heard of trucks being parked with up to a yard in them. A tell tale sign is a hand written ticket with no compliance sheet first job in the morning!

Pssst. Tell'em the computer's down...

Next time Water wash in the drum and then see what he says....LOL

Maybe they should consider a reclaimer, they been around for some time. Can be resold as fill,,,Duuuu

kneerick

Your "I never" customer was probably from Georgia.

you act like they know what a reclaimer is most of the drivers have'nt ever had anyone pump back into the truck they dont even have wet plants here

kneerick that comment was not directed twards you, i feel your pain with the post you made beleive me i do. I just hate the ready mix plants that delvo overnight. 

over here booms are not aloud to pump back into the trucks.

there are some that that wont let you but the drivers that know me let me,there is one company that wont let us do it cant figure out why.when i got here and asked the driver if i could they said ok i have   never  done it what is it like anything else ther is a wright and awrong way to do it

i wash back 80 % because they think that blowing on the ground is my mess and iam going to hang out to load it on my truck and haul it away. would you belive that i have to yell at everyone to get them to help me drag the line back to the truck. do you know that they will grab the water out of my hopper to wash off a board or thier boots in the street and i have to tell them that they can wait for the two of us that are on the hundred buck an hour program.

eugene i tell them they half to wait until iam done but they dont like to wait i yelled at a guy who decided he could'nt wait he tryed to wash his glasses with hydrualic fluid,if they want to use my water ill hold the nozel or they get none they like to drain my tank

Like I said "Depends on where". In Washington State an "enviromentaly-sensitive job" is anything with-in a mile of any river,stream,creek,pond,lake or water way. This pretty much covers 92 % of the state. Many,many times I,ve primed out into the barrel I carry for sucking water back. Then sucked the same water backwards at the end of the job.

Leaving down town seattle at rush hour with an "off-site" and 1.5 hours worth of traffic! I WILL find somewhere. Its like a covert military operation. Dump & Run! Get the hard $hit at the yard!! 

 TooTall,  when you suck back from the barrel, is the reduser and drop still on?

i dont think i quite get it when you say suck back from the barrel you primed into. got any pic? ive heard wash&ca are harsher for concrete/cement/water run off disposal then bc.