Thought i would throw this out for eveyone looking for a loud horn to mount on pumper trucks.  They are electric makes them easy to mount.

http://www.wolo-mfg.com/air.htm

Pete,

Have you checked out the Putz Telebelt siren? It is the ultimate in getting anyones attention and its unique sound lets everyone for miles know that SOMETHING is happening. I wish that there was an industry standard on warning sound devices... that way people would get used to the fact that a particular sound was a pump. ;~)

Your right about the horn sounds i have been working on a job sight with a lot of cranes and equipment.  They require everyone to honk their horn eveytime they move, real pain in the ass.  this new horn has a different sound and I seem to be able to hear it over all the others.

The putz telebelt siren is the way to go.  I have one mounted on mine and works good.  It's electric, and easy to hook up and cheap, if I remember right I think $35.00.  Thats the got to be the cheapist thing you will ever order from putz. :)

Mike

I think we all agree that the factory stock horn on everyones pump is a joke and unsafe for all concerned because it can not be heard. The horn, as silly as it may sound (no pun intended) is a very valuable safety tool on a concrete pump. If they worked as well as they should then mixer drivers would have less of a reason for hitting the emergency stop. an emergency stop is for an EMERGENCY. It is not designed to be activated by a driver because he knows you can't hear the POS horn. No matter what is happening, or what you SHOULD be doing; when the driver hits the emergency stop you are no longer the operator, you are a pissed off by-stander.

So.... How about an effort on everyone's part to get this situation fixed! Don't be an axx hole about it but let your boss know ahow important the horn really is and how potentially dangerous it can be to NOT BE IN CONTROL of your pump. Ask him (nicely) to buy you a Putz Telebelt siren for your machine. I think this is a campaign worth fighting. I am sure that it will save accidents from happening. And at $35.00 per pump even the cheapest pump owner will see the logic.

Nationwide Jobsite Sound Recognition the siren is the concrete pump!!!

Perhaps Putzmeister would get on board and lower the price if enough people made the switch. And if you are buying a new pump from them or someone else MAKE THEM put on a Putz siren before you will buy it. ;~)

And if you need a little logic to use with your plea for a Puts siren.... here is some brutal truth.

Concrete pumpers injure more people by hose whipping than by any other means. Many of those accidents are caused by air taken into the cylinders and pumped into the placing system because the operator did not hear the POS horn when the mixer driver accuated it and continued to pump.

$35.00 for the Putz siren

or

$350,000.00 for the plaintiff?

your choice ;~)

Would anyone be so kind as to post the OE part number for the Putzmeister telebelt horn, to be sourced from local dealer.

Many thanks.

Pumbo, (great name) ;~)

I have been trying to get that information without going out and buying one. No luck so far x 2 days

I will have it for you monday.

I'll put the info on a new post so everybody gets it.