You can only break out the shovel and mixing tray so many times before you start to look in the swap sheet, Ebay or Craigs List for small cement mixers. There are lots of choices out there as some mixers are driven by gas powered engines or electric motors. They don’t have to cost a fortune either as there are cheap portable cement mixers out there.



If you get impatient you can buy the import mixer pictured above from a seller on Ebay for under $250 delivered. The listing will suggest hat it can handle 3.5 cubic feet of mix. I doubt it but it will handle two 80# bags without straining. It is small enough to come in the shop and tuck out of the way. Follow the information on this site and you will learn how to use a cement mixer and how to make concrete mix the resulting concrete will be of a higher quality and your body will thank you for mechanizing the process.