Showerthought: I chose a hand crank mixer over a paddle mixer for 40 bags of type S last Saturday

Wren Foster · 2026-10-08T18:45:05.636173+00:00

Had 40 bags of type S mortar to lay up on a retaining wall in Fresno last Saturday and I grabbed the old hand crank hoe mixer instead of renting the paddle mixer for $65 a day. My shoulders were toast by bag 25 and the mix was lumpy in spots, so I ended up redoing about 10 feet of joints that set too fast. Was the rental fee really worth saving if my joints look worse, or am I just being hard on myself?

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