Belle Group S110 MB01 230V Mastermix 110 Concrete Mixer
Here we have it the much maligned Belle Mastermix MB01 Concrete mixer, it’s very small, has a 60 litre mix capacity and it takes some time to master. It happily runs off a 1200w wolf petrol generator. Forget the ‘tip-up’ mechanism, there’s no way you’re going to be able to use that unless your mixing a very small quantity of cement, and the quantity would have to be so small that it would be easier and quicker to mix by hand. The only way that the tip up mechanism could be used would be if you had an assistant holding the mixer in the mixing position, or you tightened up the bolts of the mechanism when mixing and slackened them off to tip the mix out.
Anyway this concrete mixer is perfectly usable, you just have to modify your mixing style. Firstly put something heavy on the back leg (a couple of bags of sand are ideal for this), this will reduce the risk of the mixer falling over, which will result in the legs rotating on the drum, probably hitting you and dumping the mix all over the floor – yes it happened to me!
Next you need to tighten up both nuts on the ‘tip-up’ mechanism so that the mixed is always in the concrete mixing position. Now, position your wheel barrow underneath the front of the concrete mixer, it needs to be placed in such a way that it will catch all the mix that comes out of the mixer when you over fill it.
I put about enough dry sand and cement in the barrow to make about 100 litres of mix, shovel it into the mixer eventually the mix should start to overflow into the barrow, when this starts happening just shovel the remaining dry aggregate from the barrel back into the mixer. With multiple barrows you can produce a lot of mix very quickly. When you have finished mixing you need to pull your barrow away from the mixer to allow it to tip forward when you remove the sand bags that have been holding the back legs of the cement mixer down, this will dump the last 50 or so litres from the mixer into the barrow.
The Belle Mini Concrete Mixer survived being left exposed to the elements over a very cold french winter
This little concrete mixer has been mixing sand, cement and lime for 3 years now, it has been left with mix in the bottom of it for months, which has had to be removed with a pick axe. The mixer has survived everything that has thrown at it – including the pick axe!
So for just £166.39 from Screwfix you get a concrete mixer that will fit in the boot of your car, has a 450W induction motor, a ‘no load’ of speed 2800rpm and only weights 41kg.
So get down to screwfix today and buy yourself a 230V Mastermix 110 Concrete Mixer!
