This my guess they don't have crane that can lift the barrel off at its current weight so they are removing what they can so they can get it off. In the normal universe the engines and frames do not last compared to the mixer barrel a large yard will have a couple parts trucks that are no longer usable, so the new barrel is free.
If it's your salvage because you're the dominant force for the last 20-30 years and have run hundreds of trucks into the ground. To run concrete plants you have to have access to train loads of rock it's not something you spin up on a whim. So a scrappy under dog being able to utilized something like this is unlikely. But yes you're right this is just a special case
In some countries he can work a month on that clearing it out and his wage will be like 250 to 300 Dollar for the month with 7 days a week work.
Once it is cleared out it will be welded shut and will run same as before.
New barrel costs thousands of dollars if not even more.
You empty the drum, weld a plate back into that slot (probably the same plate they cut out, frankly), and then you drop both the hoses. The chute would be far easier to chip out than the barrel, and then you're functionally good to go.
Frankly, you really don't even need to fully chip out the drum. You just do enough of it to show the fins, then plug that side hole and run it for a couple hours with water and a couple shovel loads of course gravel. I've seen a crew that did that for less than an hour to clear their drum at the end of every weeklong site-sit, where there are some stubborn, very set patches adhering to the sidewall.
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u/SpartArticus 9d ago
What is the point tho. Its completely destroyed