In the vast rural areas of developing countries, self-built housing remains an important way for people to achieve a stable and prosperous life. These regions are generally confronted with practical predicaments such as insufficient infrastructure, restricted road conditions, and a shortage of professional construction forces. The traditional construction mode relies on manual concrete mixing and material transportation, which not only involves high labor intensity and low efficiency, but also makes it difficult to ensure the accuracy of concrete proportioning and the uniformity of mixing, ultimately affecting the structural quality of the building and the construction progress.
The self loading mixer truck combines the three major functions of loading, mixing and transportation, achieving “one machine with multiple uses”, and has become an indispensable tool for rural house construction, especially providing efficient and reliable construction solutions for overseas customers. The following are several typical flexible application cases of self-built houses in rural areas overseas, demonstrating their outstanding adaptability and practicality.
In many developing regions, rural construction projects generally face challenges such as poor road conditions and the lack of fixed mixing stations. Rough roads and unstable power supply further increase the difficulty of construction. And the self load mixer machine is precisely tailor-made for such environments.
It integrates four major functions: feeding, weighing, mixing and transportation. There are two types of models: integral and articulated, to meet the construction needs of different environments. It is Equipped with a front-mounted bucket, it can directly scoop up sand, gravel and cement from the ground. Through an automatic weighing system, it precisely mixes the materials. After adding water, it quickly stirs out uniform and high-quality concrete, truly achieving on-site production and immediate use after mixing.
In a remote rural area in central Kenya, building a rural school faces difficulties such as muddy roads, scattered construction sites and a lack of electricity. Traditional construction methods often lead to untimely supply of concrete, affecting the construction period.
Independent Operation: Powered by a diesel engine, the self-loading mixer truck requires no external power source and operates continuously throughout the day.
Precise Proportioning Function: This self load mixer truck is equipped with an advanced weighing system that can precisely control the input ratio of raw materials such as cement and sand and gravel. Even in a high-temperature and dry construction environment, the concrete mixed can still maintain good workability and meet the strict requirements for concrete quality in different construction scenarios.
Efficiency Improvement Results: Taking the foundation and load-bearing column construction project of a two-story teaching building as an example, after the use of self-loading mixer machines, the construction task originally planned to be completed in one month was successfully completed in just 15 days, significantly enhancing the construction efficiency.
In the remote mountainous areas of the Philippines,, building materials are transported by villagers by hand, and concrete is made by the most primitive manual mixing method. It usually takes nearly three months to build a two-story building. The construction efficiency is low and the quality of the concrete is hard to guarantee.
Since a local construction company introduced an EPDAS self loading concrete mixer, the construction mode has been changed, making the construction process more efficient and flexible.
Flexible Operation: The self load mixer truck has a small turning radius and can directly enter the open space at the village entrance. It can load locally purchased sand, gravel and bagged cement with a bucket by itself. After automatic weighing, water is added and mixed. Through automated proportioning management, concrete quality problems caused by inaccurate manual proportioning have been fundamentally avoided.
Efficiency Improvement: The pouring time for the foundation and columns was shortened from the originally planned 10 days to 5 days, and the overall construction period was advanced by nearly one month.
Cost Savings: Traditional construction requires multiple porters and mixers, while the self loading cement mixer truck only needs 1-2 people to operate, which can save more than half of the labor cost. Moreover, the strength of the concrete is more stable and has been widely recognized by the villagers.
In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, prolonged rainy seasons and muddy roads necessitate river valley-based construction, making traditional concrete transport difficult and time-consuming. Since deploying self-loading mixer trucks, local villagers have significantly improved their homebuilding efficiency.
Strong Terrain Adaptability: The self feeding mixer truck adopts a four-wheel drive chassis and thickened wide tires design, easily crossing muddy ground and reaching the construction site directly.
Local Production: Materials are directly taken and mixed beside the homestead, avoiding long-distance transportation. The concrete is fresh and the pouring continuity is good.
Remarkable Achievements: The construction of a house project by a Vietnamese farmer has achieved extremely outstanding results. After simple training, villagers can operate independently and build their own houses, and the structure and performance of the houses are excellent.
Flexible, efficient and reliable, self-feeding mixer trucks are reshaping the way rural houses are built overseas. These real cases show that the self-loading mixer truck not only solves the pain points of “inability to transport, lack of electricity and insufficient personnel”, but also empowers local construction forces in a modular and mobile way, improving the quality and efficiency of construction. For overseas customers, it is not only a construction device but also an important tool for promoting the livability and modernization of rural areas.
