Jaeger Cement Mixer Restored To Like New Condition

Jaeger Cement Mixer Restored To Like New Condition MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 30-5-42 We restored a badly rusted 1920's Jaeger cement mixer to like-new condition. It rides on four steel wheels and uses an engine to chain-drive a drum on one side of the machine and a "skip" bucket on the other side. The machine was built by The Jaeger Machine Co. of Columbus, Ohio. We found the mixer in October 2001 near Holton, Wis., where it had been sitting unused in some weeds for 30 to 40 years. The machine is called a "one-bag mix", meaning that you dump one bag of cement mix and a mixture of sand and rock into the skip bucket, which is then lifted up to the drum and dumped in. When the engine is running, the drum is turning. The skip bucket eliminates the need to shovel the mixture all the way up to the drum. While the drum is mixing, the operator gets his next batch ready in the skip, which is down on the ground. When the mix is complete in the drum, you hand crank the drum to dump it and then send the skip up with another load. The engine was built by Hercules. When Jaeger bought these engines from Hercules they painted them royal blue and put their name and decal on them. Hercules sold the same engine to Sears and Roebuck. Sears painted them red and called them Economy. Our friend Brad Thielen helped us with the painting. (Duane Nelson, 25439 Keystone Ave., Chisago City, Minn. 55013 ph 651 257-1859; presnelson @aol.com)

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