concrete truck

Rolling drum vehicle

A concrete truck is a vehicle with a rotating drum that mixes and transports concrete to construction sites.

The drum spins continuously to keep the concrete from hardening during transit.

Also called a cement truck or cement mixer, though technically cement is just one ingredient in concrete: The concrete truck backed up to pour the foundation.

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construction site · building site · drum · rotating · chute · wet · wet cement · heavy · rumble · foundation · slump · aggregate · driver · barrel · spinning · jobsite · hardening · load

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Machine that digs earth

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G