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Bear Iron Works Washout Tubs

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Learn about Bear Iron Works' pre-manufactured, engineer-rated washout tubs. Unlike typical pits, these tubs are designed for easy maintenance, allowing concrete to set and then be easily dumped out for recycling as road base. They are lift-rated for heavy loads (e.g., up to 12,500 lbs for the largest model) and can serve as crane skip boxes. Available in 1, 2, and 3 cubic yard capacities, they also offer optional lids to prevent rainwater overflow (a stormwater violation) or allow for wet transport. These tubs are 100% American-made with stringent quality control.

Goal: Understand the benefits and features of engineer-rated concrete washout tubs.

Tools and materials

  • Concrete Mixer Truck — Demonstrating concrete pouring
  • Optional Lid Bear Iron Works — Preventing rainwater ingress or allowing wet transport of concrete waste
  • Concrete Waste N/A — To be contained and recycled

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All right, Rogan. The next one is washout tubs. Yes. >> But, you don't even do washout tubs like the what normal people would do. Yeah, so we we make a a pre-manufactured washout tub that's engineered and rated for lifting. Our biggest one's actually lifted rated for 12,500 lb. But, a washout tub is something that's required on a on a on a job site for a stormwater plan. And what we've done is you can usually do a pit, but they become hard to maintain. And so, you can get a pan here and just wash out your truck in here. It's easier to deal with because it can set up a little bit faster. Once it's hardened, you can just dump it upside down and and take that concrete and you can put it in a pile that you could actually crush and recycle for later. And there's actually a whole business to be made with washout tubs. There's companies out there that go and and provide this as a service to contractors on job sites. And we offer different sizes, 1 2 3 cubic yards. They come with We We offer lids, so that way you can put a lid on it so you can either transport it while it's wet uh before it's set up all the way if you're doing a service business like that, or preventing rain from uh raining in there, overflowing it, and causing a stormwater violation. Okay, but the thing that guys need to know that's different about your washout tubs and what they're finding in the market is one eight, it's one of the only ones made in America, period, if not the only one. There is some question whether there is other companies making them in America. >> Yes. But, the second thing is this is designed to hold 12,000 lb, where the other ones are designed to hold If they're rated, maybe 3 or 4,000 lb cuz this can be used as a crane skip box as well to get your materials like up on a high-rise or something like that. Um a lot of the other ones in the on the market, they're coming from China. There's a lot of uh reports of bad quality on them where they might not be watertight and leaking, and that's a stormwater violation. Ours are 100% American-made. We have a very stringent quality control testing uh procedure. And and we can make quite a bit of these and if you have an existing washout business, we actually make custom spec sized tubs that we can match your existing tubs and we're got short lead times and can get them out the door pretty So, when you say a custom washout business, what guys are actually doing is renting these boxes to job sites. >> Yes. Guys are…

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