Power buggies are walk-behind or ride-on carts with a tipping hopper that holds several cubic feet of concrete, used on interior slabs, basements and decks without pump access. The two-wheel push version, the Georgia buggy, is rolled by hand across plank runways laid over the rebar. Buggy pours are slow and labor-hungry, so they are kept for small or awkward placements.
Heard on the job
Pump can't get past the gate, so it's buggies through the garage and three guys raking.
Also heard as
- power buggy
- Georgia buggy
- concrete cart
Related terms
Pour
The act of placing concrete, or one placement itself, in everyday jobsite speech.
Boom pump
A truck-mounted concrete pump with a folding hydraulic boom that places concrete right where it is needed.
Yard
One cubic yard of concrete, 27 cubic feet, the unit used for every US ready-mix order and invoice.