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Hey r/angelinvestors, I’ll keep this short and to the point. I run a construction and maintenance company out of Burns, Oregon. We handle jobs all over Harney County. My background is in heavy equipment and trucks, and we already run active DOT numbers, so buying, fielding, and wrenching on big rigs is right in our wheelhouse.
I’m looking to raise a small proof-of-concept (POC) round to bring a volumetric concrete mixer to our county.
The Problem
Harney County is massive—over 10,000 square miles—and getting concrete out here is a logistical and financial nightmare.
The Ready-Mix Headache: Yesterday, a 6-yard ready-mix ticket cost us $1,943 and arrived at the absolute edge of its 90-minute window before the concrete died.
The Hand-Mix Nightmare: Two weeks ago, hand-mixing just one yard with a 2-bag mixer cost us $1,377 ($1,000 in labor, $377 in materials) and burned six hours for a two-man crew.
Either way, we get hammered. We pay high ready-mix costs and fight the clock, or we burn a pile of cash on labor.
The Solution & Market
There is currently zero volumetric concrete setup here, and no local concrete line-pump setup. If we prove this mixer works, we will be the only fresh-on-site concrete option in roughly 10,000 square miles. Fresh concrete, mixed on site, for jobs that are too small, too far out, or too much of a headache for the traditional ready-mix model.
The Proof of Concept (POC)
I’m not trying to raise $700k right out of the gate to build a massive yard. That's too much, too soon. I want to lean this way down and prove the demand first. The plan:
Buy an older, used volumetric mixer.
Keep material handling basic.
Only run booked jobs (take deposits before ordering or hauling material).
Start with basic flatwork and non-DOT mixes.
Track every yard, every cost, and every job.
The Ask & Deal Structure
I am targeting $250k (flexible between $175k–$300k depending on the specific truck we find). This leaves enough room for the mixer, freight, initial repairs, basic material setup, first inventory, and enough working capital so we aren't too broke to actually run the machine once we buy it.
Structure:
I am not looking to sell equity in Benson Enterprises. I am looking for:
An equipment-backed note or a revenue-share note tied strictly to the concrete operation.
The investor funds the POC and gets paid back from concrete revenue until an agreed cap (e.g., 1.4x to 1.6x).
The equipment itself secures the deal as much as possible.
If the POC proves out, we use the hard data to finance a full yard setup and line pump later.
If a hard-asset, rural infrastructure play is something you’d even look at, shoot me a DM. I can send over the rough numbers and the actual batch ticket that started this whole conversation.
Thanks for your time