with corners directed front to rear along the line 20 for strength in supporting the load on the fork the post of steel is preferably welded to the base plate 32 as indicated at 54 and extends upwardly a suitable distance such as for example 6 feet 7 feet 8 feet etc located in the post are certain drive transmitting elements which will be described in detail hereinbelow the lift fork 16 includes a sleeve 56 slidable on the post and lifting arms 58 extending forwardly and spaced apart and arranged for swivelly mounting a mixing bowl 60 in which is placed a tub 62 the use of the lift truck with respect to the mixing bowl and tub is known i e a quantity of mix is placed in the tub the lift truck pushed to another location and the tub is emptied by tilting it suitable means of known kind are used for tilting the mixing bowl driven by the motor 38 and controlled by the switches 42 the sleeve 56 is freely slidable on the post and may be of any desired specific construction either as a simple tubular element or instead one having slide pads of the.