Re: Farm Vol Conversions
Title: Re: Farm Vol Conversions What do you call a Norwegian lying under a wheelbarrow? A mechanic! L*L Markess dat der Radionic Farmer Town of Vermont WI From: Lloyd Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 19:24:30 +1000 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Farm Vol Conversions - Original Message - From: John Ehrlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 8:10 AM Subject: Re: Farm Vol Conversions Fill your wheelbarrow which contains 4-6 cu.ft or approx 1 cu yard ? Think about this a bit ! you are gonna put a ton of rock dust or three quarters of a ton of grain in a WHEEL BARROW!!! 1 cubic yard =27 cubic feet
Re: Farm Vol Conversions
That would be BD by the book with 1/3 soil, eh, Steve? Compost made from organic matter without the big soil addition would fall more into the 800-1200 pound range per cubic yard, I think. People in the 1200-1400 pound per cubic yard have been heard to complain, and look for ways to bring down the density. See: http://mailman.cloudnet.com/pipermail/compost/2001-January/002407.html 3/4 of a ton is 1500 pounds, but 3/4 of a tonne (metric tonne, 2200 pounds) is a hefty 1650 pounds. Anyway, Allan, weigh a bucket of it and multiply by 40.;-) Frank Teuton - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 9:47 PM Subject: Re: Farm Vol Conversions In a message dated 7/26/02 7:55:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Frank - Remind me: what does a cubic yard of compost usually weigh? -Allan depending on inputs about 2/3-3/4-1 tonne...sstorch
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- Original Message - From: John Ehrlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 8:10 AM Subject: Re: Farm Vol Conversions Fill your wheelbarrow which contains 4-6 cu.ft or approx 1 cu yard ? Think about this a bit ! you are gonna put a ton of rock dust or three quarters of a ton of grain in a WHEEL BARROW!!! 1 cubic yard =27 cubic feet
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Hi Lloyd, I think you meant 202 gallons, not 220. That'd be 40.5 buckets, or about 40 Frank---still standing at 40 buckets, although (white buckets) still need to be measured to know 'zactly how much stuff they hold - Original Message - From: Lloyd Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 5:15 AM Subject: Re: Farm Vol Conversions - Original Message - From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 12:36 AM Subject: Farm Vol Conversions Asking this on the fly, hoping someone has already done the math: how many 5-gallon (WHITE) buckets of compost are there in a yard of compost? Thanks -Allan 220USgal /cu yard - 44bucketfuls have fun! LCharles
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- Original Message - From: Frank Teuton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 9:00 PM Subject: Re: Farm Vol Conversions Hi Lloyd, I think you meant 202 gallons, not 220. That'd be 40.5 buckets, or about 40 Frank---still standing at 40 buckets, although (white buckets) still need to be measured to know 'zactly how much stuff they hold Hi Frank , You got it right the first try - I goofed - I used 6 and 3/4 gallons to a cubic foot - should be 6 and 1/4 gallons (imperial) - comes out at 199.98 us gallon - still no way this is gonna fit in any wheel barrow that I ever saw LCharles
Wheelbarrows and Carts (wasRe: Farm Vol Conversions)
Now that I am working on an acres scale again, and moving materials about, the issue of how much of what you can get in what size cart thing is ever present. I recently bought a wheeled swivel jack for my trailer (4x6 by 16 high, 32 cubic feet filled flush, more if you mound it) to make it a three wheeled affair that can be hand pushed in the orchard. It can also be pulled by the little lawn tractor we use for spraying, hauling, mowing, etc. Now, we also have a little trailer for the tractor that is about half the size of the big one at 15 cubic feet, still twice the size of even a big wheelbarrow. This too could be tricked out with a third swiveling wheel in front, a pair of cart handles a la David Tresemer (see his Handcart Handbook) and shazam! a big human powered cart! I will say when these things are filled with several hundred pounds or more of stuff it is pleasant to put Ahriman to work to haul them. Even a little lawn tractor can be set to creep forward while you spread compost, rock dust, wood chips, etc, out of the back of the trailersand reins can be made to steer, etc. We disable the rider on safety feature by putting a couple of big rocks in the seat. In the days of the horse, wagon wheel carts holding more than a cubic yard were commonplace, and using Tresemer's plans there is no reason why a two wheeled cart could not be made to haul 800 to 1000 pounds, on level firm ground with good wheels I can pull or push that http://villageearth.org/atnetwork/atsourcebook/chapters/agtools.htm#The%20Ha ndcart%20Handbook Frank Teuton---has carted about a few cubic yards of compost and stuff - comes out at 199.98 us gallon - still no way this is gonna fit in any wheel barrow that I ever saw LCharles
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Fill your wheelbarrow which contains 4-6 cu.ft or approx 1 cu yard ?
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Frank - Remind me: what does a cubic yard of compost usually weigh? -Allan
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Hi! Allan, There are approx six and a quarter Imp. Gallons in a Cubic Foot, twenty seven C.F. in a C.Y. thus try about thirty three and a half, five gallon buckets, if Imp. Gal. U.S Gal is slightly smaller thus would be around thirty six buckets. Gil Allan Balliett wrote: Asking this on the fly, hoping someone has already done the math: how many 5-gallon (WHITE) buckets of compost are there in a yard of compost? Thanks -Allan
