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   clinkard | Aug 15, 2008 01:02am | #1

   http://www.decks.com/calculators/concrete.aspx
   maybey try that.

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   jonblakemore | Aug 15, 2008 01:03am | #2

   #60 is .45 ft³
   #80 is .6 ft³

    

   Jon Blakemore

   RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA

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   LIVEONSAWDUST | Aug 15, 2008 03:43am | #3

   Thanks.....couldnt remember

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   DonCanDo | Aug 15, 2008 03:51am | #4

   I just found out that a pallet of 80lb concrete bags at Home Depot (and probably elsewhere) contains 42 bags and that it is 1 cubic yard (27 cubic feet).

   So that's .64 cu ft/80lb bag... or thereabouts.

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   Piffin | Aug 15, 2008 06:44am | #5

   actually a pallet at HD contains 36 full bags, three torn and spilling bags and is missing the final three!;) 

    

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   brownbagg | Aug 15, 2008 02:18pm | #6

   so you pay the $147 for that yard, you still have to haul and mix, haul the empty bag. all for 1800 psi mix. 3000 at $70 is cheaper for ready mix

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   DonCanDo | Aug 15, 2008 02:54pm | #7

   I wasn't recommending mixing 42 bags of concrete, but it's a good rule of thumb to know.

   I wouldn't mix a yard of concrete by hand, but there are enough cheap laborers around here that some contractors find it more economical.

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   jayzog | Aug 15, 2008 03:12pm | #8

   1 yard redi mix here would be $130 plus a $200 small load charge.

   Quickcrete 5000 comes out a little better than 1800 psi, and I can mix up 42 bags and have it placed by 9 AM, request a 1 yard load delivered anytime before 3PM they will tell you you're smokin crack. Don't like finishing at 1 AM.

   It has its place.

    

    

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   Marson | Aug 15, 2008 04:38pm | #9

   Right, and it also isn't air entraining.