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   Sphere | Sep 12, 2004 10:28pm | #1

   dirt is about 2500lbs a CY.

   googled it. yours may vary.

    

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   Piffin | Sep 12, 2004 10:45pm | #2

   Dat's dry right?

   add for mud 

    

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   Sphere | Sep 12, 2004 10:46pm | #3

   Yes, he said dirt, not mud. I answered for dirt...LOL 

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   Floorman | Sep 12, 2004 11:19pm | #4

   I guess that it means that I can only carry one foot high in my 8 x 16 dump bed which is 4 feet tall or 5 yards of dirt in the 18 cb. yd. dump bed. Thanks for the info. Anything on concrete? Where did you find the info. Thanks, GW

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   Sphere | Sep 12, 2004 11:22pm | #5

   http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/untried.html

   just googled weight of dirt..

   second subject..is here.

     edit: here is concrete http://www.hi-lite-systems.com/pages/servpgs/howto/ex3.html

    

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   Edited 9/12/2004 4:24 pm ET by SPHERE

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   Floorman | Sep 13, 2004 12:03am | #8

   Thanks for your  homework. GW

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   Sphere | Sep 13, 2004 12:08am | #9

   no prob.  GOOD LUCK!!! 

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2. 
   WayneL5 | Sep 12, 2004 11:28pm | #6

   Concrete is about 150 pounds per cubic foot.

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   ponytl | Sep 13, 2004 12:00am | #7

   my small dumptruck  i can carry 8tons of fill sand  which i guess to be less than 5 yards... yet i can carry 20yds of junk.. i'm sure i've hauled 2x gross before... i've even  "popped a wheelie" go'n up hill....   fun  wish i had a pic...

   you mean those stickers in the door jam really mean something? even if the truck isn't full

   p

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   Piffin | Sep 13, 2004 12:39am | #10

   and I've dropped a rear end in a truck that had been overloaded too many times. 

    

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   BillHartmann | Sep 13, 2004 02:09am | #11

   Glover's "Pocket Reference" has the following.

   Concrete 3996lbs/cy

   Earth, loam dry excavated 2106

   Earth, moist excavated 2430

   Earth, packed 2565

   Earth, lose soft mud 2916

   Earth, wet excavated 2700

   Gravel, dry, 1/4 -2" 2835

   Gravel, with sand natural - 3240

   Gravel, wet 1/4-2" 3375

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   Floorman | Sep 13, 2004 03:40am | #12

   I printed that one Bill. I will look for the book also. GW

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   BossHog | Sep 13, 2004 03:07pm | #14

   Be careful with busted up concrete. (Or anything, for that matter)

   I had a friend borrow my dump truck. He had an old busted up sidewalk that he wanted to get rid of. He called me when he was about 3/4 of the way done loading it, and said he was afraid to put any more on it - Wanted me to come and look at it. I did as he asked, but thought it was O.K.

   After I dumped it, the bed didn't come all the way back down. The frame had bent right beind the rear axle. Cost me about $500 to have a frame shop straighten it.A man who finds it painful to smile should not open a shop. [Confucius]

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   4Lorn1 | Sep 13, 2004 08:18am | #13

   A friend faced a similar problem. Wanting to haul materials but not knowing how much of it could be carried. Knowing the weight of a set quantity of really doesn't help much once you get out in the field. Sure you know you can carry twenty cubic feet of a material. All you have to do now is measure out twenty cubic feet. Not an easy task in the field.

   The solution was to friendly gravel supplier willing to let you borrow some gravel, it will be returned in good condition, and their scale on a slow day. Be sure to thank them profusely and bring brownies. A little cash helps also.

   IE: you want to load the truck with 4000 pounds. Make a rough guess after weighing the truck prior to loading. Drive back on the scales and see how close you are. By adding or removing gravel you can get really close. Once you have that amount measure the height of the bed from the ground or note the distance between the axle and frame.

   You may wan to get measurements for increments. Like 1000 pounds increments. Note the measurement on a chart. Make several copies and keep on file. Post one within the vehicle. Then when you go to haul a load you just toss stuff on until the suspension compresses to the set point. No need to measure as the truck suspension, what your trying to protect, acts as a scale.

   It also allows you, if you bill for weight carried to get a rough weight of the loads.