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jmowreader

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17. Four loads. Minimum.

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 04:45 AM

Dec 2012

IWe first know the container is not 18 feet wide.

Now let's play. If the place your slab is in is dead level, there are 26 yards of concrete in the slab. Because we know it's not, kick that up to 29 yards. At 4000 pounds per yard of cured concrete, you have 58 tons of concrete to get rid of. You rented a Bobcat, correct?

If the container and its dolly weigh five tons and the tractor and trailer both have tandem axles, a quarter of your slab will get you real close to the federal weight limits for five-axle trucks.

So...no less than four loads and five will be safer.

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math? Construction crew, apply here. Concrete debris loads. TYPO CORRECTED [View all] UTUSN Dec 2012 OP

18' x 22' x 3' = 1,188 cubic feet Ptah Dec 2012 #1

So it's about 1/4 of one container/load/trip. Any idea what concrete weighs? The price UTUSN Dec 2012 #5

When we went through that Turbineguy Dec 2012 #2

Yeah, this container is the smallest one UTUSN Dec 2012 #3

That slab of concrete probably isn't going to be broken up into small enough pieces to... Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2012 #11

The 1/3 regards the larger bins. This smallest one can be filled to the top and this amount UTUSN Dec 2012 #12

That seems like an odd shaped container. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #4

I was going to tell UTUSN to recheck the size. A Simple Game Dec 2012 #9

Yep. That one shown is about as big as they come. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #10

The dimensions are what the City provided. n/t UTUSN Dec 2012 #15

They charge by weight Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2012 #6

This is my favorite thread so far today. What's wrong with me? Scuba Dec 2012 #7

Hey!1 It wasn't brains that got me to Vietnam!1 UTUSN Dec 2012 #8

i understood every one of her tweets. hopemountain Dec 2012 #13

Mine, too?!1 I posted about hers because mine are occasionally - O.K., OFTEN!1 - erratic!1 n/t UTUSN Dec 2012 #14

you crack me up UTUSN Kali Dec 2012 #20

Our community has an aggressive concrete recycling program. hunter Dec 2012 #16

Four loads. Minimum. jmowreader Dec 2012 #17

Whoa!1 You are correct, it's EIGHT (8), *not* EIGHTEEN(18) - a typo. Will correct it. Thanks! UTUSN Dec 2012 #18

wish we were closer Kali Dec 2012 #19

Two reasons: Have rid the neighborhood of a slum lord & am turning it into green space UTUSN Dec 2012 #21

ah! I approve of exchanging concrete for plants! Kali Dec 2012 #22

Don't look at volume here. Look at weight. jmowreader Dec 2012 #23