Re: How many wheelbarrows for a yard of concrete?

On 15 Oct, 20:58, Dan Espen <dan...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
DerbyDad03 <teamarr...@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
On 15 Oct, 11:20, Dan Espen <dan...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
alvinamo...@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
My guess is the "bucket"
is about 28" wide, 35" long, and 10" deep (of course the corners are
rounded and the bucket tapers in at the bottom.

Go out and measure it.
Take the width and length at the bottom.

A cubic yard is 36x36x36

My guess is you can only fill to about 6 inches of the 10.

Roughly 10 trips without the math.
When you have the measurements divide

width times height times depth
into 36x36x36.

Don't assume to can use the whole depth.

Math is our friend...I'm not doubtin' your numbers, just trying my
own. Let me know if I missed something...it's Monday.

As I posted earlier from:http://www.doityourself.com/stry/patiosteps
:

"One cubic yard of ready-mix yields nine contractor-size wheelbarrows
of concrete. "

AFAIK a contractor's wheelbarrow is ~ 6 cu ft and the OP's is
estimated (by him) to be only 2.5 cu ft.

Now, if I do a little math and divide 1 cu yd by 6 cu ft I get

27 / 6 = 4.5 (not nine) which means they are only putting 3 cu ft in
each wheelbarrow - IOW - half full.

Therefore, if the OP puts only 2 cu ft into his 2.25 cu ft
wheelbarrow, it's going to take at least 13.5 loads. If he follows the
lead of the DIY site and only fills his wheelbarrow half way, it's
going to take 18 loads.

Does that sound right?

Maybe, but I didn't do any math.
I looked at the OPs numbers, saw he was just under 36 on the length
1/4 under on the width and 1/6th on the height and that sounded
like about 10. Give or take a few.

Why do math when the OP doesn't have accurate measurements to
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re: Maybe, but I didn't do any math.

I guess there are varying degrees of "doing the math". :-)

Seems to me that you can't "see" that he was fractions under a number
without do some sort of math. If I "see" you get served a steak that
is twice as big as mine, then I did some math just before I called
server over to our table.

You gonna eat that potato?

.

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