The Real Problem With the Titan Ballast Box

[Suburban Plowboy]

The concrete density figures I was given don't support a figure of 800 pounds for concrete. I was told I would get 1.5 times as much weight with concrete, and that's about 560 pounds. I'm not using the dubious volume figure given by Titan. I'm using the amount of sand I got into it and multiplying by the ratio of the density of concrete to the density of sand.

The volume figures appear to be misleading, unless I have special fluffy sand that has a super-low density. I have not measured the box to check the volume, because there is no point. It holds what it holds. It may be that the volume figures from Titan ignore the tool tubes and the big empty cavity under the box.

 

[Einthewoods]

One way to end this would be to calculate the volume based on your own measurement. The weight of concrete is published, so the calculation will be simple.

 

[ruffdog]

Get a tape and measure the actual box we are talking about. We need the real WxLxH numbers.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Anyone who measures this box will have to account for the thickness of the metal, the tubes, and the cavity under the box. I won't do it because it would be pointless.

 

[ruffdog]

Anyone who measures this box will have to account for the thickness of the metal, the tubes, and the cavity under the box. I won't do it because it would be pointless.

OK....just wondering....what was the "point" of this thread?

 

[Redlands Okie]

Perhaps the interpretation of what is expected to be used as weight in a ballast box.

 

[John Fitzgerald]

Lead weighs 709 pounds per cubic foot. That would get you to 800 pounds, and you would have room in the box for a chain, etc. It's not that expensive if you can find it as scrap and make ingots. Guys that make fishing sinkers tend to hoard it. Iron/steel is about 490 pounds per cubic foot. With that, still a lot of space left in the box.

 

[countrybumpkin]

OK....just wondering....what was the "point" of this thread?

Perhaps the interpretation of what is expected to be used as weight in a ballast box.

Pretty much.

 

[shooterdon]

if the box has tubes etc that make measuring difficult, fill the thing with water. There are 7.48 gallons in a cubic foot.

 

[ruffdog]

Lead weighs 709 pounds per cubic foot. That would get you to 800 pounds, and you would have room in the box for a chain, etc. It's not that expensive if you can find it as scrap and make ingots. Guys that make fishing sinkers tend to hoard it. Iron/steel is about 490 pounds per cubic foot. With that, still a lot of space left in the box.

Even better, Gold weighs 1206lbs per cu ft. The OP would only need 3/4cuft to get 800lbs!