Does this look like 5 yards?

[mobilus]

If you have an asphalt plant nearby, they can be a good source of materials. I buy reject asphalt at $10/ton. That's cheaper than gravel here. Spread it with your loader and smash any clumps. It lays down pretty good. The dirt kinda coats the gravel as you spread it out.

I have some of the slickest clay I've ever seen in a side yard, and grass would hardly grow there due to traffic, mostly my truck and trailers. When I spread the reject asphalt out, it was just to increase traction, but the grass started growing over it...

Sounds crazy, but it works.

Mark

 

[have_blue]

Bad is I may need to buy more and I'm not as good at math as the rest of you. Thanks.

Welcome to the "I Hate Math Club".

Next time, do like I do and use this handy little web page:

ABE VOLUME CALCULATORS, CONE

 

[Colin Giersberg]

To determine volume needed, take the length in feet x width in feet x (depth in inches / 12), then divide by 27 to get cubic yards.

Example: 12' x 40' x (4" / 12) = 159.984 cu. ft. / 27 = 5.925 cu. yds.

In order to get the decimal equivalent of any whole inch measurement, take the number and divide by 12.

Example: 1" / 12 = 0.0833'
2" / 12 = 0.1667'
3" / 12 = 0.2500'
4" / 12 = 0.3333'
5" / 12 = 0.4167'
6" / 12 = 0.5000'
7" / 12 = 0.5833'
8" / 12 = 0.6667'
9" / 12 = 0.7500'
10" / 12 = 0.8333'
11" / 12 = 0.9167'

Fractions of an inch can be calculated bu taking 0.0833' / fractional unit, then adding back to the decimal equivalent shown above.

Example: 1 1/2" = 0.0833 / 2 = 0.04165' + 0.0833' = 0.12495'

4 1/4" = 0.0833 / 4 = 0.020825' + 0.3333' = 0.354125'




And as for using asphalt and grass growing in it, asphalt makes a great fertilizer. Think about it. All of that old plant matter has been composting for several million years and is now a by-product of oil and is used in asphalt paving. The limestone used in some paving is also a very slow release fertilizer.

I hope that this clears up any calculations needed for volume, and the uses of asphalt for fertilizer.

Regards, Colin

 

[Erik_in_Hoyt]

Change lightbulb?
TBN folks don't change lightbulbs!
If it's burned out, it must mean there's a problem with the fixture.
while you're changing out the fixture, you might as well put in a new switch.
And if you're going to all that trouble, what you really need is a house/barn/garage addition - which means more seat time!

While all this is being planned, the spouse generally gets disgusted and replaces the old incandescent bulb with a new CF one that isn't supposed to burn out in the next 10 years - which just leaves you that much more seat time to play - er, I mean work....

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Change lightbulb?
TBN folks don't change lightbulbs!
If it's burned out, it must mean there's a problem with the fixture.
while you're changing out the fixture, you might as well put in a new switch.
And if you're going to all that trouble, what you really need is a house/barn/garage addition - which means more seat time!

While all this is being planned, the spouse generally gets disgusted and replaces the old incandescent bulb with a new CF one that isn't supposed to burn out in the next 10 years - which just leaves you that much more seat time to play - er, I mean work....

So...Just one, but he's got to do it from the seat of a tractor.

Maybe we should cross link this post to the "trivial uses of a tractor" thread that is going on concurrently. I'm sure someone has tried it with a mini excavator. Maybe Messick Farm Equipment can use this as their next challenge at the town fair.

I'm sure someone in the build-it-yourself forum can design and build a Hydraulic FEL attachment that will change a light bulb.