Measuring dirt

[Pks]

Is a yard of dirt measured: 3 ft x 3 ft x 3 ft=27 cu ft?

 

[looch]

Yes. I love <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/download.asp>this program</A>. Really helps when converting Celcius to Farenheit so you guys can understand what I'm talking about.

 

[beenthere]

It is a <font color=red>cubic <font color=black>yard.

 

[Pks]

beenthere,

Do I understand correctly; you are saying 27 cubic feet is 1 cubic yard?

If so, then it makes sense since that's what it was in Calculus class. Does the dirt hauling industry have a different value for how much material is in a 1 yard bucket or a 7 yard cement mixer?

 

[rdln]

when you order dirt or concrete by the yard they will give you cubic yards.

more and more gravel pits are selling by the ton now so let them do the conversion.

when I measure an area I need it for I assume it is packed but when they scoop it up from a pile it is loose so I'll added 10% for air unless it is landscape stone or other material that wont pack down.

 

[gerard]

Not that I know of, a yard is a yard is a yard. Strictly a volume measurement which is 27 cubic feet. Hard part sometimes is loader buckets are rated in yards by two methods, one with the load "struck" ie leveled off, and one heaped. Well obviously neither is going to be an exact measurement but should get you pretty close. PS concrete is the same - 1 yard is 3ft x 3ft x3ft

 

[beenthere]

<font color=blue>a yard is a yard is a yard<font color=black>

but it is 3 feet or 9 square feet or 27 cubic feet depending if one is talking length, area, or volume

True, that when talking aout a bucket full, or a truck load or a load of concrete, then 'yard' is more of a nickname for volume, as that is the only thing that makes sense.

 

[Youare]

I looked up the weight of some different types of "dirt".

Loose earth = 75 lbs./ cubic foot or 2025 lbs./ cubic yard
Dry sand = 100 lbs./cubic foot or 2700 lbs./ cubic yard
Wet sand = 125 lbs./cubic foot or 3375 lbs./ cubic yard
Gravel = 109 lbs./cubic foot or 2943 lbs./ cubic yard
Granite = 168 lbs./ cubic foot or 4536 lbs./ cubic yard

Randy

 

[woodmills1]

isn't a yard the thing in front and behind my house............

 

[Thomas]

Something like go out and play in the yard. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Pks]

Right before you hear "...get outa my face!" /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

 

[woodmills1]

a yard is also avery tall glass of beer

 

[Egon]

Woody:

Now that sounds like a proper description to me.
What did the English call the tall glasses that were used to hand ale up to coachmen so they did not have to dismount?

Egon

 

[RonL]

Egon

If the coachmen were drinking tall glasses of ale, they would have to dismount at some point further down the line. Either that or the passengers were in for a rather unpleasant experience.

RonL

 

[Egon]

Ron:
I'm not sure of the amount but the glass was tall so the Inn Maid could hand it up to the Coachman.
Now as for the Coachman perhaps timming coincided with the horses and no one the wiser.

Egon

 

[gerard]

If you ever need to estimate the volume of a pile of something (assuming it's a perfect cone which it would only be if deposited by "pouring" from a single point and allowed to form a pile) the formula is 1/3 (pi)r(squared)h
or 1/3(3.14)radius squared(height of the pile). (The radius would be measured at the base of the pile) Pretty useful when getting deliveries of loose product dumped by a dump truck in a single pile

 

[Egon]

Gerard:

Does this dump truck dump from a perfectly circular orfice at sufficient height to allow the material to fall into a cone coinciding with the natural angle of repose of dumped material?

Egon

 

[Rowski]

Thanks, Neat tip!

 

[bgott]

Maybe the glass served double duty? /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

 

[gerard]

egon,
Not any that I've ever seen!! Thats' why it'll be an estimate but should be pretty close. As you intimated it would need to be dropped the way you described to form a perfect cone.....