roughly, how many wheel barrows to a tonne?

[deefadog]

I am trying to work out how much top soil i need, i can roughly work out it out from wheel barrow loads, but how many wheel barrow loads in a tonne?

Cheers

 

[Diyisfun]

Depends on size of barrow...look here
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=wheelbarrow+sizes&spell=1

 

[deefadog]

Cheers it's this one i have - http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/n...refview=search&ts=1211272937367&isSearch=true

Takes 90 liters volume, can't find a conversion table from liters to KG for soil?

Any help, maths was never my strong point

 

[Diyisfun]

Here is what I found.

Earth, loam, dry, excavated - 1.25 tonne/cubic meter
Earth, moist, excavated - 1.44 tonne/cubic meter
Earth, wet, excavated - 1.60 tonne/cubic meter
Earth, dense - 2.00 tonne/cubic meter
Earth, soft loose mud - 1.73 tonne/cubic meter
Earth, packed - 1.52 tonne/cubic meter

Note that is the metric tonne, 1000 kilograms. I assumed you wanted that and not U.S. or U.K. tons

 

[deefadog]

That's great thanks - a cubic meter i can work out the area from that, so i think i will need around 2 tonnes

 

[Diyisfun]

I was surprised that none of the gardners/landscapers helped on this one. Please you can sort from here.

 

[^woody^]

A merchant near me used to quote for a ton of sand by the barrow, and I seem to recall a figure of 8 barrows - but I am not sure if this was for 1/2 ton or a full ton.

 

[deefadog]

Good point, actually think about when i have had 1 ton bags of sand delivered i reckon around 8-10 would do it.

I have a good enough idea now, just did not want to be left with a ton left over

Thanks

 

[r896neo]

I recently barrowed 2 tonnes from 1 tonne bags, i counted 12 barrows per ton

 

[deefadog]

Cheers!

A second look tonight and i think i'll need 3 tons which works out pretty good as that's about 2 trailer loads