builders barrow

[mrghm]

Hi,

Question for all, how much of a m3 does a builders barrow hold.

[Bleedin Thumb]

Depends on how much you load into them. D:
however you can do the math. There are 8 barrows to a tonne and a tonne of sand is about 1.3 cu.m .
I'm off for a beer, my brain hurts.

[SawDustSniffer]

um i thought there were 14 barrow loads of cement to a m^3
not quite full barrows ,:eek: reminds me of work
why dont you balence the barrow on some scales and fill it up with water
1tonne per 1m^3

back to drinking bear

[Iain]

back to drinking bear

[Barry_White]

You can vary the cubic metres depending what you are putting in the barrow .

You can stack fire wood a foot above the top of the barrow dirt about 8 inches above the top.

But you can't stack wet concrete above the top.

You really need to be specific as to what you want to put in it.

The other question is whatever it is, can you lift it as well as balance it while you wheel the barrow.

[Iain]

But you can't stack wet concrete above the top.

Yes you can!!!!!!
Back to school boy and re read your physics;)

[Barry_White]

Yes you can!!!!!!
Back to school boy and re read your physics;)

Yes but by the time you have wheeled the barrow 20 feet it will have found its own level or will be slopping over the sides or you will have tipped the barrow over where you don't want it.

I've wheeled enough concrete to know.

Never learnt the theory of physics only the practice of wheeling the concrete.

[Iain]

I was of course referring to the meniscus, which would never take into account the perfectly flat smooth builders site, superbly smooth wheelbarrow suspension etc:D :D

[Black Ned]

Clyde Barrow would take the contents of a bank

[Bleedin Thumb]

Iain, Correct me if I'm wrong, (I am sure someone will) but doesn't the meniscus go up the sides of the vesicle therefore you would not be filling above the rim?

[Barry_White]

Iain, Correct me if I'm wrong, (I am sure someone will) but doesn't the meniscus go up the sides of the vesicle therefore you would not be filling above the rim?

Can mean either depends on whether the side of the contaner is wet or dry.

http://www.answers.com/topic/meniscus

[Iain]

I thought it was to do with surface tension, below the top it was concave, above convex.
But it's a long time since I was at high school and uni didn't address this with my subjects.

[Barry_White]

I thought it was to do with surface tension, below the top it was concave, above convex.
But it's a long time since I was at high school and uni didn't address this with my subjects.
That's OK I didn't even know what the word meant until I Googled it.

[Bleedin Thumb]

Either way I recon concrete would have a miniscule miniscus.
Try saying that 10 times really fast.:cool:

[Barry_White]

I was of course referring to the meniscus, which would never take into account the perfectly flat smooth builders site, superbly smooth wheelbarrow suspension etc:D :D

Even on that basis as soon as you lift the barrow your done for.

Shouldn't all this drivel be in the Friday thread.

[Barry_White]

Talk about hi-jacking poor mrghm's first thread.

Welcome by the way mrghm.

[Iain]

Just bored s###less at the moment looking at a heap of sites trying to find some comparisons so I can try to screw a vendor down before he screws me.
This helps keep me alert and awake.

[Bleedin Thumb]

Even on that basis as soon as you lift the barrow your done for.

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Guess you have to factor in the slump as well. A really stiff mix and a short run you may be able to get away with it.
Be good for stretching the tendons.;)

[journeyman Mick]

A good barrow will take a full load from a brickie's mixer - not one of those little 2.2 cubic feet jobs but the larger ones. Don't ask me what the capacity of the mixer is though, but Al is sure to know. (I have a concrete phobia :p ) Anyway it's a half bag mix of mortar. Any more than that and you'll be spilling it.

Mick

[Harry72]

Its about 8 barrows per m3(providing your back is strong enough...), a cube is 35ft3, most barrows are 6cft(.16m3) but you cant fill it to the brim otherwise it would be 6 barrows.

[SawDustSniffer]

Either way I recon concrete would have a miniscule miniscus.
Try saying that 10 times really fast.:cool:

that must be the dry ring around the barrow lip after 14 1/2 mile hikes acorss that proverbial lazer leveled site

before he asks how do i balance a wheelbarrow full of water on a set of scales , use 3 scales , or use one under 3 points and add them together

[johnc]

With a stiff mix you should be able to get two mixes of a 2.2 mixer into the one barrow. Buggered if I know how much a 2.2 really delivers guess it depends on the mix and slope of bowl.