Re: Re: CULT: compost tonnes vs volume




linda Mann wrote:
> 
> Based on loads that my old Ford 1/2 ton pickup could carry before
> bottoming, I would say it will probably hold somewhere between 2000 and
> 3000 lbs.  If nobody else can help with this, I'll try to guess closer
> for you, but the moisture content and how tightly packed the stuff is
> will have a huge effect.

Isn't it called a 1/2 ton pickup because that is the rated load for the
truck to carry?

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