Re: Re: CULT: compost tonnes vs volume

>Your estimate of your trailer's capacity is quite accurate, as from its
>dimensions it can hold 24 cu. ft. and 2/3 of a cubic meter is equal to a
>shade over 23.5 cu. ft. However, the weight estimate (for mulch or potting 
>soil) seems too high.

As most things are sold by the 'metre' rather than the tonne, it is not a 
problem here.

>I also found what you said about designating lumber dimensions interesting. 
>Not so much the mixing of metric and English system terms, but rather the 
>part about designating width and thickness as "4x2". Here it would be 
>customary to say "2x4". I guess which side of the Equator you are on does 
>affect your point of view. (-:

Now I'm not certain of myself, but anyway - who says which is the width and 
which the thickness? Is that something to do with the grain. I would have 
thought if you rotated a piece of 4x2 90degrees it would be 2x4.

I was greatly amused when I went to buy the posts for my rose arbour. I 
asked for 3 metres lengths of 4x4 treated pine. The salesman went to great 
lengths to convert the 3 metres to feet and inches, then pulled some timber 
from a bay labeled 10cm x 10cm.
Even more amusing, because when he pulled out his tape measure, it had 
imperial on one side, and metric on the other.
Cheers, Jan

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