Re: OT: compost tonnes vs volume vs reality

On Thursday 26 October 2000 11:43, you wrote:
> It's true - the comprehension bit.
>
> I nearly fell off my chair when I read that Nick ended up with 6 yards of
> the stuff.  I only know the concept of a yard through a similar
> mishap/experience. One year I was redoing an area of the backyard of a
> house I was renovating and decided I needed a couple of yards of crushed
> granite for the space.   I was quite amused when a dumptruck pulled up and
> dropped the load a considerable distance away.  A day or so later and with
> more aches, pains and blisters than I could count, I was considerably less
> amused.

	Oh only if you were right. I ordered what I thought was 6 yards. What was 
delivered was over 16yards. I can't even imagine 6 yards of gravel. The only 
thing that made it doable was the compost  was fairly light letting me fill 
the wheelbarrow. Didn't even take me 100 trips-)

	I found a www.compost.org website. They claim 18kg is 1 cubic foot. Using 
that measure I should have gotten less then 10 yards. I really don't know 
what happened. They supposedly weigh the load after the truck is loaded.

	Now my worry is I used too much in the vegetable garden. Oh well always 
something to deal with-)

Nick

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