One ton of 20mm chippings capacity estimate required

[devonwoody]

Can anyone tell me the cubic capacity of one ton of chippings graded 20mm please?

 

[No skills]

Assuming you mean stone. At a guess a bit less than 1m3.

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks for your reply, no skills, I hoped it my be around that area.

 

[John15]

I think the specific gravity of stone is around 2, so the volume of 1 tonne of chippings would be around 0.5 cu m. I'm usually not too good when it comes to maths so I could be wrong!
One cubic metre of water weighs one tonne (I think)

John

 

[KevM]

Hi Devonwoody,

Un-compacted aggregate chippings are ~ 1400 - 1500 kg per cubic metre, when compacted this will increase ~2000kg per cubic metre.

So, your 1000kg should be somewhere between 0.7 and 0.5 cubic metres. Of course it all depends the material and its packing geometry, and how/if it's compacted. There are a few suppliers online that have simple calculators.

http://www.cloburn.co.uk/commercial-pro ... -aggregate
http://www.gravelmaster.co.uk/GravelMas ... lator.aspx

Cheers, Kev

 

[RobinBHM]

If you are thinking of a bulk bag of chippings, it is probably about 800kgs, so 2 bags is close to 1 cubic metre.

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks all, also been looking at sleepers to hold it back at around £20 per piece 2.4 mtrs.

 

[blackrodd]

Are Mole Valley farmers at Newton Abbot fairly close to you?
They do sleepers amongst loads of other stuff.
Some of their prices are very good, my Architect friend gets quite a bit from them, so they must be competitive!
Regards Rodders

 

[DrPhill]

[[Edit: Oooops, BlackRod already worked out your nearest store. Never mind I will leave this post in case anyone else is interested]]

Mole Valley Farmers have several outlets. Their original is at South Molton (Mole Town). They seem to be very good value for money.


Bridgwater
Cullompton
Frome
Holsworthy
Liskeard
Newton Abbot
Redruth Farmselect
South Molton
St Columb
Yeovil

http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/info/store-finder

 

[devonwoody]

Yes they are just round the corner. thanks.

 

[finneyb]

This calculator may be useful http://www.cloburn.co.uk/how-to/aggregate-calculator

Brian