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Have 700 s/f of yard I need to fill 4" deep with topsoil. Sold by cubic yard I assume. How many yards of topsoil do I need? Go!
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8.64 Cubic yards. So 9 cubic yards I would say.
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8.64 Beat me to it. My concrete calculator was running a little slow tonight.
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Have 700 s/f of yard I need to fill 4" deep with topsoil. Sold by cubic yard I assume. How many yards of topsoil do I need? Go!
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Have 700 s/f of yard I need to fill 4" deep with topsoil. Sold by cubic yard I assume. How many yards of topsoil do I need? Go!
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Thanks. I was thinking 6-8. Wasn't too far off.
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Thanks. I was thinking 6-8. Wasn't too far off.
“Thinking” , but not calculating, good job.
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700x.33= 231 cubic feet divided by 27= 8.55 cubic yards
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By the time you spread it out and wet it down, I'd get 10 yards.
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I was thinking! but not calculating! Remembering about how much I took off and put on the trailer would be about how much topsoil I would need to put back on the trailer to be close.
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By the time you spread it out and wet it down, I'd get 10 yards.
Yep, always gotta figure shrink/swell into the equation.
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You need a dump truck load.
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Once you settle on how many yards you need - how much you wanna bet first place you go will sell by the ton??
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By the time you spread it out and wet it down, I'd get 10 yards.
You guys are forgetting about compaction you will need 10.5-11 yards. Years ago I found out the hard wat.
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I'm doing some concrete work. Math made easy....
I told the contractor what I wanted to do, he told the concrete company, they calculated it (using an app, no doubt) and delivered just enough concrete there was just enough left over to erect two barrier posts made of abs sewer pipe (left-over) to protect my electric meter, which I've almost backed into a few times. I "calculated" it was cheaper to do that than what the electric boys would charge me to fix up the meter/line should I damage it.....and had the fore-thought to prep for any left-over 'crete..
When they deliver the next pour in a few weeks, I think I'll prep in front of the garage doors for same... tired of sand/gravel to be swept out....and no sense dumping left-over 'crete somewhere else in the yard, eh?
Reading up in my copy of "Math for Idiots", and running the nummers was way too hard.....
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Have 700 s/f of yard I need to fill 4" deep with topsoil. Sold by cubic yard I assume. How many yards of topsoil do I need? Go!
Sold by the ton typically... not the yard.
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If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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Topsoil around here is all sold by the yard. Bark, landscape rock, etc... all the same by the yard.
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Get them to tailgate and run it if you can... save you some time on spreading. Or 3-4 small piles per load. Around here it would be two loads at $300 per load... make for 12 or 14 tons. Try to get it dry if you can manage.
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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