Replacing my big o

09-03-2012, 08:51 PM	#1
tlgwills Newbie   Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 4	Replacing my big o Am trying to figure out how many yards of 3/4 gravel I will need to cover 150 liner feet of new big o

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09-03-2012, 08:55 PM	#2
joecaption Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hartfield VA Posts: 18,266	Replacing my big o Not mind readers, what a big O? Google concrete calulator. Volume is volume no mater what the materail is. It will ask length, width, thickness and figure it out in cubic yards.

09-03-2012, 08:57 PM	#3
tlgwills Newbie   Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 4	Replacing my big o Quote: Originally Posted by joecaption Not mind readers, what a big O? Google concrete calulator. Volume is volume no mater what the materail is. It will ask length, width, thickness and figure it out in cubic yards. Big o is weeping title

09-03-2012, 09:30 PM	#4
GBrackins Member     Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Fairhaven, Massachusetts Posts: 2,234	Replacing my big o well if you place in into a 1' x 1' trench that would be roughly 150 cubic feet. 150 cubic feet/27 cubic feet per cubic yard = 5.56 cubic yards ...... so I'd say 6 of course if you want a larger trench ..... it takes more __________________ Gary "You get what you pay for, and sometimes free costs more!"

09-03-2012, 09:33 PM	#5
tlgwills Newbie   Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 4	Replacing my big o Quote: Originally Posted by GBrackins well if you place in into a 1' x 1' trench that would be roughly 150 cubic feet. 150 cubic feet/27 cubic feet per cubic yard = 5.56 cubic yards ...... so I'd say 6 of course if you want a larger trench ..... it takes more Thank you I did a calculation and I had 7. 4 yards but that was converting from tones. But 7 seemed a little high. Thank you very much for your help