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Re: [TowerTalk] Mixing your own concrete?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mixing your own concrete?
From: n4gi@tampabay.rr.com
Reply-to: n4gi@tampabay.rr.com
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:22:35 -0400
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- .75 cubic yards = 36 bags 
- 60 lbs each
- more than 4 bags on a dolly/wheelbarrow and wheel(s) dig into the yard....

First hand experience, never again....

73,
Blake N4GI


----- Original Message -----
From: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:05 am
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mixing your own concrete?

> If memory serves me correctly, one bag of Ready-Mix or Sacrete is  
> equivalent 
> to 2/3 of cubic foot.  This means you would need a little  over 
> 800 bags of 
> mix at approximately $2 a bag....$1600 for the stuff.  The  bags 
> are heavy and 
> a pick up can haul maybe 40 or so.  Lots of trips to the  Depot.
> 
> Check the labels...I think the ones the Depot sells are either 
> 3500 or  4000.
> 
> >From my experience with concrete in homebuilding in FL, as long 
> as you are  
> constantly adding to the material in the hole you should have no 
> problems.   If 
> you must stop for the day, it is best to leave a rough top to the  
> concrete. 
> Keep it moist. Leave lots of bumps and lumps at the  surface.  
> Putting a 
> couple of short pieces of rebar sticking out  wouldn't hurt.  
> Adhesion is better if 
> done that way.
> 
> If at all possible get a truck to deliver to deliver the concrete 
> already  
> mixed   Most trucks are either 9 or 10 yards.  If it is a 9  
> yarder, just tell 
> the dispatcher you want a 9-plus load.
> 
> The thought of mixing 10 yards of bag concrete makes me  
> shudder!!!!!!!!! 
> Bill K4XS
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