[TowerTalk] Bag concrete question

[Mickey Baker]

Here's an easy calculator:

http://www.sakrete.com/products/calculators.cfm/selectedCalculator/Concrete#concrete

The weird thing about this calculator is that everything is in feet except
for the depth, which is in inches. Be careful!

Unless you're a long truck ride, somewhere you can't get it, consider
ready-mix concrete. It make a job MUCH easier, saves hours of back breaking
work, and you get a mix that is probably a lot better than you can do
yourself.

Mickey N4MB

(Just poured a base - 3.5' x 3.5' x 7' nominally, hole is actually bigger.
$400 for concrete was a deal compared to mixing 200 bags!)


On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Tommy Taylor <W7RV at q.com> wrote:

> The 80 lb bag was 0.90 cu ft, so you can scale it down.
>
> W7RV
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> > I just purchased a used HyTower & I'm getting ready to dig the hole.
> > I've poured a bit the concrete before. Either redi-mix or small bag
> > jobs. I have looked  several places at the 60 lb. homeowner type bags.
> > Those are OK  but my question is cubic volume. None of the 60 lb. bags
> > show cubic volume. I'm guessing it's 1 cubic foot of concrete in one of
> > those. Anyone know what the cubic value is?
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