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Post by Qtown1835 » Wed. Sep. 13, 2017 5:45 pm

Does anyone have the density figures for Lehigh? I want to make sure I have enough room for 8tn in my bin this weekend. I think it will be cutting it close but will work if coal is at or above 52#/cuft

Ive seen generic figures from 40-60#/cuft mined and 80#/cuft for slab coal.


 
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Post by KingCoal » Wed. Sep. 13, 2017 6:03 pm

Qtown1835 wrote:Does anyone have the density figures for Lehigh? I want to make sure I have enough room for 8tn in my bin this weekend. I think it will be cutting it close but will work if coal is at or above 52#/cuft

Ive seen generic figures from 40-60#/cuft mined and 80#/cuft for slab coal.
i figured storage for a 23 ton load of bulk nut Lehigh last Nov. at 50# / c.f. and hit it almost dead on.

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Post by Qtown1835 » Wed. Sep. 13, 2017 6:17 pm

KingCoal wrote:
i figured storage for a 23 ton load of bulk nut Lehigh last Nov. at 50# / c.f. and hit it almost dead on.

steve

Cool so I should be about right on at 52-54#/CF for rice.

Bin is 7.67x7.67x5.17 full to the gills. I think I can make 8tn fit.

 
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Post by KingCoal » Wed. Sep. 13, 2017 6:43 pm

looks good to me let us know how it goes :yes:

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Post by Pacowy » Wed. Sep. 13, 2017 7:00 pm

IIRC the Mayor would say rice takes up more space per unit weight than does nut, so the #/CF would be lower.

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Post by LehighanthraciteMatt » Thu. Sep. 14, 2017 11:07 am

Qtown1835 wrote:Does anyone have the density figures for Lehigh? I want to make sure I have enough room for 8tn in my bin this weekend. I think it will be cutting it close but will work if coal is at or above 52#/cuft

Ive seen generic figures from 40-60#/cuft mined and 80#/cuft for slab coal.
Our average density for rice coal is 56#/cuft

 
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Post by Qtown1835 » Thu. Sep. 14, 2017 11:13 am

LehighanthraciteMatt wrote:
Our average density for rice coal is 56#/cuft
Perfect. Thanks Matt!!


 
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Post by Lightning » Thu. Sep. 14, 2017 3:17 pm

LehighanthraciteMatt wrote:Our average density for rice coal is 56#/cuft
Do you have a figure for stove size?
What about other sizes?

 
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Post by LehighanthraciteMatt » Fri. Sep. 15, 2017 3:48 pm

Lightning wrote: Do you have a figure for stove size?
What about other sizes?
I can get you the figure for all sizes, ill try to get it to you on Monday or Tuesday...

 
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Post by Lightning » Fri. Sep. 15, 2017 5:06 pm

Oh thank you sir, just curious more than anything else. Also, maybe you could shed some light on how they come up with the figures. Do they measure a single square foot? Or do they measure the volume of a large quantity and divide?

 
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Post by Qtown1835 » Sun. Sep. 17, 2017 8:48 pm

Incase anyone cares, I got 8tn of Lehigh rice into my bin yesterday. Wasn't sure if I was going to fit it all. As it ends up I could probably squeeze another .5 to .75 ton.

The delivery was prompt but required a bit more elbow grease than I thought it would. Even though the 6wheeler sits way higher than the dump trailer, it was still not enough to get the amount of slope needed to self feed the coal into the bin. It took about 1.5hr to 'assist' the coal down the chute. All in all not bad, but cost me a little more having the truck hang out in my yard ended up at 204/ton delivered. Still cheaper than the 'coal guys' available in my area. :D
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Have some ruts to fix now too thanks to the wet summer. Ugh. I guess that's what 30,000# will do.



Now on to finishing the coal vac.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Sun. Sep. 17, 2017 8:59 pm

Coal doesn't like rounded chutes, loves a flat bottom and will take a lot of work out of it. I use the kids slide! :lol:

 
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Post by Qtown1835 » Tue. Sep. 19, 2017 9:27 am

coaledsweat wrote:Coal doesn't like rounded chutes, loves a flat bottom and will take a lot of work out of it. I use the kids slide! :lol:

Yeah, i found out the hard way...

 
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Post by lsayre » Tue. Sep. 19, 2017 10:03 am

LehighanthraciteMatt wrote:
Our average density for rice coal is 56#/cuft
Matt, what is this figure for pea? For nut?


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