Anyone know the approx. cu.ft. in a ton of rice or nut coal ?
- lsayre
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I've filled several brands of 5 gallon plastic pails with measured water, and (from memory) most have around 5-2/3 gallon capacity to the brim. Right close to 0.7575 cubic feet per average pail. But (unlike water) coal poured into a pail to near full and then jostled a wee bit quickly settles to leave about a 1/2" free head space (this being for pea). So call it as a first guess ~5.5 gallons of pea coal in a filled 5 gallon pail. That is ~0.735 cubic feet. For the case of 40 lbs. per pail that comes to about ~36.75 cubic feet per ton.LouNY wrote: ↑Fri. Feb. 21, 2020 10:10 amA 40# bag of Lehigh nut will fit in a 5 gallon bucket.
A 5 gallon bucket is 0.6684007 cubic feet.
50 bags is a ton, so 50 x 0.6684007= 33.42 cubic feet per ton.
I bring my coal into the stove in 5 gallon plastic buckets,
so I empty a bag into a bucket quite often.
I normally run just under a dag a day as supplemental heat.
Over the years I've had pea coals that weigh from roughly about 38 to 42 nominal net pounds per pail. 38 lbs./pail = ~38.7 cubic feet per ton, and 42 lbs./pail = ~35 cubic feet per ton.