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Post by Hounds51 » Sat. Dec. 19, 2020 9:25 am

How much in tons, would this tote hold?
Someone told me about 1 ton = 3/4 full.
I am just trying to figure out for some of my coal storage.


 
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Post by McGiever » Sat. Dec. 19, 2020 9:33 am

First reply...
36 cu. ft. and that's one ton of pea coal
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Post by lsayre » Sat. Dec. 19, 2020 9:37 am

It will hold one ton.

I rather crudely determined this by assuming that a plastic 5 gallon pail actually holds ~5.6 gallons, and also holds ~41 pounds of coal.

275 x 41/5.6 = 2,013 pounds.

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Sat. Dec. 19, 2020 11:10 am

My old bin was 4 x 4 x 8 and would easily hold 3 tons. 128 cubic feet. Hope this helps.

 
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Post by McGiever » Sat. Dec. 19, 2020 12:10 pm

Weight by volume varies across different coal sizes, but maybe that's not important...

 
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Post by lsayre » Sat. Dec. 19, 2020 5:10 pm

1 cubic foot holds 7.480543 gallons of liquid.

 
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Post by Hounds51 » Sat. Dec. 19, 2020 6:46 pm

I guess I will need to get rough measurements of the tote and figure out how many cubic feet there is in them.The breaker guy at DiRenzo's filled up the tote about 90% to the top.I asked him if that was a ton and he said it should be. That was pea. He then filled up a second tote of nut, but than he only filled up about 3/4 full. He said he didn't trust filling anymore due to the coal bouncing out. When I weighed out, it was about 300 lbs short of two tons. But I was just wondering if what he said was true.
So I can assume that a full tote is about one ton?


 
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Post by McGiever » Sun. Dec. 20, 2020 1:09 am

What was said as the first reply above:
36 cu. ft. and that's one ton of pea coal

 
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Post by lsayre » Sun. Dec. 20, 2020 3:53 am

275/7.480543 = 36.762 Cubic Feet

That's more than enough to hold a ton of coal if 36 cubic feet will hold one ton. But it will be more than 3/4 full.

 
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Post by Pauliewog » Sun. Dec. 20, 2020 10:07 pm

Filled level to the top with Reading Nut coal my last 275 Gallon IBC totes weighed in at 2,120 lbs.

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Post by Seagrave1963 » Mon. Dec. 21, 2020 8:32 am

Like Pauliewog said above, I too get just over 1 ton per tote. This was after we had used some through the season last winter.
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Post by lsayre » Mon. Dec. 21, 2020 11:15 am

36.762 Cu-Ft ÷ 36.000 Cu-Ft. x 2, 000 Lbs. = 2,041 Lbs.

 
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Post by Hounds51 » Mon. Dec. 21, 2020 12:57 pm

Seagrave1963 wrote:
Mon. Dec. 21, 2020 8:32 am
Like Pauliewog said above, I too get just over 1 ton per tote. This was after we had used some through the season last winter. IMG_20191122_154522.jpg
I noticed you cut gates into the bottom. I did the same. I also cut out the top and left about an inch or so around the lip, that way it keeps some reinforcement to the top. The only thing I didn't do was to build the top up like you did.
That may be why you get a little more than a ton in yours.

 
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Post by lsayre » Tue. Dec. 22, 2020 9:57 am

McGiever wrote:
Sat. Dec. 19, 2020 12:10 pm
Weight by volume varies across different coal sizes, but maybe that's not important...
It seems counterintuitive (and that's why I still don't fathom it) but I believe that the larger the chunks the more the filled pail (or any other filled volume) weighs. Therefore, if ~2,041 Lbs. of Pea will fit into a 275 gallon space, something more than that will fit for Nut. See Paulie's post above.

But over the years I've had Pea coal that only weighed ~37.5-38 Lbs. in a 5 gallon (~5.6 gallon actual) plastic pail, and I've had coal that weighed ~42.5-43 Lbs. in the same pail. It depends upon the vein it is mined from.

 
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Post by swyman » Tue. Dec. 22, 2020 11:52 am

I filled 10 on my trips and net 11.3 ton. That is full to the top.


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