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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:31 am
by mrcw
If i wanted to dig down 200 mill, and the area is 30 sq metres, is there a way to work out roughly the size of the skip i would need
No good at maths full stop!!
Regards
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:28 pm
by steve r
Volume = width x length x depth
width x length = 30 x 0.2 (depth) = 6 cubic metres
If the excavated spoil is clay and soil it will bulk up by any thing upto 40% which is 8.4 cubic metres
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:31 pm
by mrcw
Cheers
Easy when you know how 
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:09 pm
by Tony McC
.... and you get around 4-4.5m³ of clay/soil into a typical Builders' Skip
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:05 pm
by mrcw
Is that a 8 ton builders skip,
I dont understand this cubic metre stuff.
Cheers
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:37 pm
by steve r
Wot you again.
If you contact your local skip company and tell them how much you need to shift, they should be able to advise on the most suitable size of skip(s).
Skip capacity is usually measured in cubic metres / yards.
Try this: -
If you can imagine a box measuring 1 metre wide x 1 metre deep x 1 metre high it will hold exactly 1 cubic metre.
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:56 pm
by Tool
You will need 1 and a half skips m8, i just dug out twice that size and i filled 3 skips.
Use a skip filling dumper and a mini digger from the hire shops, i filled a skip a day with that combo and i was by myself too.
When you have been doing jobs like that all the time you can basically look at an area and tell how much u got to get rid off, it comes with experience.