Clay removal - How many skips

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cookie123
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Joined: Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:02 pm
Location: Basildon, Essex

Post: # 12317Post cookie123

Hi all, I have a garden, and a lot of clay to remove(already 5 skips gone), question is please... is there a calculator for knowing how much will come out of a known size...I have asked and some say add 30%....some 50% etc...
Thanks o great ones....
Carl

Mark B
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Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:37 am
Location: Hamilton, Scotland

Post: # 12319Post Mark B

i think you get approx 4.5 m3 in a standard skip, so if your able to work out the area your excavating, n thn with that work out the total volume and divide it by the 4.5 you should come up with a near enough estimate of how many skips you will need.

mark

daysleeper
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Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:16 pm
Location: Devon

Post: # 12322Post daysleeper

I think what you are meaning is the "bulk up" rate. Its hard to judge - on our current site of heavy Devon clay it feels like almost 100% - which means you get stuff all in a skip (get a decent digger and a tipper truck if you can) anyways it becomes a very expensive game.

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