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Posted by Brendan McHale on May 27, 2013 at 7:03pm in Landscaping

I normally remove spoil with my tipper although this results in lost time having to drive back and forwards to landfill/recycling yard, so was thinking about using a skip for the next job. Soil bulks by around 20% when dug so can anybody answer from experiance how much spoil (m3) you can actually get in a builders skip either 6 or 8 yards as don't want to payout over a £140 to find its only 4 tipper loads worth.

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  • David Cox May 27, 2013 at 8:31pm

    Varies on the soil type - heavy clay comes out in clumps so does not bulk up as much, so you could get closer to 7 yards, loamy soil you could find 4M3 turns to 6-7 easily with fluffing.

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    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd May 27, 2013 at 8:52pm
    With clay you could actually get 50% less in the skip than you think due to massive air pockets.....

    A six yard skip is equivalent to 4.5m3
  • Andy Cole May 27, 2013 at 8:55pm
    Work out the cubic volume to be dug out multiply it by 2 so 2cube out becomes 4cube in skip and you will not be far out in my experience
  • David Cox May 27, 2013 at 9:10pm

    2 words - Whacker plate...... (seen it done and it worked :) )

    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd said:

    With clay you could actually get 50% less in the skip than you think due to massive air pockets.....

    A six yard skip is equivalent to 4.5m3
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    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd May 27, 2013 at 9:22pm

    Lol
    Just be sure that the skip lory can lift it afterwards!

    David Cox said:

    2 words - Whacker plate...... (seen it done and it worked :) )

    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd said:

    With clay you could actually get 50% less in the skip than you think due to massive air pockets.....

    A six yard skip is equivalent to 4.5m3
  • Brendan McHale May 27, 2013 at 9:22pm

    so if two cube becomes four (if m3) that's around 8t of spoil or around 5-6 tipper loads so cost wise its dearer for the skip but means no lost time doing muck away I suppose it will depend if there are places to tip nearby

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    Gary RK May 27, 2013 at 9:25pm
    Also seen that done by a builder mate. Quite funny until it broke a hydraulic arm on skip lorry and they refused to take it off clients drive. Fell about laughing until he starting asking for volunteers to help him dig it out so they would take it. His client was furious as he wanted his drive 'back'....

    I was always told min bulking factor of clay was 35% when dug...
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    Gary RK May 27, 2013 at 9:47pm
    What about using a grabber/ muck away service ? They charge for 'amount/volume' lifted.

    No lost time....
  • James Hall May 28, 2013 at 9:10am

    Try this

    http://www.source4me.co.uk/calculate_excavated_spoil.php

  • Colin Hunt May 28, 2013 at 9:25am

    Each job is different and I decide how we go about the excavation process the most efficient way. We use skips, grab or our tipper. I love the 'grab option' if there is space to store a mountain of spoil within reach - by far the most efficient and cost effective.
    The important thing for me with skips, is reliability of delivery and pick-up. There is no point in shaving £20 off skip cost only for us to be waiting around for an exchange.

    So for me, we use the same 'grab man', the same skip company - loyalty to them pays you back many fold in time saved.

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