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Skip Requirements

Posted by Jim Davidson on May 10, 2014 at 1:11pm

Hi can anyone make a stab at how many skips I would need for removing approx. 300m2 of turf?

I always find it hard judging the number and usually get it wrong!!

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  • Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 10, 2014 at 1:22pm

    3 small 4yard skips - depending on spoil left underneath sods.

  • Peter Jones May 10, 2014 at 3:29pm

    Or one 8 wheeled grab lorry, cheaper and easier as no loading into skip.

  • Jim Davidson May 12, 2014 at 4:28pm

    Thanks.

    Do you use a formular for this or just base it from experience?

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    Seth Burgess May 12, 2014 at 4:38pm

    http://www.findaskip.co.uk/skip-sizes/


    Need to work out a rough area for it and then add 15% to be on the safe side. It's what I do and I've got it horrifically wrong once, but I think that might have been a mistake with the calculator.
  • Peter Jones May 12, 2014 at 6:20pm
    Volume + 30%

    In this case 300m2 x .04m ( allowing 4cm of old turf cut up with turf cutter)

    = 12m3 + 30%

    = 16m3
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    Seth Burgess May 12, 2014 at 7:18pm

    4cm is 0.04m not 0.4m that's 40cm

    This highlights the problem of my method... one pissed decimal point and you're way out.

  • Brendan McHale May 12, 2014 at 7:38pm
    Cube it then divide by 7
    So 300m x .05m = 15m3
    So just over 2 grab wagons although may squeeze into 2 depending on bulking and driver
  • Peter Jones May 12, 2014 at 9:34pm
    Thats what I put Seth .04, I always run through important calculation a couple of times as I have also messed up in the past.


    Seth Burgess said:

    4cm is 0.04m not 0.4m that's 40cm

    This highlights the problem of my method... one pissed decimal point and you're way out.

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    Seth Burgess May 12, 2014 at 10:06pm

    Oh I see I missed that dot!

  • David Benson May 12, 2014 at 10:42pm

    the weight will be about 18 tons depending on how wet it is

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