On Mar 17, 4:33 pm, wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:05:18 GMT, salad wrote:
I know that wheelbarrows come in all sorts of sizes...but I was
wondering, for the standard size wheelbarrow one might get at Ace
Hardware or Home Depot, how much dirt one can carry...not so much that
it spills as its carried. I'm basically looking at a ball part figure.

I need to get 8-10 cubic yards of soil and was wondering how many trips
(approximate) I'll need to make to get it from the front yard to the
back yard.

If you were hauling mulch I would think about the capacity. When you
are wheeling dirt, think about weight. 2-3 cu/ft is about all you want
to push (300-400 lbs). There are certainly laborors who push 5 cu/ft
or more around all day but if you did that for a living you wouldn't
be asking the question ;-)
It is better to make a lot more trips than to kill yourself on the
first few.

And that is a job that should not be tackled with the idea to finish
it in one shot. Do several trips a day and it disappears faster than
you might think.

Harry K