Finding Trucked Volume/Weight
–Both Swell & Shrink Factors
You need to move wet sand from one
location to another that requires a 4-
inch fully compacted fill under a 125
feet long by 75 feet wide slab. What
is the trucked (loose fill) volume?
(Assume a Swell Factor of 5% and a
Shrink Factor of 10%.) What is the
total weight of the sand if it weighs
1.55 tons per cubic yard?
Steps/Keystrokes
Display
1. Clear calculator
[On/C] [On/C]
0.
2. Enter Shrink/Swell Factors
5 [Conv] [Loose]
10 [Conv] [Comp]
3. Enter length, width and depth
125 [Feet] [Length]
75 [Feet] [Width]
4 [Inch] [Depth]
4. Find compacted fill volume
[Vol] [=] [Comp]
115.7407 CU YD
5. Find loose volume
[Loose]
135.0309 CU YD
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