Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
(OP)
I just want to get an idea of what everyone uses for a tri-axle truck volume.
How many Cubic Yards of dirt do you figure per tri-xle truck load? I'm looking for an in situ volume of dirt. And by dirt I mean a well to finely graded material, not bouldery.
Also, I'm located in Pennsylvania. I believe other states have different weight restrictions on trucks.
I've always used 10 - 12 CY? How about you?
How many Cubic Yards of dirt do you figure per tri-xle truck load? I'm looking for an in situ volume of dirt. And by dirt I mean a well to finely graded material, not bouldery.
Also, I'm located in Pennsylvania. I believe other states have different weight restrictions on trucks.
I've always used 10 - 12 CY? How about you?





RE: Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
We typically call in a nuke test for soil density when we have over 1000 C.Y. to haul if we don't have any other records from the area. The test is cheap and gives us a formal basis to accept payment (seek engineer/owner's approval beforehand). Tri's typically haul 10-12 but the difference between the two is 20% which can add up on larger projects.
RE: Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
You could back into a volume. Download PennDoT Pub 194. It gives legal loads for various axle spacings, subtract out the truck weight then figure the yardage.
RE: Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
Keep in mind that someone who purchases a tri-axle cab and chassis will want to put as much of a body on there as they can get!
Also, if your state or area does not require the load to be covered during transit, the driver will mound the soil up over the body height as much as he can get by with.
RE: Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
You don't mound fluids in your environs?
Dik
RE: Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
Now if they actually get 100 percent compaction, that'd be 310.6 cf (11.5 cy).
f-d
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RE: Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
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RE: Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
100 pcf loose
120 pcf in-place
you would be lucky to get more than about 16 yards per load (in-place), all depending on both the loose density as well as the in-place density
RE: Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
RE: Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck
I guess that's what happens when you rush things...
Dik