RE: [CH] Densities

Mary & Riley McIntire (uGuys@ChileGarden.com)
Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:31:49 -0800

It floats:

>
> > Cattle Manure                   1450
>
> >Interesting, I note that according to these >numbers, a
> plastic bag filled
> >with cow manure (and sealed) would float.
>
> at 1,450 lbs per cu yd???

202 (Gal/yd**3)* 8.3 lb/Gal = 1677 lbs, approx.  So it floats, ie in a
sealed plastic bag it'll float--it makes a real mess without the bag.
:)

Riley

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