How many wheelbarrow loads in a yard of concrete

Take ALL these figures discussed and toss them in the garbage. What is a cubic yard? How many wheelbarrows are in a cubic yard? How many wheelbarrows are in a dump truck? Author Recent Posts. Allison Cartwright has been writing professionally since Cartwright has published several eBooks on craft and garden-related subjects. But the shed is not accessible by truck. That one yard needs to be taken into the shed with wheelbarrows.

I am trying to comprehend how many average size wheelbarrow trips will have to be made to carry that one yard to the shed. I am asking to get a rough idea so I know how many friends and wheelbarrows to have on hand.

The delivery company said that their delivery guys cant spend a lot of time at one place, so I need to be ready to get the cement moved fast. I know someone is going to ask me what I mean by average size wheelbarrow. I dont know how they are rated, but the two that I have are the ones sold at most garden supply places, department and hardware stores for the average homeowner.

My guess is the "bucket" is about 28" wide, 35" long, and 10" deep of course the corners are rounded and the bucket tapers in at the bottom. My guess and only a guess , is one wheelbarrow load can hold about 2. So my guess is about 11 trips. Does this sound about right? One other thing. Since I plan to use whatever concrete is left over to make a pad in front of the shed door, outside, what is the best way to make an adjustible form?

My idea is to make the form the actual width I want which is 41" , then just leave the end board away from the door without nails or stakes, so I can fasten it after the cement is there and I know how much cement is left. If by chance the pad seems too small, I have a few bags of redi-crete to use up, so I can mix them. Thanks Alvin. Any chance of the delivery company using a boom truck to deliver the concrete directly to where the shed will be or is that way too expensive for this size job?

No wait How long of a boom do you need? What will be the travel time from the plant to the delivery point? See my point? My guess is that the cost of the boom option would be highly dependent on the specific job. I'll also hazard a guess and say that using that option for a 3. Harry K. Larry Bud. Go out and measure it. Take the width and length at the bottom. A cubic yard is 36x36x36 My guess is you can only fill to about 6 inches of the Roughly 10 trips without the math.

When you have the measurements divide width times height times depth into 36x36x Don't assume to can use the whole depth. Whatever results you come up with, double them. It's far, far better to have too many helpers than too few. For example, what happens when one or more of the volunteer wheelbarrows breaks? Or for that matter, when one of your helpers keels over with a heart attack?

Concrete is a mixture of cement, "fine aggregate" traditionally sand , and "coarse agregate" this is often pebbles. The basis for this is that most of the volume is pebbles with sand grains filling much of the space between the pebbles, and pebbles and sand cost a lot less than cement does. Maybe, but I didn't do any math. Give or take a few. Why do math when the OP doesn't have accurate measurements to start with?

I guess there are varying degrees of "doing the math". If I "see" you get served a steak that is twice as big as mine, then I did some math just before I called server over to our table. You gonna eat that potato? Having pushed a wheelbarrow or three hundred as a kid- volume isn't as important as weight.

Wet concrete weighs like a bitch- it would take superman to push a full-size wheelbarrow of it, especially since we are usually talking pushing it on dirt or bouncy walkboards.

A full one would usually lose the top inches of fill to splashing. If you are filling the wheelbarrows out of a truck or portable mixer, more important to have many strong backs and several wheelbarrows staged. You only have so many minutes of 'open' time before you have to dump the load Right There, rather than in the forms.

Once the concrete shows up, IT is in charge- no smoke breaks, no lunch, no potty breaks. You move and shovel and screed till the forms are filled. Back before concrete pumpers came along, they used to have cute little self-dumping gas-powered walk-behind 'mules' for use on sites where you couldn't get the truck close enough. This is a rural area.

They probably dont even have one. If they did, I am sure the cost would not be worth it. It's only one yard that has to be hauled. Actually, if they had an extra long chute, I could probably unscrew a few sheets of the barn steel siding and they could dump it thru the wall, but their chute is probably too short to get between the nearby garage and trees, and by the time I open the wall, using the wheelbarrow and having a few friends over seems easier.

I just read all the replies on here. I know better than to fill the WB wheelbarrow to the top. I mixed some concrete for another shed by hand with an electric mixer. I once overfilled the WB and it tipped over. What a mess!!!! With that extra quarter yard. I can barely mix it for that, and it takes a lot of work to shovel all that sand and stone and make the mix right.

Here's another idea that I got today. The shed is attached to the rear of my barn it's a feed room. The truck can not get in the rear by the shed because the garage and some trees are in the way. However, if I close the gate to fence out my horses, the truck could drive to the front of the barn where there is a 9foot wide sliding door. I know the door is too low for the truck to enter, but their chute could come right thru the barn.

They'd need a chute about 25feet long. The barn itself is 20ft wide so if they parked 2 feet from the door, ran the chute thru the barn, at a slight angle , they could pour it right into that shed. The door comes off easily enough. Does anyone know how long the average chutes are on cement trucks? Call your readimix company. They'll tell you--it probably varies by model. A front discharge can reach 21 feet. A rear less. I'd look into a conveyor truck. They aren't as versatile as a pump, but they are cheaper, at least where I live.

I just poured a three yard porch patio with one--cost me about bucks above the cost of the concrete. They are good for small pours because the concrete and the conveyor show up on the same truck. Good plan. Call and find out. However long the chute is, that's some distance you don't have to manually hump the stuff. Of course, how you are using the wheelbarrow for your concrete work will vary. How much time do you have to work concrete? Curing Time for Concrete In standard industrial cases, full strength concrete is recognized at 28 days.

How many wheelbarrows is 3 yards of concrete? For example, it takes 14 - 2 cubic sized wheelbarrows to equal 1 yard. For 3 cubic loads, it only takes 9 to make up a yard.

Is laying concrete hard? Pouring Day Prep For large slabs, it's best if the truck can back up to the concrete forms. This kind of weather accelerates the hardening process—a slab can turn hard before you have time to trowel a nice smooth finish.

How long does it take to pour 10 yards of concrete? I would venture to say an average time for placing ten yards of continuous pouring would be between 30 and 45 minutes if the crew knows their job.