Instruction Manual

POCKET REFERENCE GUIDE — 37
Finding Trucked Volume/Weight
— Both Swell and 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, in Tons, of the sand if it
Weighs 1.55 Tons per Cubic Yard?
KEYSTROKES DISPLAY
1. Clear calculator:
o o 0.
2. Enter Shrink/Swell Factors:
5 Ç L (%Swell)
%SWL 5.
1 0 Ç ç
(%Shrink)
%SHR 10.
3. Enter Length, Width and Depth (Height):
1 2 5 f l
LNTH 125
FEET 0 INCH
7 5 f W
WDTH 75
FEET 0 INCH
4 i h HGHT 4 INCH
4. Find Compacted Fill Volume and enter
into Compacted Volume:
h = ç COMP 115.7407 CU YD
5. Find Loose Volume:
L LOOS 135.0309 CU YD
(Cont’d)
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