To: Mr. K
If I remember my discovery channel correctly the larger standard Yutes (Off Road Dumptrucks) are 40 yards/120 tons and the larger shovels fill them in one scoop. That would make four tons a small fraction of one scoop.
24 posted on
07/05/2006 12:19:37 PM PDT by
El Laton Caliente
(NRA Member & GUNSNET.NET Moderator)
To: El Laton Caliente
If I remember my discovery channel correctly the larger standard Yutes (Off Road Dumptrucks) are 40 yards/120 tons and the larger shovels fill them in one scoop. That would make four tons a small fraction of one scoop. That would be 30 tons per cubic yard... That doesn't compute, unless it was lead. 60,000 pounds for a 3x3x3 ft. cube of dirt???
34 posted on
07/05/2006 12:52:15 PM PDT by
EricT.
(SpecOps needs to paint the NYT building with a targeting laser.)
To: El Laton Caliente; Sub-Driver; EricT.
The trucks carry 400 tons of payload. It takes the shovel four scoops to load them.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson