How Much Does Dirt, Wood, Rocks, Concrete, Plastic etc. Weigh?
"Know Your Weight: Eastern Bin Hire's Guide to Material Weights"
People hiring a skip bin or mini skip quite often underestimate how much certain materials actually weigh!
Sometimes they end up with their skip bin going over the weight limit for their bin hire service, which isn't a problem if customers are happy to pay the excess weight fee!
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It is important when ordering a skip bin with eastern bin hire that customers are totally up front with the materials they are disposing of and the quantities of the materials they are disposing off. This way Eastern Bin Hire staff can advise you they we are the right people for your job, or not!
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Eastern Bin Hire have listed material weights which end up getting customers into trouble every now and then, when they are using eastern bin hire's waste disposal services.
People don't believe how much certain materials weigh, if you don't believe the weights listed below, look up the material weights for your yourself!
Material Weights to take into Consideration!
for Skip Bin Hire
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Asphalt - 1,300 kg m3
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Aggregate Fine - 1,670 kg m3
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Aggregate Coarse - 1,450 kg m3
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Concrete - 2,400 kg m3
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Clay Dry - 1,010 kg m3
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Clay Moist - 1,760 kg m3
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Soil - 900 kg m3
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Top Soil Moist - 1,400 kg m3
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Mud - 1,730 kg m3
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Bricks Soft - 1,600 kg m3
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Bricks Pressed - 2,240 kg m3
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Brick Mortar - 1,650 m3
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Brick Rubble - 1,800 - 2,200 kg m3
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Dirt Loose Dry - 1,220 kg m3
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Earth Dense - 2,002 kg m3
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Granite - 2,725 kg m3
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Gravel Dry - 1,920 kg m3
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Gravel Wet - 2,000 kg m3
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Fine Dry Sand - 1,280 kg m3
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Dry Sand Coarse - 1,600 kg m3
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Wet Beach Sand - 2,300 kg m3
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Glass - 2,500 kg m3
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Gypsum Plaster - 737 kg m3
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Hardwood - 960 - 1,120 kg m3
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Ironbark (Wood) - 1,420 kg m3
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Paper - 950 kg m3
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Pine (Hoop) - 550 kg
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Paper Waste - 350 kg m3
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Sand Dry - 1,555 kg m3
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Sand Wet - 1,905 kg m3
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Sandstone - 2,250 kg m3
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Sawdust Dry - 210 kg m3
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Steel - 7,850 kg m3
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Terra Cotta - 1,800 kg m3
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Rubber Tyres - 175 - 255 kg m3
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Water - 1,000 kg m3
