A little heavy

   / A little heavy #1  

Bud

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Near Pittsburgh, Pa.
Tractor
Kubota B2400 & 1972 Economy Power King
Today I got some small limestone with the fine stuff, and pieces of asphault from a road job. Thought I'd take a picture of a piece. It's a little over 8 cubic feet. The loader would not lift it, but the curl on the bucket would. Anyone have an idea how much a cubic foot of asphault weighs?
I used my 3PH bucket to counter weigh the load in the loader bucket. It's bigger than the loader bucket.
Bud
 
   / A little heavy #2  
A quick search turned up a density of around 150 lb per cubic foot. Sounds like it can vary by quite a bit depending on the type.

That would make it over 1200 lb so it makes sense if your loader couldn't lift it but that the bucket curl could.
 
   / A little heavy #3  
Concrete is about 125-150 pounds per cubic foot. Asphalt is lighter, how much I'm not sure.
 

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