How Much Space Needed for Ton of Coal?

coalrunner · Post by **coalrunner** » Thu. Dec. 30, 2010 7:44 am

I know this has been answered before but I cant find it, so how many sq.feet does one ton of hard coal take up?

AA130FIREMAN · Post by **AA130FIREMAN** » Thu. Dec. 30, 2010 7:52 am

WNY · Post by **WNY** » Thu. Dec. 30, 2010 8:39 am

approx. 40 cubic ft. per ton (give or take).

ex) 4' x 4' x 4' = 64 Ft3 / 40 (ft3/ton) = 1.6 ton.

Take your total bin size in Feet (L x W X H) / 40.

AA130FIREMAN · Post by **AA130FIREMAN** » Thu. Dec. 30, 2010 8:53 am

Oopse, I have it in my head 43

The 3 extra cu.' can go towards wood chips.

WNY · Post by **WNY** » Thu. Dec. 30, 2010 2:37 pm

Always good to error on the PLUS side, and make it a tad bigger, just incase your dealer throws a little extra on or not quite exact.

coalrunner · Post by **coalrunner** » Fri. Dec. 31, 2010 6:41 am

thanks everyone. 40 was in my mind but I needed to know for sure. want to start work on the new 5 ton coal bin

Rick 386 · Post by **Rick 386** » Fri. Dec. 31, 2010 9:46 am

Coalrunner,

Here are pics of my outdoor bin : COAL BIN Pics

I just had it filled with 5 tons of rice. It actually will hold 6 tons but that would require some shoveling to fill the corners and under the stationary part of the roof.

ETA: My pics are about 2/3 way down the page.

Rick

Chuck_Steak · Post by **Chuck_Steak** » Fri. Dec. 31, 2010 8:10 pm

AA130FIREMAN wrote:43

Richard Petty fan!