Two Tons of Sand

[JoieD]

For some reason i thought 2 tons of sand, 4000 pounds, would be this Ginormous amount, maybe 12 feet high ! I kept waiting for the guy to dump the rest of it. At one point he climbed up into the dump truck with a shovel and I thought he just has to knock the rest of it loose. I felt pretty silly. So here's a visual for those of you like me who can't imagine 2 tons of anything! By the way, I have an 8x14 run and it has about 4 inches of asphalt sand now. I thought I would get 6 inches and have some left over. Looks kind of like the sand at a lake beach in Ohio. Coarse with a few small rocks. Not dusty at all.
This is my somewhat elderly Golden Retriever, Max

 

[Inkheart]

Yeah it doesnt go far and it never seems to be quite as much as you thought!

 

[Shayna]

I would've thought it would be more too, however that reminds me how every time I go to the store for a 50lb bag of playsand I am amazed at how small the bag is, yet so heavy! Just like a solid rock I suppose, makes sense.

 

[JoieD]

Yes, after I thought about it I remembered it took 4 of those 50 lb bags to fill up the sandbox turtle for the kids when they were little.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Doesn't look like a lot at all. Do you mind sharing how much you paid for it?

 

[JoieD]

The sand itself was about 22.00 a ton, but I ended up paying about 70.00 altogether because of the delivery charge. Even though I only live 3 miles from the quarry. I need a truck or a good friend with a truck!
Still half the price of buying by the bag.

 

[Chris09]

Keep in mind that the wetter the sand is when they load it the less you are going to get. (wet sand weighs more than dry sand do to moisture).

Chris

 

[chicmom]

Funny you mentioned this, I just asked my husband to get me another load of sand to put in the runs before winter hits. I believe I've raked out alot of the sand when I rake out the poop each day. The sand was getting a bit thin......

 

[JoieD]

I did think about the moisture and it was a little damp. If I had waited to have it delivered until it completely dried out though, with our Ohio weather, I'm afraid I would have been waiting until next summer! It's done and I feel better.

 

[Ksane]

lol! I love Max! Guarding his mountain of sand like he shoveled it himself