Mike Corazzi
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would weigh? 
I'm thinking MAYBE someone here was crazy enough to move one. Maybe.
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I'm thinking MAYBE someone here was crazy enough to move one. Maybe.
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How much do you think a half wine barrel full of wet dirt...
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cbroad
Omono
Wet dirt like top soil or compost, or wet potting soil?
It's going to weigh at least 100 pounds, probably more. At my nursery job, we would constantly move around planted half whiskey barrels, not easy at all, we would use a dolly or ball cart to move them.
It's going to weigh at least 100 pounds, probably more. At my nursery job, we would constantly move around planted half whiskey barrels, not easy at all, we would use a dolly or ball cart to move them.
Starfox
Masterpiece
A full wine barrow is 600 pounds and that is wine so I guess does soil weigh more or less than 
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Soil that sinks (doesn’t float) would be heavier than water...A full wine barrow is 600 pounds and that is wine so I guess does soil weigh more or less than
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sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I got a big pot like that.
It has milk jugs in there.
Check for milk jugs!
Take the rocks out.
Take the dirt out!
Sorce
It has milk jugs in there.
Check for milk jugs!
Take the rocks out.
Take the dirt out!
Sorce
TN_Jim
Omono
25+ gallon tree that’s wet is really heavy...really heavy...could be severely heavy for one person
put it on its side and roll it, much less
where’s it going?
put it on its side and roll it, much less
where’s it going?
quietobserver
Omono
Woocash
Omono
That’s not accounting for space between particles. Most soil floats until saturated and air is removed so I’d say a bucket of water weighs more than a bucket of wet soil because some of the initially lighter soil would be displacing the heavier water. Depends on the soil though I suppose.
Wine barrel capacity 230ish litres/ 60ish gallons, half full contents weighs 115kg/250lb
Answer, too heavy for me!
_#1_
Omono
Maybe
We used a 6'-7' 2x6 or 2x8 as a makeshift ramp and 3 guys to push it up and into my SUV lol.
This isn't your regular nursery soil thought. It's them heavy ass compacted sandy clay type soil.
My guess is over 300lbs. I was supposed to bareroot it this spring but ran out of time. Will do first thing next spring since the surrounding soil (composted pine bark+8822) is compacting.
jimib
Shohin
Well a cubic foot of wet top soil is around 112 pounds. Multiply the diameter x diameter x height to get the cubic feet then multiply by 112. Roughly.....a cubic foot of water is about 62.5 pounds.
A large portion of many typical garden soil mixes is sand. Sand doesn’t float. Which means it’s heavier than water.
Mike Corazzi
Masterpiece
Yep. Dirt.
It....used to... have milk bottles. Not a pot. Wooden half barrel.
Dirt. Wet dirt.
Maybe it looks perfect where it is.
Mike Corazzi
Masterpiece
I did however think like Sorce. I mean on this subject. 
Take dirt OUT. Move barrel. Etc etc etc
Take dirt OUT. Move barrel. Etc etc etc
jimib
Shohin
That should have said diameter x 0.785 x height
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