As the title says, roughly how many "small" bags would be equivalent to a bulk bag? I have a figure of 40 in mind but I dont where that came from. Anyone know? Cheers
So how many 25 kg bags are there in a 1000kg bag. Hmmmm, tricky. Let's see..... 3 x 17 /%340 + 1/2 3/4 1000/25 X 44/7 = 40 yep, 40 it is.
Few do 'genuine' 25kg small bags and 850kg is becoming the 'norm' for a biggy. Like I said, they all vary to stop you comparing prices & they appear competetive whilst slowly lowering the weight. Get it loose.
Few do 'genuine' 25kg small bags and 850kg is becoming the 'norm' for a biggy. True. They aren't all the same. I was stuck one day and couldn't get a load from my local indy merchant for whatever reason. I phoned up Jewson to place an order for a couple of grab bags. I asked them, (just to double check) to confirm they were tonne bags. After much ummming and erring they said "it depends". "On what?" I said "the type of aggregate you order" they replied. "Grit sand" I said, their reply, "<u>about</u> 0.8 tonnes" Still, mustn't grumble :^O
Very old post but the reason they are now not called tonne bags is down to good old weights and measures and trading standards, if they were still called tonne bags they would of course have to weigh a tonne, the problems arise when loading them the sand/ballast will be wet, it will then dry out while in storage this will reduce the weight of the bag, resulting in them being sold under weight, merchants get around this by just calling them Jumbo bags with no given weight, this way they can't be done for mis-selling.
the answer lies in the area covered i.e. Wickes jumbo sharp sand covers 10sqm @ 50mm their maxi bag covers 1m x 03 for the same 50mm. so it takes 3.33333 bags per sqm @ 50mm so it takes 33 bags approximately they do not mention weight as that very much depends on how wet/or dry the sand is when bagged
When I get my bulk Aggregates, a "tonne bag" is usually about 850kg. they call it a "Bulk Bag".... their "Maxi Bags" are 40Kg. which equates to about 21-22 maxi bags to the bulk bag