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Hi all

Ordered some heavy sand for my rear bags

CHROMITER :G freaking heavy excretus

I will have some spare since I am buying 25 kg

Will place spare sand in 2l milk bottles and have with me whenever I am at Bisley

Grab some when you see me :cheers:

Density/Volume Testing and Weight Comparisons
All four sand varieties mentioned above were tested for volumetric density by weight. Each type of sand was weighed out to 1.00 lbs. on a commercial postal scale. Each 1.00 lb sample of sand was then poured loosely into a 600ml beaker and shaken minimally to level the top surface. This served to determine the volume that the sand occupied.
1.00 pound of sand displaced the following volumes:
Zircon: 149 cc
Chromite: 152 cc
Riverbed sand: 190 cc
Play Sand: 295 cc

Comparative Sand Weights by Sandbag Size
SandBag Type Play Sand Riverbed Sand Chromite Zircon
Standard 5x6i 5.1 lbs. 7.9 lbs. 9.9 lbs. 10.1 lbs.
Large 6 x 8 I. 6.8 lbs. 10.5 lbs. 13.2 lbs. 13.4 lbs.
BigFoot 6 x 13 I. 10.2 lbs. 15.8 lbs. 19.7 lbs. 20.1 lbs.

Bestest Friend :lol:

How many bottles for you then? :shakeshout:

Erm... I have no idea!

BTW - have you got a decent rear bag sorted out yet?

You have first dibs ;-)

Whatever you need

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Hi All

HEAVY SAND
Update - freaking hell that stuff is heavy - and alot less voluminous than I imagined.
25kg into about 7 liters :G

BUY the CHROMITE
here is the supplier
http://www.johnwinter.co.uk/foundry-products/sands
Great service - fair price and quick delivery

Costs a £1.04 per kilogram (total for 25kg plus delivery was £27 I think)

Cheapest I found was a bag of 'sand pit' sand from toys r us.

Mind you, the US team used it during the 2009 World Champoinships! Nuf said?

I have a layer of lead shot in the bottom of mine , topped up with a bag of something my friend Ully brought me from Germany!

stgeo

Have you weighed your bag since filling it ENS?

ENS

I'll have some as well please, you're a good man and I take back most of what I've said about you :shakeshout:

Alan

If anyone wants sand Chromite or Zircon (Chromite is half the price of Zircon and almost as heavy) you can get it from John Winters of Halifax www.johnwinter.co.uk
They will post a 56lb bag but it's a bit heavy..............
Vince