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Fill Rate Chart


Approximate weight by volume of various materials

Material Kgs/Cu.M Fill Factor
  Apples 525 85  
  Ashes 604 85  
  Barley 600 85  
  Beet pulp (nuts) 604 100  
  Beet pulp (pressed) 906 110  
  Brewers grain 1110 85  
  Brick aggregate 1828 100  
  Carrots 636 100  
  Cement (natural) 874 100  
  Cement (portland) 1440 100  
  Challk 795 100  
  Clay (wet) 1680 110  
  Clay (fire) 2080 100  
  Coal (anthracite) 1046 100  
  Coal (bituminous) 765 100  
  Coke (loose) 570 85  
  Earth (dry) 1150 100  
  Fertilizer (mixed) 1030 85  
  Flour 445 85  
  Gravel (dry) 1650 85  
  Hay (normal density bale) 190 110  
 

Lime (quick)

881 100  
  Limestone (crushed) 1530 100  
  Manure (farmyard) 922 85  
  Nitrate fertilizer 1250 85  
  Oats 415 85  
  Onions 556 85  
  Peat (dry) 400 100  
  Petroleum Coke 680 85  
  Potatoes 688 85  
  Refuse (town) 318 100  
  Rubble 1047 100  
  Sand (dry) 1550 100  
  Sand (wet) 1890 110  
  Sawdust 238 110  
  Silage (green) 349 110  
  Silage (ensiled) 747 110  
  Snow (fresh) 200 110  
  Snow (wet) 400 110  
  Sodium chloride (dry salt) 1300 85  
  Straw (high density bale) 254 110  
  Sugar beet 530 100  
  Turnips 540 100  
  Wheat 730 85  
     

N.B. USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY. Weights shown are approximate and depend on moisture levels.