For making sand bags, or any other kind of weights, what’s the heavies liquid, or liquid/solid combination you can think of?
Same volume, which is heavier, sand, sand and water, or water? How much sand:water is heaviest?
I think it would be an interesting experiment measuring different ratios of sand and water to see what gives you the heaviest load, at an equal volume.
Any other materials that would be heavier?
In order from lightest to heaviest: water, sand, wet sand. I don’t think the ratio is that important, just as long as the sand is thoroughly wet (the extra liquid will seep out anyways).
Heaviest material for sandbags: depleted uranium.
[quote]cap’nsalty wrote:
In order from lightest to heaviest: water, sand, wet sand. I don’t think the ratio is that important, just as long as the sand is thoroughly wet (the extra liquid will seep out anyways).
Heaviest material for sandbags: depleted uranium.[/quote]
Without going radioactive I’d have to say a sack full of nickels would be pretty fucking heavy.
That or ready mix concrete. Not a bad plan to use concrete now that I think of it. Train with it for a while then pour youself a slab or two. Double the fun baby!
Yea, I was thinking about concrete too, but it might be too hard on the arms, carrying it and all.
Water is 62.4 pcf (pounds per cubic foot)
Sand/soil ~120 pcf.
Assume wet sand as ~150 pcf
(These are approximations and vary based upon the Geotechnical properties of the soil)
Reinforced concrete is 150 pcf.
Structural Engineering is great!
Try nails, they are pretty heavy and you will know you are a real T-Man if you can carry the thing and not be concerned about the puncture wounds that you are getting all over your body
[quote]chewie wrote:
Water is 62.4 pcf (pounds per cubic foot)
Sand/soil ~120 pcf.
Assume wet sand as ~150 pcf
(These are approximations and vary based upon the Geotechnical properties of the soil)
Reinforced concrete is 150 pcf.
Structural Engineering is great!
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Wow! who’d have thought all that technical info would’ve come in handy to build a sandbag? I bet MacGyver didn’t even know all that.
[quote]chewie wrote:
Water is 62.4 pcf (pounds per cubic foot)
Sand/soil ~120 pcf.
Assume wet sand as ~150 pcf
(These are approximations and vary based upon the Geotechnical properties of the soil)
Reinforced concrete is 150 pcf.
Structural Engineering is great!
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Thanks! Now I don’t have to scrape my arms up with concrete.
Try depleted uranium…
Lead is 708 PCF depleted uranium is 70% heavier than lead that gives you …
1203.6 pounds per cubic foot. Less if it was a sand like powder. But plenty heavy for your bag.
It is slightly radioactive… and some are alledging that its causing gulf war syndrome… but what do you want a heavy bag or do you wanna live forever???
If it has to be liquid, you can’t beat mercury. 13.5 times heavier than water.
ok, you can piss in the wind about how heavy shit is all day long, but in reality when making a sandbag, dont fuck about with wet sand.
Use dry, its cheap and easier to bag up.
Wouldn’t liquid be pretty hard to contain?
Mercury and Lead are dangerous to have around. Besides, I doubt canvas could hold mercury, it would probably rip. Or maybe seep through it.
What about gravel, that might be a good alternative, can buy it cheap at garden supplies. Or “blue metal” as it is sometimes called.
To look really strong, fill your bag with bark chips lol
Ball bearings might be a good alternative (but expensive?) or also, nuts and bolts. Don’t know what they would cost to buy in quantity.
IF you can get scraps of marble or granite, that is pretty dense.
I was thinking about bolts or washers too.
Then maybe fill in the cracks with sand.
I was just wondering if something would be more efficient than sand.
I don’t know the prices of washers or bolts, but I’ve seen them in large buckets sold by the pound, and I think they were cheap.
I should try to see how many fit into a certain sized bag, and figure out the cost per bag of them vs. sand.
If I ever do, I’ll post it here, but I won’t be making my bags until I move to Albany and that won’t be for a month or 2.
[quote]SWR-1240 wrote:
I was thinking about bolts or washers too.
Then maybe fill in the cracks with sand.
I was just wondering if something would be more efficient than sand.
I don’t know the prices of washers or bolts, but I’ve seen them in large buckets sold by the pound, and I think they were cheap.
I should try to see how many fit into a certain sized bag, and figure out the cost per bag of them vs. sand.
If I ever do, I’ll post it here, but I won’t be making my bags until I move to Albany and that won’t be for a month or 2.[/quote]
Mostly off topic but oh well, why are you moving to Albany? Thats my hometown, I’ll hopefully be back there in another few months my self.
Copper shot or filings are about the same as nickel and cheaper. It should be about 3.5 x heavier than sand.
Hey, great news! You can get copper shot or granules for only about 25 dollars per kilogram. For just $3500 you can make a 300 pound duffle bag!
[quote]neo187h wrote:
Mostly off topic but oh well, why are you moving to Albany? Thats my hometown, I’ll hopefully be back there in another few months my self.[/quote]
I live just ouside of Utica now (Whitesboro), and most of my work is in or outside of Albany. I certify hepa filtered hoods and clean-rooms in hospitals, pharmacutical labs and pharmacies.
Right now, I drive an hour and a half each way almost 5 days a week. I have some work around here and in Syracuse, but not much.
I can’t wait to move because I’ll be getting a membership at Albany Strength gym, plus I can start building my home gym.
Ever hear of that gym?
[quote]mertdawg wrote:
Hey, great news! You can get copper shot or granules for only about 25 dollars per kilogram. For just $3500 you can make a 300 pound duffle bag![/quote]
Yea, I hear gold is pretty dense as well.
how about inanimate carbon rods?
You could always use stone dust. Wouldn’t tear your arms up like gravel, and I’m pretty sure it’s heavier than sand.