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How many lbs of sand to fill 40gal portable basketball goal?

Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:56 pm

I need to fill a portable basketball goal. It holds 40 gallons of space. Home Depot sells sand in 70lb bags. I was just gonna buy about 3 bags and hope that was enough. Anything more specific for me?

Thanks
Nashville, TN

Re: How many lbs of sand to fill 40gal portable basketball g

Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:04 pm

Anonymous wrote:I need to fill a portable basketball goal. It holds 40 gallons of space. Home Depot sells sand in 70lb bags. I was just gonna buy about 3 bags and hope that was enough. Anything more specific for me?

Thanks
Nashville, TN


40 gallons is approximately 0.2 yd³
Dry sand is about 2700 lb/yd³ so you probably need about 540 pounds.

Can you also fill with water? That would be about 330 lb.

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