Help!!!! Need an estimate on pounds of cotton

[SoTxHunter]

I got a 24ft. flat bed goose neck trailer. I have 2 foot high plywood railings that attach to it.

So Ive got a 24 x 2 square foot area.

If I fill it up with cotton seed for my deer, HOW MANY POUNDS OF COTTON DO YOU ALL THINK MIGHT FIT ON MY TRAILER??????

Thanks for the suggestions.

[Shane]

How wide is your trailer?

Are you talking cotton, cotton seed, cotton burrs??

[Bowhunter4l1fe]

If your trailer is 7 foot wide, then you have 336 ft3 to fill. At ~25.5 lb/ft3 (the bulk density of cotton seed) your 24 x 7 x 2 trailer should hold 8,568 lb...

http://www.caes.uga.edu/departments/bae/extension/handbook/documents/Density%20of%20Agricultural%20Products.pdf

[SoTxHunter]

5 ft on the width is my guess. And its Cotton seed from a gin.


Wait, now you got me thinking........ It should be cotton seed!! Im buying some for the first time to feed post rut. It will be stored on the trailer under a tin roof shed.

[Bowhunter4l1fe]

at 5' you should get ~6150 lbs

[SoTxHunter]

Thanks guys. I knew I could count on the green screen!!!!!!!

[SoTxHunter]

Btw, I was considering buying about 3-4 tons. Looking at those calculations, my trailer will do.