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South East South Dakota/winters Tucson, AZ | I was wondering how many bushels are in a 55 gallon barrel, figuring 56# test weight and 15% moisture. |
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| how many cubic feet has a bushel? how many cubic feet are 55 gallons? |
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Douglass Kansas | 55 gal / 7.48 gal per cubic ft / 1.25 cubic ft per bushel = 5.88 bu |
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NW Washington | A gallon is 231 cubic inches and there are 1728 cubic inches in a cubic foot. One bushel is approximately 1.25 cubic feet. Convert 55 gallons to cubic feet and then divide by 1.25. Or just use the fact that there are 7.48 gallons per cubic foot. Google knows this stuff. |
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Oak, Missouri | What it the test wgt is 60+. :-))))))) |
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North Central Illinois | Multiply by 60, then divide by 56.
Also, since a bushel is a unit of volume equal to 8 gallons, divide 55 by 8. Gets you 6.875 bushels.
Edited by Blusteryknollfarm 12/29/2015 00:59
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Lancaster, OH | If you are selling it by the barrel, test weight doesn't matter as you are back to a volumetric bushel. |
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NW Minnesota | Fill a 5 gallon bucket and weigh it. 11--5 gal buckets times the weight, divided by 56. SWAG...5.8 sounds close. |
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Dills, FL | most 55 gal barrels will hold 56+ gallons of liquid. .......7 bushels |
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Nunn CO | 5.91 Bu of volume, the actual weight will show different if your test weight varies though. |
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north central ky | Actually I think that's when it does matter. |
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Nunn CO | poor loser - 12/28/2015 19:32
Actually I think that's when it does matter.
Ryan,
I'm almost nervous to reply because I know everyone has different feelings about test weight on here! I guess the only comment I would add is; that 55 gallon drum full of oats would weight less then the same drum filled with wheat. Oats weights 32lbs/Bu and wheat 60lbs/bu. So at 5.9 Bu you get 189 lbs of oats or 354 lbs of wheat. Hopefully that example shows my point of view on why the test weight would affect weight but not volume
Edit: Spelling
Edited by BryceH 12/28/2015 20:48
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north central ky | I understand what your saying but at the same time it looks to me your showing that it does make a difference. I know that if the elevator told me that they were going to pay me for 1000 bushels for my hopper bottom plum full that they are going to get more bushels with 60 pound test weight than they will with the trailer full of 56 pound test weight. That is as long as corn is still worth a certain amount($4.00) for every bushel (56#)... I may be misunderstanding something but my brain is stuck on this theory for now. Lol |
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Bushels of corn in 55 gallon barrel?
