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Bob Baldwin (Bob4106) (66.56.100.54)
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How many gallons will this size tank hold or can some one show me how to figure. 58x28x9
I had a something that did it all but lost it. |
Sam Sperbeck (204.248.119.254)
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Hi Bob,
58x28x9 equals 14616 cubic inches divided by 231 cubic inches per gallon equals 63.27 gallons. An easier number for me to remember is that there are about 7.5 gallon per cubic foot, so 14616 cubic inches divided by 1728 cubic inches per cubic foot equals 8.4583 cubic feet multiplied by 7.5 equals 63.44 gallons. Both close enough for our purpose.
Thanks, Sam Sperbeck
La Crescent, MN |
Bob Baldwin (Bob4106) (66.56.100.54)
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works for me thanks |
Tony (64.215.196.129)
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Tank Calculator
A few years ago Dustyfoot put this on one of the boards, enter the dementions of the Tank and It will tell you how much It will hold in Gallons.
http://www.dustyfoot.com/calc-tanksize.html |
Larry (208.18.102.110)
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This is a simple one;
http://www.watertanks.com/calc.asp |
Scott Whitney (69.35.6.233)
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Even better than that now is to use Google. Not only can you search the web, but it will evaluate expressions in a myriad of odd units. So, for example, enter:
58 inches * 28 inches * 9 inches in gallons
and Google returns:
(58 inches) * (28 inches) * (9 inches) = 63.272727 US gallons
Scott |
henryofcj@hotmail.com (63.224.197.10)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 08, 2004 - 3:06 pm: | |
Alsos don't forgets the thickness of the tank material---best to use the INSIDE dimensions, plus a fudge factor...
...or percentage for the net available amount of liquid. Some folks use 90% of the total for water and holding...
....and as low as 85% for diesel tanks to keep the bottom sludge out and to allow for high temps where diesel fuel expands. |
NEO/Russ (66.83.53.142)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 08, 2004 - 3:15 pm: | |
Also don't forget to leave about 5% expansion room if this is a fuel tank. Not such a big deal with water or waste tanks, but with fuels the tank will swell, pump fuel downstream or burp fuel if you don't. |