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Just read that a standard brick weighs about 4.5 pounds
Ngl, I found it in an old trade manual and did the math for a whole pallet. How many tons have we all lifted in a career?
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terry83527d agoMost Upvoted
Yeah, concrete pavers are no joke. What about those big solid cap blocks for a wall? Or the really dense firebrick for a kiln or a forge. Ever had to move a pallet of those? Makes you wonder how the old timers did it all day without wrecking their backs.
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willowg8827d ago
Oh man, @terry835, the old timers were just built different. My back hurts just thinking about moving a pallet of those cap blocks by hand.
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sean85427d ago
That "standard brick" weight is for a common red clay one, but man, the variety throws it off. A big concrete paver block can hit 10 pounds easy. So a pallet of those is a whole different beast. Ever unload a truck of those by hand? Your math on tons lifted just got way more interesting.
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