Lead Reserves

[BSkerj]

I think this will show my reserves...finally figured out pictures.

[ironcowboy]

Very nice, how many lbs total do you think that is?

[RobS]

I'm guessing around 1,200 lbs or a touch more................ could be wrong though. Does anyone else have a guess?

[fourdollarbill]

If I guess correct do I win it?:razz:
I would say the same 1200lbs or so.

[mold maker]

A full crate would be over 400 lbs. That looks to me like about 1630 lbs.
Hope ya don't experience a quake. Those would unstack really fast.

[randyrat]

3,200 lbs
Ton and a half
8 square by 12 high= 760 lbs X 4= 3072lbs + some more

Nice stash:razz:

[imashooter2]

I think you've underestimated that pile also, but I place it closer to 2,000 pounds. A milk crate is 13X13X11. If they were a block of solid lead that size they'd be 760 pounds each. But you have a little space on the sides and some air gap between the ingots.

Now don't take this the wrong way, but I'm concerned the milk crate arrangement you have there is dangerous. The ones on the bottom are going to collapse, sending the ones on top God knows where. Hope no one is standing nearby when it goes.

[crawfobj]

I'm impressed that those milk crates hold up to that kind of weight!

[imashooter2]

I'm impressed that those milk crates hold up to that kind of weight!

Long term, they won't.

[redneckdan]

The plastic will creep over time.

[thenaaks]

the milk crates aren't really holding the weight. as long as he keeps the ingots nicely stacked all the way to the top of the crate, they are supporting eachother. the crates are just compartments holding the lead on the sides. gravity is pulling the lead down. you could stack the same way as he does with cardboard boxes. as long as he keeps the crates stacked full, he won't have any problems.

[462]

The crates have already sagged and bulged, as they aren't completely full. I would load them with the open end up, making it easier to fill them to the top.

[mtgrs737]

You might try a plywood insert at the base.

[SciFiJim]

I too, noticed that the crate on the bottom right is starting to bulge. I just have mine stacked on the floor.

[lead Foot]

Geeee's BSkerj You just don't shoot enough. I thought my 100kgs was alot. If you have to much it might go off. You have send it to me for quick disposal.;)
Lead foot;

[evan price]

I count 16 1-lb double ingots per row. 32# per row, times 12 rows, times 4 full crates is 1536#.
Then the 5th crate, the partial. Not sure what those ingots are. Guessing about 80# in that one.

My guess is 1616# total.

Hope that floor is on a slab or over a lally-column to prevent it from sagging long term.

[jr545]

A portion of my stash. Radioactive sample container from the the local universty, I figure somewhere in the neighborhood of 1600#.
One of these first days when I find my roundtuit I'll crack the case and melt it down. The vessle will make a great smelting pot.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/AR-JR/P1010002.jpg

[randyrat]

I still thnk my math is correct 8X8=64X12=768X4= 3072 lbs + another partial crate

[HamGunner]

Would certainly cast a lot of bullets for my .22 K- Hornet.

[imashooter2]

I still thnk my math is correct 8X8=64X12=768X4= 3072 lbs + another partial crate

Can't be. The crates are 13 X 13 X 11. If they were a solid block of lead the size of the crates, they'd be 760 pounds each. But the pictures show air space on the sides, top and front plus air space between the ingots.

[southpaw]

I still thnk my math is correct 8X8=64X12=768X4= 3072 lbs + another partial crate

The math part yes. But the crate is not 8 rows deep, I am guessing that it is 3 length wise or six sideways. So 3*8=24*12=288*4=1152+ a little. So my guess is 1212#

Jerry Jr.

[Bob J]

I think this will show my reserves...finally figured out pictures.

Nice! [smilie=w:

What did you use for an ingot mold? They seem to stack well......

[BSkerj]

There is close to 1272 lbs WW's..I used a Lyman mold I bought at a pawn shop for 5.00. The round looking ones are stick-on WW's. I used a hotdog cooking mold for them. I guess that gives me about 63# of lead weiners !! Looks like Southpaw made the best guess.