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I have a opportunity to trade some lumber, and a gravity wagon for a 1960 chevrolet grain truck. The bed is 14ft long, 88in wide, and 40in tall side boards. Whats the formula to figure out how many bushels of corn/beans it will hold? I figure with the straight 6, and juice brakes i should be able to go about half the speed of smell, but anything will a beat d@mn wagon 15mi each way
 

I am thinking a bushel of grain is approximately .8 cubic feet. So.......figure 14X7.33X3.33X.8=273 bushels approximately
 
Sounds right to me; reality will be less than that as you leave a couple inches around, and the corners never fill out, but in heavy corn you might get 270, in light corn might be 230.

--->Paul
 
One more vote for what the straw boss and others say....any container, volume in cubic feet times point eight equals bushels.
 
That bed size holds about 250 bu. Dont know your location or what plates it will have on it so just remember that most states go by the GVW of the truck on what it can legealy haul. I figuar the truck wieghs about 9000lbs empty so find the GVW and subtract the 9000 lbs from that and thats about what you can haul. There is one thing you should check on before you trade for it, Make sure it dose not have the old style(suiside) split rims on it! The beed split rims you can still get changed but the old style no one will touch. Bandit
 
Have a C70 Chev and a neighbor has a 600 Ford. He puts 350 bushel corn on mine some times and says he has to much on. Put 325 on his ford and says it is OK. Figure that one out.
 
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