I need sand

[KC Kings]

Does anybody have any recommendations on where I could get 1.5 cubic yards of good sand for a sandbox? Several neighbors bought the bags of "Playground Sand" from Lowes and Home Depot, but it is pretty course. We saw some colored sand at the Home Show last year and I would even pay extra to get the colored stuff if I could find it. I called several bulk centers around and their sand is either for making concrete or for being a base layer under pavers.

I am not intersted in any sand from Clint's vagina.

[ChiefsfaninPA]

Originally Posted by KC Kings

I am not intersted in any sand from Clint's vagina.

You are SOL then.

[booyaf2]

I just bought my kids a sandbox and the sand for it at Walmart. Check there, they had normal and colored sand.

[oaklandhater]

the beach.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by booyaf2

I just bought my kids a sandbox and the sand for it at Walmart. Check there, they had normal and colored sand.

I did the same thing last year. Check Wal-Mart.

[PastorMikH]

I recently bought some at the concrete place for a sandbox. I learned that your average concrete mill operator may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer. I needed about 2/3 of a cubic foot, told them that, and they dumped 3,750 lbs of sand into my single axle trailer (about 2x the amount I needed). I looked at the pile of sand, told them it was too much but they insisted it was what I needed. Before I got out of the concrete yard, the tongue of my trailer had dissassociated itself from the rest of the trailer. Thankfully some of the farmers in the church had a welder/generator that we were able to sew it back together with.

Live and learn.

[StcChief]

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

I recently bought some at the concrete place for a sandbox. I learned that your average concrete mill operator may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer. I needed about 2/3 of a cubic foot, told them that, and they dumped 3,750 lbs of sand into my single axle trailer (about 2x the amount I needed). I looked at the pile of sand, told them it was too much but they insisted it was what I needed. Before I got out of the concrete yard, the tongue of my trailer had dissassociated itself from the rest of the trailer. Thankfully some of the farmers in the church had a welder/generator that we were able to sew it back together with.

Live and learn.

Cubic Feet /Cubic Yards what's a few pounds between friends.

[KC Kings]

Originally Posted by StcChief

Cubic Feet /Cubic Yards what's a few pounds between friends.

I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box either. I was figuring up how much sand I would need for a 7'x7'x10" sand box. I don't plan on filling it up to the top, but filling it 8" deep would be 7x7x.75= 36.75. I was good on that part, but as I converted it to cubic yards I was using 3'x3'=9 feet per cubic yard, and thought I needed 4 cubic yards of sand. I called the first bulk place that delivered sand and told them I needed 4 cubic yards of sand for a sand box. He said "Are you sure, that is a lot of sand?". I have a computer science degree, a lot of additional education, have a corporate job as an IT Enterprise Architect, and a penis, so obviously I don't think that I am wrong and just assume that I am talking to some uneducated bucket operator.

After the third idiot I talked to on the phone questioned my math skills and says, "You do know that there's 27 cubic feet in a cubic yard?", I realize that I am the idiot and that this project just got a lot cheaper.

[afchiefs]

Originally Posted by KC Kings

I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box either. I was figuring up how much sand I would need for a 7'x7'x10" sand box. I don't plan on filling it up to the top, but filling it 8" deep would be 7x7x.75= 36.75. I was good on that part, but as I converted it to cubic yards I was using 3'x3'=9 feet per cubic yard, and thought I needed 4 cubic yards of sand. I called the first bulk place that delivered sand and told them I needed 4 cubic yards of sand for a sand box. He said "Are you sure, that is a lot of sand?". I have a computer science degree, a lot of additional education, have a corporate job as an IT Enterprise Architect, and a penis, so obviously I don't think that I am wrong and just assume that I am talking to some uneducated bucket operator.

After the third idiot I talked to on the phone questioned my math skills and says, "You do know that there's 27 cubic feet in a cubic yard?", I realize that I am the idiot and that this project just got a lot cheaper.

World's biggest LITTERBOX

[StcChief]

Originally Posted by kc kings

I have a computer science degree, a lot of additional education, have a corporate job as an IT Enterprise Architect,

It's that 3d Cube thing. Like explaining Data cubes to users...as their eyes glaze over.

show 'em the data, different story.

[Kclee]

Originally Posted by KC Kings

Several neighbors bought the bags of "Playground Sand" from Lowes and Home Depot, but it is pretty course. We saw some colored sand at the Home Show last year and I would even pay extra to get the colored stuff if I could find it.

Maybe try silica sand. You should be able to get it at Lowes or HD.

[KC Kings]

Looks like I should have built the sandbox last summer. I called 4 different Walmarts, and they no longer carry colored sand.

[PastorMikH]

Originally Posted by StcChief

Cubic Feet /Cubic Yards what's a few pounds between friends.

Oops! I meant to type cubic yard, not cubic feet there.

I ended up giving them half the load back just to get the trailer together to the point that I could get it fixed and home, and still had twice as much as I needed.

[redsurfer11]

Originally Posted by oaklandhater

the beach.

Do that in NJ, you get locked up and fined.

[recxjake]

http://www.coloredplaysand.com/COLORED_PLAY_SAND