Stupid question. Concrete gravel boards

[SimpleSimon]

Hi all, 

Daft, but simple, question about concrete gravel boards, as this isn't my real area of expertise. Roughly how much does a 6' x 12" concrete gravel board weigh? 

[gary112]

4 minutes ago, SimpleSimon said:

Hi all, 

Daft, but simple, question about concrete gravel boards, as this isn't my real area of expertise. Roughly how much does a 6' x 12" concrete gravel board weigh? 

Think they weigh about 45kg Simon

[SimpleSimon]

8 minutes ago, gary112 said:

Think they weigh about 45kg Simon

Thanks, I expected something along those lines but wanted to make sure I wasn't way off before it was too late...

 

One under each arm then! ?

[nepia]

A week after leaving school I went to work on a large estate in West Sussex, turning up on time on the Monday morning and introducing myself.  'You need to speak to Bill X, the foreman.  Ah here he comes now'.  And there was Bill, a man in his 50s, wandering up the yard with a 9' sleeper under each arm!

[Dan Maynard]

I dropped a log on one once having carefully taken the panel out - no problem I'll replace it.

Couple of days later passing a builders merchant thought I'd pop in and see if they had one, yes no problem £15 and pick it up in the yard.

As it happened I was in my Volvo estate car, 45kg sounds about right or maybe a bit light, was a bit of a lift on my own bending over into the car but managed it. I got a helper to lift it in to the slot on the posts, that wasn't happening on my own.

[monkeybusiness]

They are really fragile - transport them carefully (I’ve broken them through general ham-fistedness before now). 
Their fragility does offer poetic justice though! 

 

[Ian88]

They are heavy, maybe not 45kg? I lifted 4 into posts on my own at the start of summer, I was pretty gratefull when the neibour helped with the 5th! It wasnt comfortable and I would try and do it again.

[Mick Dempsey]

6 hours ago, monkeybusiness said:

They are really fragile - transport them carefully (I’ve broken them through general ham-fistedness before now). 
Their fragility does offer poetic justice though! 

 

Help me, help me!
Looks like that guy knows how much they weigh.