CEMENT STORAGE

[h2w]

How long would cement in a covered hopper be able to be stored?
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[wazzou]

Indefinitely as long as the car didn't leak and the climate was dry.

[bman]

I am curious as to why you ask. Cement is something you probably don't want to store for long periods of time due to humidity, temperature changes, etc.   But yes, under the right conditions, forever is correct. 

[nkalanaga]

And if the car leaks, or the humidity is high, you scrap the car.  One of the railroad magazines had a picture many years ago of that being done.  Very hard to get all of the car parts out of the interior-shaped hunk of set cement.

[jnevis]

And if the car leaks, or the humidity is high, you scrap the car.  One of the railroad magazines had a picture many years ago of that being done.  Very hard to get all of the car parts out of the interior-shaped hunk of set cement.

There is nothing in the world that cannot be solved with the proper application of high explosives

That clip never gets old

[nkalanaga]

Jnevis:  True, but most scrapyards would hesitate to use explosives, as most are in built-up areas.  Be interesting to see, though!

[jpwisc]

A friend of mine's family owns a redi-mix company. Every once in a while a truck breaks down with a drum full of cement. If it is a full load and sets up before they can dump it, it is often easiest to replace the drum and dump the old one on the back corner of the property. If it was a light load they might pay someone to jack hammer it out. I imagine there are a couple cars hiding in the weeds somewhere that weren't worth the headache.

[nkalanaga]

A redi-mix company near here also has a couple of these barrels sitting around.  In one case, they scrapped the entire truck, one piece at a time, until all that was left was the frame, on blocks, with the barrel still attached.  And there it still sits, a couple years after the last piece was removed.