I got a job this past weekend hauling some 2 and 3/8 oil pipe. I had about 125 joints per load. I dont know how heavy I really was but I was HEAVY. Does anyone have an idea what a joint weighs. Kyle.

 

Depends on what wall thickness and length of the pipe.<br><br>Sch40 pipe in 20ft. lengths would have weighed about 12,500# for 125 lengths. If it was Sch80, it would be a little over 16,000#

 

Depends on the size of the &quot;Paper&quot;.

 

[quote author=Shovelhead link=board=10;threadid=15920;start=0#149538 date=1055703050]<br>Depends on the size of the &quot;Paper&quot;. <br>[/quote]<br><br>See, I would have never thought of that. But you did. ;D ;D

 

[quote author=gitchesum link=board=10;threadid=15920;start=0#149543 date=1055705057]<br>[quote author=Shovelhead link=board=10;threadid=15920;start=0#149538 date=1055703050]<br>Depends on the size of the &quot;Paper&quot;. <br>[/quote]<br><br>See, I would have never thought of that. But you did. ;D ;D<br>[/quote]<br><br>Yup, believe it or not I was young once upon a time.

 

[quote author=Shovelhead link=board=10;threadid=15920;start=0#149538 date=1055703050]<br>Depends on the size of the &quot;Paper&quot;. <br>[/quote]<br><br>Corruptin' all the newbies........

 

Thanks for the replies. The joints were Sch 40 and 30-31 feet in length.

 

I've never heard the term &quot;Joints&quot; refering to pipe before. (except for the obvious)<br><br>What exactly is a &quot;Joint&quot;?

 

[quote author=Shovelhead link=board=10;threadid=15920;start=0#149556 date=1055711513]<br>I've never heard the term &quot;Joints&quot; refering to pipe before. (except for the obvious)<br><br>What exactly is a &quot;Joint&quot;?<br>[/quote]<br><br>[move] ,,, [shadow=white, 2, 300]I'm staying out of this one![/shadow] 8) : [/move]

 

Thanks Dennis, but I think we've already &quot;been there&quot;

 

[quote author=KSwanner link=board=10;threadid=15920;start=0#149555 date=1055710742]<br>Thanks for the replies. The joints were Sch 40 and 30-31 feet in length. <br>[/quote]<br><br>I can' find my figures for 2 3/8 pipe so I worked my numbers off of 2 1/2&quot; Sch 40 pipe<br><br>At 30 ft lengths, and having 125 lengths per load, you were running about 18625# per load. Your tight, it was HEAVY. <br><br>As for those other two deliquents, I have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. I was a good kid when I was young. <br><br>

 

2 3/8&quot; schedule 40 pipe weighs 5.793 lbs per foot.<br><br>30' joint x 5.793 lbs per foot = 173.79 lbs per joint<br><br>125 joints x 173.79 = 21,723.75 lbs (a heavy load)<br><br>A joint is 1 piece of pipe (typically about 30 feet long), and they are connected together with collars that are on the end of each pipe.<br><br>http://www.metalshorts.com/clear_techn_d/spws.pdf

 

[quote author=TXBobcat link=board=10;threadid=15920;start=0#149733 date=1055767647]<br>2 3/8&quot; schedule 40 pipe weighs 5.793 lbs per foot.<br><br>30' joint x 5.793 lbs per foot = 173.79 lbs per joint<br><br>125 joints x 173.79 = 21,723.75 lbs (a heavy load)<br><br>A joint is 1 piece of pipe (typically about 30 feet long), and they are connected together with collars that are on the end of each pipe.<br><br>http://www.metalshorts.com/clear_techn_d/spws.pdf<br>[/quote]<br><br>******* Correction ********<br><br>I was looking at the wrong line. Schedule 40, 2 3/8&quot; O.D. pipe weighs 3.653 lbs per foot. That would be 109.59 lbs per 30 ft joint. 125 joints would be 13,698.75 lbs. That sounds more like it.

 

<br><br>If it has collars it would be drill-pipe, and you would probably have to add around 10 lbs. per joint to account for the API collars. Plus that all depends on the specified thread boss O.D. and tong space.

 

Not all that long ago (6 years) I ran a pulling unit in the oilfield. ( Thats the rig that pulls all that pipe out of the hole) Anyway, a string of 2 3/8 pipe weighs about 18-19,000 lbs coming off bottom. (that means picking the entire string up out of the slips that hold it) Around western Kansas the wells are only around 3800 to 4000 feet deep which means about 120-130 joints of pipe.<br>2 1/2 weighs around 25-30,000<br>Sounds like you had a pretty good load on!<br><br>Keith