You need to have the ability to unload and transport a product in house.
Here in the Upper Midwest most cement was sold to lumber yards. First in
barrels, then cloth bags, then paper sacks – still sold at barrel pricing after
the end of this list timeframe. 4 97lb sacks equal 1 barrel of cement. It wasn’t
till batch plants became common did the scales tip toward bulk cement in covered
hoppers. Excluding highway or other large jobs. Other areas of the country may
differ?
