Sweet corn capacity

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I am going to be picking up a pickup load of sweet corn. I am just curious if anyone has counted how many dozen a 5.8ft box can hold?
 


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Jesus are you going to be busy. Level full my guess 80 doz.
 
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Cob size will greatly influence this. As we're almost to mid-August the later maturing corn is getting ready and so the cobs tend to be bigger.
I use to sell sweet corn and new potatoes in street corners growing up. We could get about 100 doz in a 6.5ft box. So you're probably close at 80 doz.
If you cant cool it immediately, store in the shade and soak with a garden hose really well.
 


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When I was on the Athletic Booster Club Board, we had a farmer that donated land and seed for us. We would load pickups and trailers. We sold $5/bakers dozen and made roughly slightly more that $500 on average. Just don't overfill the box, as the corn hold a lot of heat and you need to sell it the next day before the weight and heat starts turning your cobs on the bottom starts breaking down. But it's a great start for it if you are using for a "moonshine".

The sweet corn for this year's picking is getting close. I was out there over the weekend and it won't be long before athletes, coaches, parents will be out there picking away.
 
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I won a corn eating contest when I was a kid. 63 ears
I didn't eat any corn! 200w.gif
 

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The shitty part is my sister would have beat me but my mom made her quit at 58 ears :D
 

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