From: doubter 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Weight of 1/2 inch sheetrock?
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:33:23 GMT

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:34:07 -0800, John Davies 
wrote:

>Can anyone tell me: what is the weight of one 4ft x 8ft x1/2 inch
>sheetrock panel?
>
>I have a small utility trailer and need to calculate how many sheets
>is a safe load.
>
>Thanx.
>
>John Davies
>Spokane WA USA

According to American Gypsum their regular gypsum board weighs in at 1.7
pounds/sq.ft.

Complete specs:
http://www.americangypsum.com/pdf/conform.pdf