Armed with the volume of material needed in cubic yards the weight of material in tons can be found by multiplying the volume by the material density.
Cubic yard of sand gravel.
1 4 tons 1 4 tons cy.
A cubic yard measures volume where a ton measures weight.
As a shortcut try our cubic yardage calculator to conveniently calculate your volume.
A yard of topsoil usually weighs about 1 800 pounds and a yard of gravel usually weighs about 2 200 pounds.
When gravel or dirt suppliers ask how many yards you need they are talking about a cubic yard.
Sub base sb2 gravel between 1 to 4 inches costs 38 per cubic yard 1 41 per cubic foot or 27 per ton when you buy from landscaping suppliers.
Fortunately a cubic yard of material has a conversion factor unit weight so a cubic yard can easily be converted to a ton or vice versa.
Bag contains 1 000 1 200 lb.
This crushed rock can be used for back fill concrete landscaping ground cover and ground stabilizer.
For estimating purposes most contractor s consider the yield to be 3 000 pounds per cubic yard or 1 5 tons per cubic yard.
This high quality bulk gravel comes in 1 000 1 200 lb.
If the initial measurements were in feet then divide by 27 to get cubic yards.
Bulk gravel is very versatile.
A cubic yard is a measurement that is 3 feet by 3 feet by 3 feet.
Sb2 gravel 3 to 4 inches also called 3 stone costs 62 per cubic yard 2 30 per cubic foot or 31 43 per ton if you order 17 5 tons or more.
1 cy of sand weighs approx.
Most gravel weighs 1 4 to 1 7 tons per cubic yard.
Calculate weight in tons.