It is difficult to answer this without knowing what the cubic yard contains.
A ballpark estimation would be one of the most common consumer purchases of something delivered by the cubic yard, top soil.
A relatively dry, screened, cubic yard of top soil will weigh approximately 2400 lbs. For our friends in the rest of the world, 2400 lb = 1088.621 kg (or 1.08862 mt).
1yard usually equals 1ton
A yard of WHAT
how many tons of rock are in a yard?
how many tons of rock are in a yard?
For estimating, use 1.8 tons per yard. 1.6 is a little closer to reality but a little extra never hurts.
3,500 pounds equal how many tons?
There is approximately 1. 35 tons in a cubic yard of fine sand.
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1.6 tons
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Depends on the type of dirt you are talking about and the water content, but as a guide between 1300 and 1600lbs
as a rule of thumb, 1 cubic yard of concrete weighs about 4,000lbs or 2 short tons
6 of them.
2.25 tons.