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Cubic yards to tons

Landscape yards sell gravel and sand by the ton and mulch and soil by the yard. Convert between them here.

A cubic yard of gravel weighs about 1.4 tons (2,800 lb), sand about 1.35 tons, topsoil about 1.1 tons dry and mulch about 0.3 tons. Multiply cubic yards by the density to get tons. Wet material weighs more.

Cubic yards to tons
Cubic yardsGravel (tons)SandTopsoilMulch
11.41.41.10.3
22.82.72.20.6
34.24.13.30.9
57.06.85.51.5
1014.013.511.03.0
1521.020.216.54.5
2028.027.022.06.0

Typical densities

Density by material
MaterialTons per yd³Range
Crushed stone / gravel1.41.3–1.5
Pea gravel1.41.3–1.5
Sand1.351.2–1.5 (wet up to 1.7)
Topsoil1.11.0–1.3
Mulch0.30.2–0.4
Concrete (wet)2.0≈ 4,000 lb

Ask your yard for the weight it uses, and enter it under Density in the cubic yard calculator.

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