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The volume of asphalt millings in cubic yards.
About 1.6 short tons per cubic yard for loose asphalt millings; compacted millings are considerably denser.
Approximate weight
16 short tons
About 1.6 short tons per cubic yard for loose asphalt millings; compacted millings are considerably denser. A planning figure, not a specification. Check the figure against the container's or vehicle's weight limit before booking.
- Conversion factor applied
- 1.6 short tons per yd³
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Asphalt Millings Cubic Yards to Tons Calculator: 16 short tons — shown in imperial, US market. The link sets both, so the result they see is the one on your screen.
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- Typical bulk density used here: approximately 1.6 short tons per cubic yard
- Density varies with moisture, composition and how the material was broken or processed
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- Asphalt Millings volume (yd³)
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- Conversion factor applied
- 1.6 short tons per yd³
Confidence note: About 1.6 short tons per cubic yard for loose asphalt millings; compacted millings are considerably denser. A planning figure, not a specification. Check the figure against the container's or vehicle's weight limit before booking.
What this calculation does not cover
- Area times cut depth is an in-place volume, and intact pavement is considerably denser than the broken material that comes off it. Converted at the loose figure, a volume taken from the pavement being planed understates the load by about a fifth. Measure the heap or the truck bodies where the figure has to stand against a weighbridge ticket.
- Size the haulage from this tonnage rather than from cubic capacity. Millings convert heavier per cubic yard than the topsoil, bark or brick rubble the same body usually carries, so it reaches its rated weight before it is full. Check the rating of the vehicle or container, not its cubic size.
- Cut depth decides what is in the load. A pass that goes below the bound layers brings up base and subgrade material, which loose runs lighter per cubic yard than millings unless it comes up wet, so a dirty cut converts a little below this figure rather than above it. The cost lands on reuse: those arisings are no longer clean planings a recycler will take.
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Sources checked 2026-08-26 · in the site-wide review of 2026-09-06 · v1.0.0
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- Typical bulk density used here: approximately 1.6 short tons per cubic yard
- Density varies with moisture, composition and how the material was broken or processed
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Millings are the material generated by planing an existing asphalt surface, and they are increasingly used as a driveway surface in their own right rather than being treated as waste. Loose millings convert at a lower density than compacted asphalt because the planing process leaves them broken and open. Once laid and rolled — particularly in warm weather, when the residual binder softens and re-knits — they consolidate significantly, so the volume ordered has to exceed the finished volume by a meaningful margin.