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The tonnage quoted, permitted or delivered.
About 1.5 short tons per cubic yard for broken concrete; solid concrete is denser, but rubble carries large voids.
Approximate volume
6.667 yd³
About 1.5 short tons per cubic yard for broken concrete; solid concrete is denser, but rubble carries large voids. Loose material occupies more space than stacked or compacted material.
- Conversion factor applied
- 0.67 yd³ per short ton
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Concrete Rubble Tons to Cubic Yards Calculator: 6.67 yd³ — shown in imperial, US market. The link sets both, so the result they see is the one on your screen.
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Formula source(s)
- Inverse of approximately 1.5 short tons per cubic yard
- 1 short ton = 2,000 lb; a metric tonne is about 10% heavier
Inputs used
- Concrete Rubble weight (short tons)
- 10
Intermediate steps
- Conversion factor applied
- 0.67 yd³ per short ton
Confidence note: About 1.5 short tons per cubic yard for broken concrete; solid concrete is denser, but rubble carries large voids. Loose material occupies more space than stacked or compacted material.
What this calculation does not cover
- Check which ton the figure came from. Hire agreements, weighbridge tickets and disposal quotes are not consistent about it, and a metric tonne is about 10% heavier than the short ton used here, so entering one as the other leaves the volume roughly a tenth short.
- Nothing weighs the material as it goes in. There is no scale on a grab bucket or a barrow, and a dense piece adds weight without changing how full the container looks, so treat this volume as a figure to stop short of rather than one to load up to.
- This volume does not turn into a spread depth. Arisings as broken run from fines to pieces a man cannot lift, so dividing it by an area gives a depth nobody can lay to — the layer is set by the largest pieces in the load. A fill or sub-base layer has to be worked from the graded material that will actually go down.
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- Inverse of approximately 1.5 short tons per cubic yard
- 1 short ton = 2,000 lb; a metric tonne is about 10% heavier
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Working from a permitted weight back to a volume tells you how much rubble a container will actually take, which is usually far less than its cubic capacity suggests. Skip and dumpster hire agreements state a maximum weight, and heavy demolition waste reaches it while the container still looks half empty. Loading beyond that limit results in a surcharge or a refused collection, so the practical approach on concrete is to work to the weight limit and accept the wasted volume, or to book a container specifically rated for heavy waste.