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Crushed Limestone tonnage as delivered.
About 1.35 short tons per cubic yard for dense-graded crushed limestone; dust content and gradation shift this either way.
Approximate volume
7.407 yd³
About 1.35 short tons per cubic yard for dense-graded crushed limestone; dust content and gradation shift this either way. Compare against your compacted or settled requirement rather than the loose delivered figure.
- Conversion factor applied
- 0.74 yd³ per short ton
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Crushed Limestone Tons to Cubic Yards Calculator: 7.41 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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- Inverse of approximately 1.35 short tons per cubic yard
- 1 short ton = 2,000 lb; a metric tonne is about 10% heavier
Inputs used
- Crushed Limestone weight (short tons)
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Intermediate steps
- Conversion factor applied
- 0.74 yd³ per short ton
Confidence note: About 1.35 short tons per cubic yard for dense-graded crushed limestone; dust content and gradation shift this either way. Compare against your compacted or settled requirement rather than the loose delivered figure.
What this calculation does not cover
- Divide this volume by an area and you get a loose average depth: thinner than that once it is compacted, and not the depth at any one point. Hollows in an untrimmed formation take stone the high spots then go without, so trim to level before judging coverage.
- Aggregate presses into a soft subgrade, and under repeated loading with water present the subgrade's fines pump up into it, so the layer loses interlock and drainage along with thickness. A separation geotextile reduces that loss rather than preventing it.
- Dense-graded limestone cannot be feathered out. Spread much thinner than a few times its largest stone, the roller rides on individual particles instead of consolidating a layer, so where the tonnage will not make the specified thickness, take the area down rather than the depth.
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- Inverse of approximately 1.35 short tons per cubic yard
- 1 short ton = 2,000 lb; a metric tonne is about 10% heavier
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Checking whether a quoted limestone tonnage will build the sub-base you have designed means converting to volume and then comparing against the compacted requirement rather than the loose one. Dense-graded limestone is engineered to lock together under compaction, so the finished layer occupies less space than the delivered pile. The other variable worth asking about is fines content: a material with more dust compacts tighter and weighs more per yard than a cleaner, more open grading, so two quotes for nominally the same product can differ in what they actually deliver.