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The volume of gravel needed, in cubic yards.
Work this out from area and depth first. Remember that a compacted sub-base needs more loose material than its finished thickness suggests.
Approximate weight
14 short tons
Assumes about 1.4 short tons per cubic yard for dry crushed gravel — a typical figure, not a measured one for your material. Confirm the density with your supplier before ordering by weight — this is a planning figure, not a specification.
- Conversion factor applied
- 1.4 short tons per yd³
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Gravel Cubic Yards to Tons Calculator: 14 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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- Commonly cited bulk density for dry crushed stone/gravel: approximately 1.4 short tons per cubic yard (about 2,800 lb/yd³)
- Density varies materially with stone type, gradation and moisture content — the supplier's ticket weight governs
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- Gravel volume (yd³)
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- Conversion factor applied
- 1.4 short tons per yd³
Confidence note: Assumes about 1.4 short tons per cubic yard for dry crushed gravel — a typical figure, not a measured one for your material. Confirm the density with your supplier before ordering by weight — this is a planning figure, not a specification.
What this calculation does not cover
- The 1.4 tons per cubic yard is dry crushed stone. Wet the same stone and it gains 3–8% in weight without gaining a grain of usable material, which is why a load ordered by weight after rain arrives visibly smaller than the same order in July.
- Density follows the stone, not the word gravel. Washed river gravel, crushed limestone, granite chippings and recycled concrete run roughly 1.2 to 1.6 tons per cubic yard, so the same number of yards can be a quarter of a ton per yard out at either end of that range.
- This is loose volume, and the hole you are filling is compacted. Granular fill loses in the order of 20–25% of its loose volume under a plate compactor, so a trench that measures a cubic yard takes appreciably more than a cubic yard of delivered stone.
- The supplier's ticket governs. Material is sold by weighbridge, and their figure for that day's stockpile is the one you are charged for — this converts between the two units, it does not predict their number.
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- Commonly cited bulk density for dry crushed stone/gravel: approximately 1.4 short tons per cubic yard (about 2,800 lb/yd³)
- Density varies materially with stone type, gradation and moisture content — the supplier's ticket weight governs
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Aggregate is measured on site by volume and sold by many suppliers by weight, which makes this conversion an ordering necessity rather than an academic one. Unlike the geometric conversions, it is not exact: it runs through bulk density, and density shifts with stone type, gradation, and above all moisture. The figure used here, about 1.4 short tons to the cubic yard, is a standard planning value for dry crushed stone, but a saturated load after rain weighs noticeably more, and lightweight or heavily washed products differ again. Treat the answer as a budgeting and haulage-planning number, confirm the actual density with the yard before placing an order priced by the ton, and check the resulting weight against the payload limit of whatever is collecting it.