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The volume of pea gravel in cubic yards.
About 1.3 short tons per cubic yard for rounded pea gravel; rounded stone packs less densely than angular crushed stone.
Approximate weight
13 short tons
About 1.3 short tons per cubic yard for rounded pea gravel; rounded stone packs less densely than angular crushed stone. A planning figure, not a specification. Confirm the actual density with your supplier before ordering by weight.
- Conversion factor applied
- 1.3 short tons per yd³
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Pea Gravel Cubic Yards to Tons Calculator: 13 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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Formula source(s)
- Typical bulk density used here: approximately 1.3 short tons per cubic yard
- Density varies with moisture, compaction and composition — the supplier's ticket weight governs
Inputs used
- Pea Gravel volume (yd³)
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- Conversion factor applied
- 1.3 short tons per yd³
Confidence note: About 1.3 short tons per cubic yard for rounded pea gravel; rounded stone packs less densely than angular crushed stone. A planning figure, not a specification. Confirm the actual density with your supplier before ordering by weight.
What this calculation does not cover
- Get the depth wrong on a surfacing layer and the tonnage moves by a large fraction of the load; the same slip in a drainage trench is noise. Measure the depth before converting rather than assuming it.
- Pea gravel names a size, not a rock: a river quartzite and a screened limestone gravel differ in specific gravity, so a supplier's own tons per cubic yard can sit either side of the 1.3 used here. Ask for their figure and order against it.
- Pea gravel runs out of payload before it runs out of body: a hired skip is over its weight allowance while it still looks half empty. Book haulage and containers against the converted tonnage and the limit the operator gives you, not against cubic capacity.
Estimated cost — your price
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- Typical bulk density used here: approximately 1.3 short tons per cubic yard
- Density varies with moisture, compaction and composition — the supplier's ticket weight governs
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Pea gravel is bought for paths, drainage and decorative surfacing, and its rounded shape is the property that governs everything about it. Rounded stone does not lock together the way angular crushed stone does, so it stays loose, drains freely and migrates underfoot. That makes the conversion straightforward but the application worth thinking about: a pea gravel path needs edging to stay where it is put, and it will not compact into a load-bearing layer no matter how much is rolled over it.