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Wet Concrete tonnage as delivered.
About 2.03 short tons per cubic yard for normal-weight concrete at roughly 150 lb per cubic foot.
Approximate volume
4.926 yd³
About 2.03 short tons per cubic yard for normal-weight concrete at roughly 150 lb per cubic foot. Compare against your compacted or settled requirement rather than the loose delivered figure.
- Conversion factor applied
- 0.49 yd³ per short ton
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Wet Concrete Tons to Cubic Yards Calculator: 4.93 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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How this was calculated
Formula source(s)
- Inverse of approximately 2.03 short tons per cubic yard
- 1 short ton = 2,000 lb; a metric tonne is about 10% heavier
Inputs used
- Wet Concrete weight (short tons)
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Intermediate steps
- Conversion factor applied
- 0.49 yd³ per short ton
Confidence note: About 2.03 short tons per cubic yard for normal-weight concrete at roughly 150 lb per cubic foot. Compare against your compacted or settled requirement rather than the loose delivered figure.
What this calculation does not cover
- A volume divided by an area gives an average thickness, and concrete is not laid to an average — slabs and toppings are finished to a level or a fall, so every low spot underneath is made up out of the same fixed tonnage. Thinning the rest to cover it is not open to you: the largest stone in the mix sets a minimum placeable depth and any steel still needs its cover buried, so a short volume shows up as area not reached.
- Every yard this returns depends on the density behind it, and the one used is for normal-weight concrete. Run a lightweight mix through it and the volume comes out low — the same tonnage is more yards and more coverage than this shows — so any depth or area check should take the density off the mix design.
- The volume this returns has to be prepared and waiting rather than stored. Ground-bearing work needs the formation trimmed to level and edged before the trucks arrive, and concrete stiffens within hours, so where the volume goes in as more than one layer or bay each has to be placed while the last will still take a vibrator — past that a cold joint runs through the element.
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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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- Inverse of approximately 2.03 short tons per cubic yard
- 1 short ton = 2,000 lb; a metric tonne is about 10% heavier
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Working back from a concrete weight to a volume comes up in structural checks: how much a proposed slab adds to a floor, or how much concrete a crane can lift in a skip. The density used is for normal-weight concrete, and lightweight mixes differ considerably, so a structural calculation should use the specified mix density rather than a general figure. Formwork and falsework design in particular is driven by concrete's weight and its fluid pressure while wet, which is a separate and larger consideration than the finished load.