How do you convert tons of concrete to yards of concrete?

Answer 1

You can't really convert it. They are two different things.

Yards is just a measurement. It is just like inches. Ex: This beam is 7 yards long.

Cubic yards is the volume of an object.

Ex: All the sides of the cube are 2 yards. In order to find the volume, you multiply the length, width, and height of the cube.Therefore, the cube's volume is 8 cubic yards.

I don't really know how to say it, but that yards is one thing and cubic yards is another thing. They don't relate that much. There is no possible conversion.

Answer 2

To convert tons of concrete to yards of concrete, you need to know the density of the concrete. As a general rule of thumb, one ton of concrete is equivalent to about 0.54 cubic yards of concrete. This conversion factor may vary slightly depending on the specific density of the concrete mixture being used.

Answer 3

A cubic yard is length by width by height divided by 27. Length, width and height must be in feet....3x3x3 divided by 27=1 cubic yard. If you have 6" you must use .5 feet. A standard cement truck carries 9 - 10 cubic yards.

Answer 4

There is 1.308 cubic yards in 1 cubic meter, and 1 cubic meter of concrete is about 2.2 tons. So 1 cubic yard of concrete is about ........ Answers on a post card please :-) Regards Colin Its about 1.8 tons

Answer 5

How exact of an answer do you need? It depends on the type of stone the gravel is made up of, and to a lesser extent on the size composition of the gravel. Granitic or limestone rocks are much less dense than basaltic rocks (think light rocks and dark rocks, respectively). Licht-colored rocks (being typically feldspathic or carbonate) generally weigh less for a given volume than the darker rocks. As a starting guess I'd say light-colored rocks are about 20% - 50% denser than water. For dark rocks (assuming they are basaltic, a reasonable guess) I'd guess twice as heavy than a similar volume of water (I am less certain on this one, as I haven't handled much basaltic rock in bulk). Since gravel has a lot of holes in it (void space) the gravel may be only 10%-20% heavier than an equal overall volume of water. Uniform-sized gravel tends to have a good bit more void space than mixed sizes (think of sand filling the holes between the big chunks, versus the big chunks alone with only air between them). A cubic yard of water weighs about oh, 1700 pounds or 770 kg, your gravel would probably weigh between 1900 to 3500 pounds per cubic yard. AT 2000 pounds per ton, that's about 1 to 2 tons per cubic yard. Is that close enough?

Answer 6

To calculate a "cubic" measurement, you multiply length x width x height.