How do you convert square yards to tonnage?

Answer 1

The answer is really impossible. Tonnage means weight or mass. Square yard means an area. One cannot be converted to the other. If you have cubic yards you can do a conversion if you know what material you are working with. But even infinite square yardage has no weight or mass. Use the following formula: Length (feet) X width (feet) X depthH (inches) / Density of Material (lbs/cubic ft) Example: What is the tonnage required for an 100' x 10' asphalt road 4" deep? 100' X 10' X 4" = 4000 / 160 (lbs asphalt per cubic foot) = 25 tons.

Answer 2

To convert square yards to tonnage, you need to know the material's density in pounds per cubic yard. Then, you can multiply the area in square yards by the thickness in yards to get the volume in cubic yards. Finally, multiply the volume by the material's density to get the tonnage.

Answer 3

A ton is a unit of weight--- 2000 pounds.

A square yard is a unit of area.

Perhaps you meant cubic yards, which is a unit of volume and more related to weight.

For example it would make sense to ask how many cubic yards of concrete are in a ton.

But , unfortunately, your question, as stated. is incomprehensible.

Answer 4

Square feet measure area. Tons measure weight. In order to convert one to the other, you would have to know the density, mass per unit volume, of the substance. (On earth, mass and weight are interchangeable.) Once you had this, you would have to replace square feet with cubic feet.

Answer 5

That depends on the material, as a ton is a unit of mass, while cubic yards are a measure of volume.