The average cubic yard of topsoil weighs 2 000 pounds or 1 ton.
Cubic yard of topsoil weight.
One cubic yard of topsoil weighs generally one ton or 2 000 pounds.
One cubic yard is made up of 27 cubic square feet so if buying in bags you would need 36 bags weighing 40 pounds each and making for a total of 1 440 pounds of soil per cubic yard.
However topsoil is usually full of other material and can weigh between 2 600 3 000 pounds.
The estimate is based on the cubic yard calculation.
A cubic yard of typical topsoil weighs about 2700 pounds or 1 35 tons.
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These weights are estimations based on available data.
If you re planning to buy soil to spruce up a yard or create a new flower bed purchase it on a day when it s not raining.
Knowing how much one yard of topsoil weighs partially depends on where it was scraped from and therefore what it is in it.
The water content of the soil is assumed to be that of a moderately damp e g.
One cubic yard of topsoil weighs approximately 1 080 pounds.
It ll be lighter to haul and easier on your back to unload.
When it comes to a pure cubic yard of topsoil dirt it will weigh around 1 080 pounds.
6800 8500 material weight pounds per cubic yard all posted weights were gathered from the epa ntea.
Topsoil is usually measured by the cubic yard 27 cubic feet.
One ton of topsoil will roughly fill 300 square feet to a depth of 1 inch.
This estimate is based on the calculation that 1 cubic yard equals 27 cubic feet.
One cubic foot of topsoil weighs around 40 pounds.
One cubic yard of topsoil weighs approximately 1 080 pounds.
For instance 1 cubic yard of dry soil topsoil weighs about 2 000 pounds while the same soil can weigh around 3 000 pounds when saturated.
When it is wet topsoil can weigh over 3 000 pounds per cubic yard.
One cubic foot of topsoil weighs approximately 40 pounds.