150 x 27 4050 lbs.
1 1 2 river rock weight per yard.
Your river rock weight is say 150 lbs per cubic foot.
How much does a yard of pea gravel weigh.
One yard will cover about 150 square feet at 2 deep.
Washed gravel 1 35 tons 2 700 lb per cubic yard.
Washed limestone 1 20 tons 2 400 lb per cubic yard.
The same rule applies when you purchase river rock by the ton.
Landscape gravels 1 20 1 35 tons 2 400 2 700 lb per cubic yard.
So there are 4050 2000 tons in a cy of river rock or 2 03 tons.
For estimating purposes most contractor s consider the yield to be 3 000 pounds per cubic yard or 1 5 tons per cubic yard.
For example if you need 25 cubic feet of river rock and each bag covers 1 2 cubic foot buy 50 bags.
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So how much does a yard of gravel weigh.
Sand 1 10 1 25 tons 2 200 2 500 lb per cubic yard.
The weight of gravel depends on the type and density or grading.
1 1 5 diameter smooth stone.
Compost 40 tons 800 lb per cubic yard.
Planting mix 1 ton 2 000 lb per cubic yard.
Then one cubic yard weighs.
See below for more common material densities.
Lawn dressing 90 tons 1 800 lb per cubic yard.
For example let s find the amount of gravel needed for a space that is 10 feet long 10 feet wide and 1 foot deep.
Our river rock calculator can help you work out how much river rock you need.
Most of harmony sand gravel s products will weight approximately 2 840 pounds per cubic yard or about 1 42 tons per cubic yard.
Ask the landscaping company how many cubic yards a ton of river rock covers at various rock sizes and purchase the number of tons necessary to cover your desired area.
This is the same stone as our river rock in a crushed form.
A typical skid loader delivers a yard of river rock in two scoops.
Most gravel weighs 1 4 to 1 7 tons per cubic yard.
A yard of river rock weighs 2 700 pounds and is equivalent to 1 35 tons according to cedar river garden center.
This is our most popular landscaping stone.
Contains stones of many different colors.
In most cases a cubic yard of gravel weighs between 2 400 to 2 900 pounds 1 088 to 1 315 kg.
A cubic yard of pea gravel weighs between 2 500 to 2 600 pounds 1 133 to 1 179 kg.