Convert tons to cubic yards....
May 2nd 2011, 11:35 am
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Convert tons to cubic yards....
Help meeeeeee! I need to know how to convert 16.5 yards to tons - thanking you kindly!
May 2nd 2011, 11:39 am
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Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
May 2nd 2011, 12:05 pm
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May 2nd 2011, 1:03 pm
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Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
Rule of thumb here ---> http://gardentenders.com/topics/425 seems to come up with 19,000 lbs or just short of 9 ton
May 2nd 2011, 1:09 pm
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Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
sorry - thats only for 7 yards so you will be over double that 
May 2nd 2011, 1:35 pm
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May 2nd 2011, 2:00 pm
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Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
we had a load of screened topsoil (don't know if that's heavier, lighter or about the same as clean fill - or even if it's another term for the same thing) delivered a few years ago. 10 yards (one dumptruck load) was about 20 tons, IIRC.
May 3rd 2011, 12:20 am
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Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
16.5 (cubic?) yards... of what?
Tons? Long ton, short ton or metric tonne?
Give us the whole picture... what do you exactly do you need to convert?!
May 3rd 2011, 12:31 am
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Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
Making an assumption on the density of ordinary backfill at 1,700kg/m3, I figure that:
16.5 cubic yard x 0.76 = 12.54m3
12.54m3 x 1,700kg/m3 = 21.32 metric tonnes (Canadian & modern UK measure)
alternatively,
21.32 metric tonnes x 1.1 = 23.45 short tons (US measure)
21.32 metric tonnes x 0.984 = 20.98 long tons (old UK measure)
16.5 cubic yard x 0.76 = 12.54m3
12.54m3 x 1,700kg/m3 = 21.32 metric tonnes (Canadian & modern UK measure)
alternatively,
21.32 metric tonnes x 1.1 = 23.45 short tons (US measure)
21.32 metric tonnes x 0.984 = 20.98 long tons (old UK measure)
May 3rd 2011, 12:34 am
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Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
Incidentally, it is wrong to use the term 'metric tonne'. It is 'tonne' or 'metric ton'.
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May 3rd 2011, 2:40 am
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Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
but how many beans would that be?
