Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

Help meeeeeee! I need to know how to convert 16.5 yards to tons - thanking you kindly!

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

Google is your friend.

http://www.unitconversion.org/volume...onversion.html

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

I just used that one and read it out to my OH and he said "That can't be right.."..lol so I assumed it was completely wrong! Maybe I just need a new OH!

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

Assuming you meant 16.5 cubic yards..... of what?

It makes a difference you know.

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

That would be clean fill

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

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

sorry - thats only for 7 yards so you will be over double that :D

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

LOL he did pull that "hmm that doesn't sound right" face again..!


Thanks

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

Then make him do it , he seems to know what's right and wrong. You can go put your feet up and have a cuppa.

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.

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

Then he would be allowed to touch my laptop - ain't gonna happen :0)

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

This sounds like only half a question.

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?!

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)

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

Unlikely to be short or long tons. Those units are not much used these days. A long ton and a metric ton are near as dammit the same thing, BTW.

Incidentally, it is wrong to use the term 'metric tonne'. It is 'tonne' or 'metric ton'.

<coat, please>

Re: Convert tons to cubic yards....
 

but how many beans would that be?