How much does are yard of driveway stone weigh?
 

The regular 1" stone. How much does a yard weigh? Need to see how many
I can pull behind the truck.

Thanks

Dean

One ton of stone equals approximately 3/4 of a cubic yard, so one yard
would be appr. 1.33 tons, or 2700 lbs.

One yard of stone of fairly uniform size and one yard of sand both have an
assumed weight of about 2500 pounds. This is what any of your local suppliers
would have told you on a quick phone call seeking info on price and weight.

Depends on how big your yard is.

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Depends on how big your yard is.

And when figuring towing capacity (I'm probably stating the obvious) do not
forget to figure in trailer weight. For 2500 lbs of stone and renting a
trailer with that capacity, the trailer itself may weigh that much. So you
would need 5,000 lbs towing capacity.
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The regular 1" stone. How much does a yard weigh? Need to see how many
I can pull behind the truck.

Thanks

Dean

LOL haha :)

You'd think so wouldn't you! But I got the silly receptionists, one of
whom told me (for mulch at least) 700 lb and the other one 2 tons (4400
lb).

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Depends on how big your yard is.


O.K., I know....lame joke......

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That all depends on the size of your yard, and
how deep the stone is
piled in your yard. However, I can give you a
rough estimate. The
weight is somewhere in between the weight of ONE
single stone, and the
ENTIRE weight of our planet Earth.

I hope this helps.

GP


You have entirely too much time on your hands.

Let me point out now, in case any of you are NOT joking, that a yard of
stone is a CUBIC yard, not a back yard!

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck?

backyard X backyard X backyard = backyard cubed
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On 25 May 2005 19:39:29 -0700, "dean" wrote:

Let me point out now, in case any of you are NOT joking, that a yard of
stone is a CUBIC yard, not a back yard!


I know how to cube a potato, but how do you cube your back yard?

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On 25 May 2005 19:39:29 -0700, "dean" wrote:
Let me point out now, in case any of you are NOT joking, that a yard of
stone is a CUBIC yard, not a back yard!

I know how to cube a potato, but how do you cube your back yard?

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Depends on what type of stone. Limestone is lighter, granite heavier.
Crusher run with all the fines mixed with the stones is heavier than
screened stone which has the fines removed leaving air in between the
stones.

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The regular 1" stone. How much does a yard weigh? Need to see how many
I can pull behind the truck.

Thanks

Dean

Hmm. Well... if memory serves, a galon of water is 8.35 pounds. A cubic foot
is 7.48 galons, or 62.5 pounds.

A cubic yard would be 27 cubic foot. And stone is heavier than wate. So, you
might be able to get a rough figure that way.

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The regular 1" stone. How much does a yard weigh? Need to see how many
I can pull behind the truck.

Thanks

Dean

http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_materials.htm


remember 1 cubic yard = .73 cubic meter

Dean,

Some of the concrete, sand and aggregate sellers have handy
little pocket guides that they can give to you when you stop by
to check on prices or to make a purchase. These guides make
it easy to calculate yards of materials and to estimate the weight
of the materials. Obviously, you aren't the first customer of theirs
who needs to do those calculations.

Of course, if you are like me and you keep misplacing the pocket
guide, then you still need to do it the hard way. For weight, I
generally just appoximate with 2500 pounds per yard for dry sand,
gravel, stone, etc. Dry topsoil is about 1500 pounds/yard and wet
sand is approximately double that at 3000 pounds/yard (although
wet sand seems to weight about ten times that amount when you
are shoveling it and hauling it in a wheelbarrel.) I also figure 4000
pounds per yard for wet concrete mix and for cured concrete.

Using these numbers as guidelines will give you a good ballpark
estimates for most common materials that you buy by the yard.
Buying a yard of mulch? I'd say it is lighter than dry topsoil, and
I'd ballpark it at 1000 pounds/yard.

Good luck,
Gideon