Re: Tons to Cubic Feet

I am looking to find out how many cubic feet is in one (1) ton of sand to fill a trench?

[Robert Fogt]

wet sand = 16.67 cubic feet per ton
dry sand = 20 cubic feet per ton

how many tons is 1200 cubic yards of regular ground soil?

[Robert Fogt]

Dry excavated earth is about 78 pounds/cubic foot. Wet would be about 90 pounds/cubic foot.

1200 cubic yard = 32,400 cubic foot

32400 cubic foot * 78 pounds/cubic foot = 2527200 pounds
32400 cubic foot * 90 pounds/cubic foot = 2916000 pounds

2527200 pounds / 2000 = 1263.6 tons
2916000 pounds / 2000 = 1458 tons

So it will be between 1264 and 1458 U.S. short tons.

300 sq feet = ? ton

Need to know how to convert Tons to Cubic ft for excavated soil and for 3in stone.

Thank you Sir

[Robert Fogt]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Need to know how to convert Tons to Cubic ft for excavated soil and for 3in stone.

Thank you Sir

I found several entries for the soil, and not sure about the 3 inch stone.
http://www.reade.com/Particle_Briefings/spec_gra2.html

Search the above page for "Earth" to find the density of the soil that comes closest. I couldn't find anything for 3 inch stone but see if you can find something similar.

If you let us know the density from that list we can create the conversion for you.

[JohnS]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Need to know how to convert Tons to Cubic ft for excavated soil and for 3in stone.

Thank you Sir

Depends on the type of stone and the range of stone sizes. A lot of broken stone, roughly uniform in size is around 1.3 ton/yd³, but if there is a large range of sizes, more like mixed sand and gravel, around 1.45 ton/yd³ (The smaller pieces fill some of the airspace between larger pieces)

Please convert tons to cubic feet