Converting CY to tons

[Copenhagen]

I learned to do most of my estimating using cubic yards as my measurements. It seems now that I have to convert everything to tons.

Does anyone have any good websites or books that list the weights of materials like rock, soil, structural fill, etc?

 

[Cat420]

Here's a small list I have saved. I'm sure there must be a big book to though.

Click Here to Download in Word Format

 

[Downeast Digger]

"Pocket Ref" by Thomas J. Glover has great tables for this kind of thing. Plus lots of other handy info.

 

[JDOFMEMI]

Another great source is the tables in the back of the Cat Performance Handbook. Get any year, they all have it, also things like wood, trash, concrete pipe, and a multitude of others. Also they have good estimating methods.

 

[Orchard Ex]

Here's one I found on the web. It's in lbs/cu ft so you still have to convert to tons/cu yrd. Really handy when I haul all those loads of pulverized bones, chloroform or freshly fallen snow...:beatsme

 

[Countryboy]

Welcome to HEF Downeast Digger! :drinkup