I find it easier to just do the math... This ability will always be with you when you are out working... 10 ft. by 30 ft. by 4 inch deep, 4 inches is 1/3 of a foot, 1/3 is .33, so 10 x 30 x .33 = 99 Cubic Foot, There are 27 cubic feet in one cubic yard, so 99/27 =3.66 or rounding up to the next tenth of a yard is 3.7 Cubic Yards. You two look like you will be having fun working so I am subscribing to follow you...
Awesome, thanks for the subscribe!! Yeah I know what you mean about doing the math. We are both pretty good at it. We actually made this video in response to and to help people who struggle with it. I see a lot of people asking how to figure out cubic yardage. Brian saw this concrete calculator when we were figuring for our footings and foundations. He suggested we use it for the example to show people who struggle with this type equation a way to do the cubic yards applicable to most situations and its really easy. If you can measure you can get the answer you need. Thanks for following! Did you see our current giveaway video on first aid? We are giving away two prizes when we reach 2500 subscribers. Share it with your friends! Here is the video-- ruclips.net/video/gdRCs3FrVks/видео.html Terry
I feel like you could easily build solomon’s temple!!! This is awesome that someone knows the equation! I figured out a rough calculation of multiplying length by width and dividing by .80 and it gave me a general rough calculation but obviously not exact by any means.
love the concrete calculator idea. I just downloaded the app. this will be great for estimating coverage of top soil. it should get ya in the ball park quick! love this tip!
Thanks Dave! There are other calculators out there but we like this one because it give you cubic yards but you can also do the concrete calculations should you be in the market for concrete. Kind of a one stop shop so to say. We like to keep things simple. Being in the process of building our homestead/farm it just makes sense. Terry
Thank you for the video. I think this is a great starting place. I'm in my second year of landscaping, and probably 75% of the jobs where I need to order material by volume are measurable and it's easy to use a mathematical formula to get a good result. The remaining 25% are jobs that have way too many variables to accurately measure. Most are adding top soil to an existing lawn to fill in low spots with very irregular shapes and variable depths. My point is, as you grow in a business and learn what your calculations look like in person, try to get a sense of how to eye things out in the future. You will start by being able to eye out smaller jobs like between 1 and 3 yards, and as you do more and more jobs, you can eye out larger jobs as well. There are just some jobs where you can drive yourself crazy with measuring and calculating and just having a sense of what 1 yard or 2 yards or 3 yards looks like when it's dumped or when it's spread out, that sense will go a long way.
I get where you ate coming from. I am the same way with my electrical contracting. I have been doing larger high end homes for many years. I can walk in and tell you exactly what you are going to want and where the lights need to be on no time at all. I lay off large rooms just by eyeballing and drawing estimated location if recessed lights on the floor without any tape measure. When we actually measure and install the rough in cans my estimates are within a inch or two most times. You just get a feel for things after years of doing them. Many of these house have 200 or more recess. I get a lot of practice lol. Terry
I get where you are coming from. I am the same way with my electrical contracting. I have been doing larger high end homes for many years. I can walk in and tell you exactly what you are going to want and where the lights need to be on no time at all. I lay off large rooms just by eyeballing and drawing estimated location if recessed lights on the floor without any tape measure. When we actually measure and install the rough in cans my estimates are within a inch or two most times. You just get a feel for things after years of doing them. Many of these house have 200 or more recess. I get a lot of practice lol. Terry
@@Hayrange Ha, some times we go back to a house from many years ago and I can still tell you where the wires are run in the walls. Not sure how but I guess after doing it for so long it just sticks. Terry
"We don't have decimal in the American measurement system" Uh yes, you do. That's exactly what a fraction is. We don't have metric format in the AMS though.
In Canada here. Bags of topsoil are sold in 25L or 20L bags. But, it's clear that the actual volume is not what's stated on the bags. Why is that? I stacked ten 25L bags stacked atop each other, measured and calculated, and the volume of those 10 bags is 130L, not the expected 250L.
That sounds about right by today’s standards. Only thing that comes to mind is are the contents of the bags dry? If so you may gain a little more volume when the soil is hydrated. I am no expert on the subject. Wish I knew more. Terry
Dear Brian & Terry, I wonder if you had explained that surface area is 2 dimensional (A x B), whereas volume is 3 dimensional (A x B X C) using surface (A X B) area as base times height ( C) ??? I think what you did was a useful tip for someone in need of knowing total volume required for any specific project. Kind regards.
Yeah, we tried to keep it simple. If a person already understands how to do the calculations they probably already know all the details. We just wanted to make it easy for someone who would rather just go to the site and insert the numbers. Those are the people we referred to in the video. They ask how on multiple forums and Facebook pages so this is a really easy way for grandma to get the job done without all the complicated details. Hence the "Easy" statement in the title. Terry
Here's an SAT Math question. I've got a lot of dirt/sand available nearby. I've heard a bobcat can carry a 1/2 a cubic yard. I've got a 50x50 clearing I need to elevate 2 feet. How many trips will it need to make?
@@ForestToFarm My calculation are saying 400 trips! and the sand is 100 feet away. I'm just wondering if this can be done in a day. Elevating 50x50 2 feet is like moving a mountain.
Looks like this work for me I'm trying to cover 45 feet long by 6 wide 4 inches dip, the system is telling me 3.33 yards of mulch will be ok . I'm going to bid this for 5 yards just in incase i run short. Thanks guys.
Well just a quick assumption here but if you have a steady gradual slope or close to it and you know the depth at the lowest point and ground level at the highest point you can calculate the volume with those numbers. First take off the depth at the highest point because its actually going to be a slab of equal proportion across the top of the fill you do. Then take the depth at the lowest point(minus the slab thickness we just talked about) and the actual length and width and use those numbers to calculate the cubic yards. Then divide that number by two to get the actual approximate yardage due to the slope. You essentially have two triangles if you looked at a cross section of the filled area. Now calculate the top portion of the filled area as normal and add that result to the result you just got for the sloped area and you should be pretty close. Terry
I don’t know if calculating “tons” would be accurate. Volume could vary depending on gravel type and size and if there is rock dust or not. Then moisture content especially during rainy seasons could greatly affect weight. I am no expert on this subject. 😁 Terry
Not sure I am getting your info. You are only giving two dimensions and it requires three dimensions in order to calculate cubic anything(unless its a cylinder). :) Sorry I could not help. Terry
Good point. Yes or it will settle or it could be compacted as you say but either way its gonna get smaller, ha ha. You would have to know the rough calculation for that which we did not discus here because it would get complicated with all the possible materials out there. We should probably have mentioned that point but failed to. For instance mulch/wood chips and other organic material will compost down to about 1/3 or less of its none composted volume so if you put it down on the ground at 12 inches thick its probably going to be 4" thick a year later. Then worms eat that kind of stuff and take it down into the soil so its gonna be even less ground coverage. Thanks for watching! Terry
Thank you, Thank you👍 I’m looking to buy compost for my garden and This helps me in more ways than one. Thank you for sharing😍🥰
Your welcome! Glad to help.
Terrt
Excellent ! ! Thank you so much !! Just what I was looking for . Easy way to calculate yards needed to gravel my driveway !
You’re welcome! Glad to help!
Terry
THANK YOU, Gents!! Super helpful!! Even with my postage stamp yard. Got mulch & amendments to 'figger' out. Thank yas'!!
You are quite welcome!!
Terry
I find it easier to just do the math... This ability will always be with you when you are out working... 10 ft. by 30 ft. by 4 inch deep, 4 inches is 1/3 of a foot, 1/3 is .33, so 10 x 30 x .33 = 99 Cubic Foot, There are 27 cubic feet in one cubic yard, so 99/27 =3.66 or rounding up to the next tenth of a yard is 3.7 Cubic Yards.
You two look like you will be having fun working so I am subscribing to follow you...
Awesome, thanks for the subscribe!!
Yeah I know what you mean about doing the math. We are both pretty good at it. We actually made this video in response to and to help people who struggle with it. I see a lot of people asking how to figure out cubic yardage. Brian saw this concrete calculator when we were figuring for our footings and foundations. He suggested we use it for the example to show people who struggle with this type equation a way to do the cubic yards applicable to most situations and its really easy. If you can measure you can get the answer you need.
Thanks for following! Did you see our current giveaway video on first aid? We are giving away two prizes when we reach 2500 subscribers. Share it with your friends! Here is the video-- ruclips.net/video/gdRCs3FrVks/видео.html
Terry
I feel like you could easily build solomon’s temple!!! This is awesome that someone knows the equation! I figured out a rough calculation of multiplying length by width and dividing by .80 and it gave me a general rough calculation but obviously not exact by any means.
@@kundalini01 Ha ha.
Terry
Thanks!
Glad to help!!
Terry
love the concrete calculator idea. I just downloaded the app. this will be great for estimating coverage of top soil. it should get ya in the ball park quick! love this tip!
Thanks Dave! There are other calculators out there but we like this one because it give you cubic yards but you can also do the concrete calculations should you be in the market for concrete. Kind of a one stop shop so to say. We like to keep things simple. Being in the process of building our homestead/farm it just makes sense.
Terry
Great tool for calculating 🇺🇸👍🏻🇺🇸
Yep
Thank you for the video. I think this is a great starting place. I'm in my second year of landscaping, and probably 75% of the jobs where I need to order material by volume are measurable and it's easy to use a mathematical formula to get a good result. The remaining 25% are jobs that have way too many variables to accurately measure. Most are adding top soil to an existing lawn to fill in low spots with very irregular shapes and variable depths. My point is, as you grow in a business and learn what your calculations look like in person, try to get a sense of how to eye things out in the future. You will start by being able to eye out smaller jobs like between 1 and 3 yards, and as you do more and more jobs, you can eye out larger jobs as well. There are just some jobs where you can drive yourself crazy with measuring and calculating and just having a sense of what 1 yard or 2 yards or 3 yards looks like when it's dumped or when it's spread out, that sense will go a long way.
I get where you ate coming from. I am the same way with my electrical contracting. I have been doing larger high end homes for many years. I can walk in and tell you exactly what you are going to want and where the lights need to be on no time at all. I lay off large rooms just by eyeballing and drawing estimated location if recessed lights on the floor without any tape measure. When we actually measure and install the rough in cans my estimates are within a inch or two most times. You just get a feel for things after years of doing them. Many of these house have 200 or more recess. I get a lot of practice lol.
Terry
I get where you are coming from. I am the same way with my electrical contracting. I have been doing larger high end homes for many years. I can walk in and tell you exactly what you are going to want and where the lights need to be on no time at all. I lay off large rooms just by eyeballing and drawing estimated location if recessed lights on the floor without any tape measure. When we actually measure and install the rough in cans my estimates are within a inch or two most times. You just get a feel for things after years of doing them. Many of these house have 200 or more recess. I get a lot of practice lol.
Terry
@@ForestToFarm Wow that's impressive! I can't imagine keeping mental track of all those lights and wires.
@@Hayrange Ha, some times we go back to a house from many years ago and I can still tell you where the wires are run in the walls. Not sure how but I guess after doing it for so long it just sticks.
Terry
I needed this for math! Thanks! I don't math either.
Ha ha. Hope it helps.
Terry
Information starts at 3:33.
You could say that.
Terry
Thanks ! Very helpful
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Terry
great video thank you
Thanks and you’re welcome!! Terry
"We don't have decimal in the American measurement system" Uh yes, you do. That's exactly what a fraction is. We don't have metric format in the AMS though.
Yep
Terry
Thank you so much that helped greatly!
You are welcome!
Terry
In Canada here. Bags of topsoil are sold in 25L or 20L bags. But, it's clear that the actual volume is not what's stated on the bags. Why is that? I stacked ten 25L bags stacked atop each other, measured and calculated, and the volume of those 10 bags is 130L, not the expected 250L.
That sounds about right by today’s standards. Only thing that comes to mind is are the contents of the bags dry? If so you may gain a little more volume when the soil is hydrated. I am no expert on the subject. Wish I knew more.
Terry
good stuff.
Thanks. Its not rocket science but can be difficult until you figure it out.
Terry
Thank you very much
You are welcome.
Terry
Thank you.
You are welcome!
Terry
Dear Brian & Terry,
I wonder if you had explained that surface area is 2 dimensional (A x B), whereas volume is 3 dimensional (A x B X C) using surface (A X B) area as base times height ( C) ??? I think what you did was a useful tip for someone in need of knowing total volume required for any specific project. Kind regards.
Yeah, we tried to keep it simple. If a person already understands how to do the calculations they probably already know all the details. We just wanted to make it easy for someone who would rather just go to the site and insert the numbers. Those are the people we referred to in the video. They ask how on multiple forums and Facebook pages so this is a really easy way for grandma to get the job done without all the complicated details. Hence the "Easy" statement in the title.
Terry
Dear Terry,
Thank you very much for your courteous reply; I think you've succeeded in conveying that message precisely. Kind regards.
Hi what if you're doing a trash out, and you're told to, measure and calculate the volume of debris in cubic yards to haul off?
I have no idea how that works. Sorry.
Terry
Here's an SAT Math question. I've got a lot of dirt/sand available nearby. I've heard a bobcat can carry a 1/2 a cubic yard. I've got a 50x50 clearing I need to elevate 2 feet. How many trips will it need to make?
Is this a trick question?
@@ForestToFarm My calculation are saying 400 trips! and the sand is 100 feet away. I'm just wondering if this can be done in a day. Elevating 50x50 2 feet is like moving a mountain.
First I am no expert. Wish I could help but there are just to many variables to consider. I am thinking much more than a day. :)
Terry
How would you figure out how much tons of gravel
That would be hard to determine in a general sense with any accuracy because each type of rock can vary in density.
Terry
Looks like this work for me I'm trying to cover 45 feet long by 6 wide 4 inches dip, the system is telling me 3.33 yards of mulch will be ok . I'm going to bid this for 5 yards just in incase i run short. Thanks guys.
Thanks for the feedback. And your welcome!
Terry
3.5
K job was complete with 4 yards still have some left 💪
@@joseoneway5065 Great!
Terry
Sounds like big job ......... lol
Thank you, my problem solved just like that.. And you get one subscriber from me
You are welcome! Glad to be of assistance.
Terry
Great. How would you calculate when there is a slope and the end result is a level top surface? Thank you
Well just a quick assumption here but if you have a steady gradual slope or close to it and you know the depth at the lowest point and ground level at the highest point you can calculate the volume with those numbers. First take off the depth at the highest point because its actually going to be a slab of equal proportion across the top of the fill you do. Then take the depth at the lowest point(minus the slab thickness we just talked about) and the actual length and width and use those numbers to calculate the cubic yards. Then divide that number by two to get the actual approximate yardage due to the slope. You essentially have two triangles if you looked at a cross section of the filled area. Now calculate the top portion of the filled area as normal and add that result to the result you just got for the sloped area and you should be pretty close.
Terry
When adding rock how do you calculate tons needed?
I don’t know if calculating “tons” would be accurate. Volume could vary depending on gravel type and size and if there is rock dust or not. Then moisture content especially during rainy seasons could greatly affect weight. I am no expert on this subject. 😁
Terry
Thank you
You are very welcome!
Terry
Works goods 👍😉
Yeah it gets the job done!
Terry
If I have a seepage tank, 5'×30' and 5'x25' ,$125 for foot ,,how much need to that job
Not sure I am getting your info. You are only giving two dimensions and it requires three dimensions in order to calculate cubic anything(unless its a cylinder). :) Sorry I could not help.
Terry
What's the smallest mountain how many cubic yards are in it?
Wish I could tell you. Its been to long and we never really measured any of it.
Terry
This is mind numbing insanity, god please let this tell me how much I'll need for soil delivery,
Thanks for watching! Good luck. 🍀
Terry
how many yards i need for 78 x2 and 4 inch
All of them. 🤪
Who that ? Don Jr !? Make loam great again !
Ha ha! I get that a lot. He does look like me 😁.
Brian
But fill dirt needs to be compacted >.
Good point. Yes or it will settle or it could be compacted as you say but either way its gonna get smaller, ha ha. You would have to know the rough calculation for that which we did not discus here because it would get complicated with all the possible materials out there. We should probably have mentioned that point but failed to. For instance mulch/wood chips and other organic material will compost down to about 1/3 or less of its none composted volume so if you put it down on the ground at 12 inches thick its probably going to be 4" thick a year later. Then worms eat that kind of stuff and take it down into the soil so its gonna be even less ground coverage.
Thanks for watching! Terry
Change the title. This is great if you have a square or rectangle. Most landscaping is curved. Title is deceiving.
Just get a rough estimate. Take it in pieces.
Terry
Apocolipto
Not sure what you are referring to. :) I am a little slow sometimes.
Terry
Send for the 1st truck call for the balance
?
It’s not that complicated
Some people do not math to well. :)
Terry
Way to long ...
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Thanks so much
You’re welcome!
Terry
Thanks!
You are welcome.
Terry