Good answer, but it depends on other factors like moisture content as well. The range is about right, but 69 pcf would be unusually light soil. Since there are 27 cu. ft. per yard, this would give roughly 2000 to 3000 pounds per yard. Unless your soil has a lot of mulch or peat moss in it, I would use 3000 lbs. for estimating purposes.
There are 27 cu ft in a cubic yard for starters. The biggest variable is how much moisture is in the dirt.Sandy loam has a lot of sand witch is ground up rock, organic material of varies kind, quartz, etc. The next variable is density. Is it packed or loose. Most freshly dug dirt is between 55 and 65 lbs per cubic ft so do the math times 27 and if it is wet add 10 to 15 lbs for water.
"Dirt" is a pretty vague word. The weight would be dependent on what the other folks have mentioned, but also on the composition of the dirt. Is it a clay-like dirt? Is it porous? Loosely packed dirt will weigh less per cubic yard than tightly packed dirt.
Depending on soil depth (and relatedly, compaction) soil density is from ~1.1 to 1.8 Mg/m3 or ~69 to 112 lb/cu ft. Multiply by 9 (cu ft/cu yd) to get 621 to 1008 lb/cu yd.
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Good answer, but it depends on other factors like moisture content as well. The range is about right, but 69 pcf would be unusually light soil. Since there are 27 cu. ft. per yard, this would give roughly 2000 to 3000 pounds per yard. Unless your soil has a lot of mulch or peat moss in it, I would use 3000 lbs. for estimating purposes.
There are 27 cu ft in a cubic yard for starters. The biggest variable is how much moisture is in the dirt.Sandy loam has a lot of sand witch is ground up rock, organic material of varies kind, quartz, etc. The next variable is density. Is it packed or loose. Most freshly dug dirt is between 55 and 65 lbs per cubic ft so do the math times 27 and if it is wet add 10 to 15 lbs for water.
"Dirt" is a pretty vague word. The weight would be dependent on what the other folks have mentioned, but also on the composition of the dirt. Is it a clay-like dirt? Is it porous? Loosely packed dirt will weigh less per cubic yard than tightly packed dirt.
Depending on soil depth (and relatedly, compaction) soil density is from ~1.1 to 1.8 Mg/m3 or ~69 to 112 lb/cu ft. Multiply by 9 (cu ft/cu yd) to get 621 to 1008 lb/cu yd.