One cubic yard contains 27 cubic feet, thus would cover 27 square feet one foot deep....or 324 square feet one inch deep (27 x 12)
So fourteen cubic yards would cover, to a depth of one inch, (14 x 324) or 3240 + 1296 =4536 sq ft or about one tenth of an acre.... Frank Teuton---still thinks 'teaching a man to fish' is the way to go....why look it up, when figuring it out is not really all that hard? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gil Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:48 PM Subject: Re: Ramial Wood Chips & a Steam Weeder > Hi! Steve and Merla, > I cant have enough to do to day, as I have worked out the cover of 14 > yards of material. > > 4" would cover 50 ' by 22 ' > 3" 50' by 30 ' > 2" 50 ' by 45 ' > > > Gil > > Steve Diver wrote: > > >When you spread a 14 cu. yd dump truck > >load, it covers so many square feet..... an > >area of 20' x 50' or some such figure which > >I'm not going to spend time looking up. > > >
