Weight Conversion Tables

How may tonnes in a cubic metre - This one of the many questions we are asked 

Dry sand fine   1.28 tonnes per cubic metre

Dry sand coarse   1.6 tonnes per cubic metre

Topsoil (some moisture)   1.44 tonnes per cubic metre

Ballast   1.76 tonnes per cubic metre

Gravel MOT Type 1 scalpings 1.92 tonnes per cubic metre

Shingle   1.62 tonnes per cubic metre

Cement   50 & 25 kg bags

Stiff clay   1.6 tonnes per cubic metre

Limestone Dust. 2.1 tonnes per cubic metre

Loam   1.28 tonnes per cubic metre

Peat (wet)   0.96 tonnes per cubic metre

Peat (dry)   0.8 tonnes per cubic metre

Lump chalk   1.2 tonnes per cubic metre

Sandstone   2.32 tonnes per cubic metre

Gabion Stone (65-150mm) 1.5 tonnes per cubic metre

Gabion Stone  ( 150-250mm) 1.2 per cubic meter

Lias   2.48 tonnes per cubic metre

Granite   2.72 tonnes per cubic metre

Slate   2.8 tonnes per cubic metre

flint   2.3 tonnes per cubic metre

Yorkstone   2.5 tonnes per cubic metre

1 yard of soil = 1.45 tons of soil, please don`t ask how i worked it out