Yards, tons, and truckloads for raising low spots, backfilling, and building pads. Fill is what goes in below topsoil, so figure it to the depth you need to bring the grade up.
Pro habit: Order about 4.1 yd³; fill compacts hard once it is rolled, so what looks like plenty in the pile settles below grade.
This is loose delivered volume. Compacted in lifts, fill loses roughly 15 to 25 percent, so a pad needs more yards than the finished dimensions suggest. Weights are common industry approximations; confirm with your supplier before ordering.
More free calculators:
TrackOver runs dirt-work companies: jobs, crews, stamped site photos, machine hours, and billing in one place. Built inside a working excavation company.
Multiply length by width by depth in feet, then divide by 27 to get cubic yards. This fill dirt calculator does it for you: enter length and width in feet and depth in inches, and it returns cubic yards, estimated tons, and truckloads. Add about 10 percent for compaction, spillage, and uneven grade.
Fill Dirt runs roughly 1.10 tons per cubic yard as a common industry approximation (Clean fill dirt at about 2,200 lb/yd³). Moisture and material change this, so confirm the exact conversion with your supplier.
Yes. It is a free tool from TrackOver, software built inside a working excavation company for contractors who move dirt. No signup required to use it.