How much compactable fill do you need?
Enter the size of the pad, lane or low spot you are building up. You get cubic yards, tons and truck loads of compactable fill.
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How this was worked out
Assumes compactable fill at 1.35 tons per cubic yard. Soil weighs more or less with its mix and the water in it, so ask your supplier for their number.
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About compactable fill
Compactable fill is a job-site name for rocky fill that packs hard, and in chert country the load that shows up is usually chert. The rock gives it strength and the clay binds it, so it firms up under a roller instead of staying loose. Ask what the pit means by the name, since some yards fill the same order with a crushed stone base.
Also called chert.
More about compactable fill
Compactable fill is not a size on any stone chart. It means fill with enough rock and fines in it to pack firm under a pad, a parking spot or a lane. Where a chert pit is close, chert is the usual answer; elsewhere the same words might bring crushed concrete or a sandy clay, and those weigh different amounts.
Spread it in lifts of about 4 to 6 inches, wet each lift if it is dusty, and roll or plate it until a loaded wheelbarrow leaves no track. Under a building pad, an engineer or an inspector may ask for a density test on each lift before the next one goes down. Packing shrinks the pile, so order more loose yards than the finished space holds.
This page weighs it like chert, at 1.35 tons per cubic yard loose and dry. Clay in the mix soaks up rain, so a load hauled on a wet day carries water that the scale counts as fill. Keep a fresh pile off new concrete, because the red clay in it can leave a stain that is hard to scrub out.