Material Unit Converters
Move between the units suppliers quote in — tons, cubic yards, cubic feet — without guessing at density by hand.
One converter, both directions — tons to cubic yards or cubic yards to tons, for gravel, sand, stone, topsoil or crushed concrete.
Open calculator →Why the conversion isn't fixed
A ton is a weight and a cubic yard is a volume, so converting between them depends on density — how tightly a specific material packs into that volume. Gravel, sand, crushed stone and topsoil all weigh different amounts per cubic yard, which is why "how many yards is a ton" doesn't have one universal answer.
Use the tons ⇄ cubic yards converter depending on which unit your supplier quoted — it picks up either direction from the same eleven material density figures, so a number checked one way matches the other.