Clean fill - how much might it weigh?

Snowdog.I have a trailer the same size and I usually just get 1 yard at a time.A yard here is one big bucket or scoop from the tractor.I could probably fit two into the box but I only have a van to pull it with.If you have a good towing vehicle and the trailer is in good shape you should have no problem.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

If they deliver, you may be able to get free delivery if you buy a certain amount. Depends on the place, but ours offers free delivery if you buy 8 or more cubic yards.

As for the weight.. That depends on the dirt as to its weight, but..

On the high side, dirt weighs 125 pounds per cubic foot. A cubic yard is 27 cubic feet, so a yard of dirt would weigh up to 3375 pounds.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

1 cubic ft. Loose dirt = 75 lbs. packed dirt less than 100 lbs.

Gravel is 1.5 tons per cubic yard.

-- arborial reconfiguration specialist......Zone out....(USA 5)

Catspaw, that greatly depends on the content of the dirt and its moisture content. That’s why I gave the high side #s.

Loam will weigh less than fill with a high clay content. It all depends on what it is.

Considering that 1 (short) ton = 2000 pounds, either way you go on the weight a single scoop (cubic foot) will weight past the 3/4 ton rating by at LEAST 525 lbs on your figures, or at the mid range on my figures (100lb) it would be over loaded by 1200lb which is enough to do serious damage and be a hazard to haul…

Snowdog; Also, depending on how much you need to haul, you may very well be better off paying the delivery fee and save your back..

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

weight also depends if its wet, like after a rain thus why I always order mine after a “dry spell”.

I rather doubt that a “Lowes Trailer” is rated at 3/4 tonne and personally would only put one bucket in it, clean fill is a LOT heavier per cubic foot then soil…..........better to make two trips then blow out your tires or break an anxle/shock.

-- Central northish Ontario

Thanks for all the info. I need about 7 yds so I think I will have it delivered :) They want $125 to deliver a truck load. At 7 yrds $15 a yard + delivery $125, I am about 25 miles away. I still think that after it is all said and done I am better off with delivery. I’ll shop around a bit more before making the deal with the local yard.

-- Some much to learn and so little time!!

Yup, at around 19,000 pounds, you’re MUCH better off having it delivered.

Also much better off renting a small bobcat to move it around once it is delivered, depending on just how much moving you’re going to end up looking at.

No clue what you’re doing, but if you’re top dressing your yard to reseed or anything along those lines, a day on the bobcat beats several days of hand shoveling. ;)

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b