Guides
Guides are long-form, deeper-than-a-calculator explanations of the most-asked questions about cubic yards, weights, and truck capacity.
All guides
- How much does a yard of concrete weigh? — 4,050 lb (2.025 tons). Includes wet vs cured, reinforced, and broken-rubble variants. The fastest quick win (KD 5).
- How many yards in a concrete truck? — 8 to 10 yd³ per truck. Includes short-load fees, chute reach, and pump truck alternatives. KD 6.
- What is a cubic yard? — A 3 ft × 3 ft × 3 ft cube = 27 ft³. Includes a visual comparison (washing machine, F-150 bed, wheelbarrow).
- Cubic yard weight chart — Every common material on one page, with the conversion to tons.
- How to measure your area — Rectangles, circles, triangles, and the sum-of-rectangles method for irregular areas.
- Pickup truck cubic yard capacity — Volume AND payload limit for every truck class.
How guides differ from calculators
A calculator answers a specific question: "how many cubic yards of gravel do I need for a 10×50 ft driveway at 4 inches deep?" A guide answers a broader question: "how do I plan and execute a gravel driveway project?" Guides are written to be read end-to-end, not just consulted for a number.
The two KD < 10 quick-wins (yard of concrete weight, concrete truck capacity) are the most-searched questions in the niche. They're shorter (400–600 words) and answer-first, optimized to rank for snippet positions.
The other four guides (what is a cubic yard, weight chart, how to measure, pickup truck capacity) are 800–1,500 words. They cover the broader questions that the calculators alone don't answer.
Where to start
If you just need a number, use the calculators. If you want to understand the "why" behind a number — why a yard of concrete weighs what it weighs, why a concrete truck holds 9 yards and not 25, why a yard of gravel costs what it costs — start with the guides.