Amount of soil needed

20 years ago

Ok, need help here, I have a new raised garden bed I just finished building, a real beauty... and a necessity in this hard clay soil earth of Arizona... problem is this, I now need to order soil to fill the garden beds, and I need to know how much to have delivered. (sad I need to buy dirt sigh) Is there a formula, problem is they want to know how many tons of soil I need, my bed is 16"deep, 80' long and 3' wide, any help would be appreciated! Thanks

Judy

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cburg
20 years ago
around here they talk about 'yards' which is a cubic yard of dirt....3'x3'x3' = 27 cubic feet = 1 yard. you need 1.5'x80'x3' = 360 cubic feet/ 27 cu.ft = 13.3 yards. [i think i did this correctly]
ask them how many yards fit in the truck? then ask them how many tons fit in the truck. if 5 yards in the truck = 1 ton [i have no clue about the actual relationship] then you'd need almost 3 tons of dirt.
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