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AC paving

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cm61

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Mar 15, 2007
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I have a simple question, how many cubic yards are in a ton of Asphalt concrete paving ?
 
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All of my sources for AC have a different weight. The weight veries from 2.04 to 2.10 tons per cubic yard of AC compacted to proper density.
 
I have 3774 lb/cy, or 1.89 tons, as delivered (uncompacted). But, it is in a spreadsheet, and I don't remember where I got that. I have used it many times for estimating in the past, and never had a bust in my calcs, though.

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I've always used .057 T/SY per inch of depth, in place, for general estimating purposes. Which is about 2.04 T/CY compacted.
 
It varies with the density of your aggregate. I figure 2.0 to 2.2 ton/CY depending on the source.
 
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