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Old 09-20-2020, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Toymeister View Post
If that is true every square foot of your yard has 13.392 inches of stone coverage.

It doesn't.

I have found that it is extremely common for landscaper to greatly inflate the amount of stone used to impress the customer or justify a higher price, knowing full well most do not know how to calculate the volume of one cubic yard.
1 cubic yard has 27 cu ft. Assuming a depth of 3” gives you 108 sq ft of coverage per cu yd (4x27). 3000/108=27 cu yds.

Where did I go wrong?