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cubic yard | |
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![]() A GRW ballast wagon with a volume of 8 cubic yards | |
General information | |
Unit system | Imperial and US customary |
Unit of | Volume |
Symbol | yd3, cu yd |
Conversions | |
1 yd3 in ... | ... is equal to ... |
SI units | 0.7645549 m3 |
Imperial and US customary | 27 ft3 |
A cubic yard (symbol yd3)[1] is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.