Easy Calculators, Calculating Volume, & Capacity Tables

Dealing with bulk quantities can be tricky. We've gathered together a set of useful calculators that will help you to work out how much you need of different products to complete your job. We are also happy to help you with your product calculations over the phone.

CALCULATORS FROM OUR SUPPLIERS

	BLOCKS & PAVERS CALCULATOR Courtesy of www.nationalmasonry.com.au
	CEMENT CALCULATORS Courtesy of www.cementaustralia.com.au/ppg

 

CAPACITY TABLES

Here are some tables to show you how much bulk product you can fit in a ute, trailer or in our delivery trucks.

Vehicle Sizes:	Body	Mirrors	Height
Ute	2.0m	2.2m	1.9m
Small Truck	2.1m	2.4m	2.3m
Medium Truck	2.3m	2.9m	2.6m
Large Truck	2.5m	2.8m	3.0m
Very Large Truck	2.6m	3.2m	3.4m

 

Load Limits:	Mulch & Garden Soils	Top Dress	Sand, Gravel, Concrete Blend	Bases	Recycled Gravel
Ute	1m³	1m³	½m³	½m³	½m³
Small Truck	4m³	2.9m³	2.25m³	1.8m³	2.5m³
Medium Truck	8m³	5m³	4.25m³	5m³	4.8m³
Large Truck	11m³	9m³	6m³	6m³	6.5m³
Very Large Truck	16m³	12.7m³	9.75m³	8.25m³	11m³

 

CALCULATING VOLUME

To work out how much in m³ you will need for your project, you need to be able to work out the area of the space you wish to fill and then how deep you want the fill to be.

To calculate m³ - LENGTH X WIDTH X DEPTH

EXAMPLE:
If you want to fill a series of 10 flower borders with bark and each border space is 0.4m x 1.2m, then the area of each flower border = 0.48m² and if you would like bark to a depth of 10cm then you need to multiply the area  0.48m² by 0.1m (10cm expressed in metres). This makes each flower border 0.048m³
So you will need about 0.5m³ to complete your job.

To help you envision what a cubic metre looks like, we made this video!