Our dirt calculator is very beneficial for measuring out how much dirt or topsoil is needed for any given job. Most dirt calculators are best used to measure how many cubic yards are needed for an install project. Landscape material dealers measure and sell dirt and topsoil by the cubic yard so it is important to know how many total cubic yards are needed for an entire project. The worst thing to happen, especially to a professional landscaper, is to have to much or to little dirt. Then you have to make extra trips to get more materials, and trust me that is a pain you don’t want to go through more than once. When choosing the right dirt calculator you need to determine what exactly you are wanting to calculate. Our dirt calculator does so much more than the average dirt calculator on the market.

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Dirt Calculator Benefits

Dirt calculator Measures for Cubic Yards

Some dirt calculators will only measure the total cubic yards needed for an over all project. Most dirt calculators do not break down the measurement for each individual landscape area. If you have 10 different areas needing different measurements of dirt, it is difficult to try and calculate exactly how much is needed in each area. Our calculators break down the cubic yards needed for each individual area as well as the total project. When purchasing for the entire project, the dirt/topsoil dealer will need to know how many cubic yards you will need for the entire project. However, if you have several different large areas to spread and fill dirt and you are having those large amounts delivered on a dump truck, why not have the measurements dumped near each section? This will save time and hard labor transporting the dirt/topsoil to each area from one huge pile.

Dirt Calculator Measures for Weight

If you are delivering the dirt yourself you will need to consider the weight of the mulch as well. For example, if you have a single axle 3500 lbs trailer, you will need to know the total weight of the dirt so you don’t over load. Our dirt calculator measures an average weight based on an average moisture level. I recommend having the company you purchase your dirt from deliver to you if the entire project is more than 2 cubic yards.

Dirt Calculator Measures for Wheel Barrow Loads and/or Bags

Our dirt calculator literally measures down to the wheel barrow load. Not only does the calculator measure how many wheel barrow loads are needed for an overall project, but it categorizes each small individual area and estimates how many wheel barrow loads are needed for those given areas. You will need to know how many cubic feet your wheel barrow holds, which it normally says on the wheel barrow (average wheel barrows are 4-6 cubic feet). This is great for large projects where you have multiple workers spreading massive amounts of dirt in multiple areas. Just print out the downloadable calculator in excel and give it to each worker to estimate the appropriate wheel barrow spread.

If you are a home owner and not a professional landscaper you might buy bags of dirt from places like Lowe’s, Home Depot, or my personal favorite Ace Hardware. You will see in the wheel barrow/bag section of the calculator you have the option of entering how many cubic feet of dirt is included in each bag. Each bag when purchased will say how many cubic feet is included, which on average is 2 cubic feet.

Dirt Calculator Estimates Pricing

Our dirt calculator has a section for you to enter the cost per cubic yard so you can figure out how much the dirt will cost you for your total project. Most dirt dealers sell the dirt by the cubic yard or some even a half cubic yard. Also, if you are a professional landscaper you can enter your labor charge per cubic yard as well as delivery and the dirt calculator will calculate that as well. This is especially great for professional landscapers to quickly be able to give a bid for large jobs. I personally use this and the other landscape calculators in my own business. Of course I created all the calculators because I was not satisfied with any other calculators on the market, so I can personally attest that these are very accurate.

Dirt Calculator is a Downloadable Printable Document

All landscape calculators are downloadable to an excel spreadsheet. This means you must make sure you have Microsoft Excel on your computer in order to edit and use. Once you are done calculating you can save your project in excel and print to have out on the job site. This is especially good for landscapers who have multiple workers needing to know how many wheel barrow loads to spread in each given area.