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âºâº Definition: Cubic yard. The cubic yard (symbols yd, cu. yd.) is a nonmetric unit of volume, used in the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with edges one yard in length.
Cubic yard is a measure of volume. Ton is a measure of weight. How many cubic yards in a ton is going to depend entirely upon the item in question. A ton of feathers will have many more cubic yards than a ton of gravel or dirt. If you want to apply the density yourself, it's easiest to convert all to the metric. Ton means short ton in the figures below. This equates to 907.2 kilos. 1 cubic yard is 0.764555 metres cubed, which equals 764.555 litres.