Generally truckers do not determine the amount of yards by measuring their boxes. They can tell you how many yards they can haul and stay legal usually it will not be close to the full box.

Loads by the yard are figured at the loader by the size of the bucket. Buckets are sized by the yard. Look at your loader specs and you'll find cubic ft. And generally buying by the yard you will always get get more, loader operators like a nice rounded up bucket.

Usually the loader operator, if experienced, can nail a load very close to weight and yards. The problem with weight is moisture content.

But here a yard of gravel is about 1.5 ton (moisture). Crusher run is 2 ton to the yard.

10 yards (15 ton) of gravel is not a very big pile. Actually it looks very small unless you have to move it with a wheelbarrow and shovel.

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