Chip volume calculator
Type the inside length, width and height of a body or box to see its volume in cubic yards and cubic metres.
Checked against the sources at the bottom of this page on October 8, 2026. Published tables are revised: the source has the last word.
Work it out
How the answer is worked out
Volume = inside length times inside width times inside height. The typed units are changed to metres, multiplied, and shown in cubic yards, cubic metres and cubic feet.
Cubic yards = volume in cubic metres divided by 0.9144 cubed, since 1 yard is exactly 0.9144 metres.
What the sources say
The sum is for a box with straight sides and a flat floor. A body with a sloped, curved or stepped side is not a box, and a heaped load rises above the sides; neither is in the answer.
The page gives no weight. It holds no sourced figure for what a cubic yard of chips weighs, which depends on the wood and its moisture. The payload page works on solid green wood only.
NIST prints the cubic yard as 0.7645549 cubic metres and the cubic foot as 0.02831685 cubic metres in its Appendix B.8 factors. A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension handout notes that a cubic yard holds 27 cubic feet.
Arithmetic only. The answer is only as good as the numbers entered. It is not a plan or a safe working load for any job.
Sources
- NIST, Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811), Appendix B.8 factors for units listed alphabetically, read October 8, 2026
- NIST, Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811), Appendix B.9 factors for units listed by kind of quantity, read October 8, 2026
- NIST, Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811), footnotes to Appendix B, read October 8, 2026
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Travis County, handout How Much Compost, Soil or Mulch Do I Need to Purchase? (PDF, as hosted by UC ANR), read October 8, 2026