Excavation and grading
Excavation cut fill and haul loads
Compare supplied bank-volume cut and fill quantities and estimate export truckloads using an entered swell factor.
Your inputs
Complete the fields for your selected method. Zero means intentionally zero, not unknown. Currency selection labels amounts; it does not convert exchange rates.
How this calculation works
usable bank cut = cut × reusable share; required bank fill = compacted fill × bank/compacted factor; reused = min(usable cut,required bank fill); loose export = (cut-reused) × swell; loads = ceil(loose export/verified capacity)
Supply surveyed quantities and project-specific suitability, shrink and swell factors. Truck capacity must respect both actual weight and volume limits; density and legal payload are not inferred. No grading design, slope safety, soil suitability or compaction requirement is prescribed. Use your own records for the same scope and period. Example figures are illustrative, not industry benchmarks. Results exclude income taxes and any cost you have not entered. Check the result before pricing work or committing resources.
What information do I need?
Use records for the same job, equipment or accounting period. Only the fields for your selected entry method are required. An unknown amount is not zero.
Input definitions and where to find them
- Measured excavated cut in bank volume (bank yd³): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero.
- Compacted fill required by supplied plan (compacted yd³): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero.
- Bank cubic yards needed per compacted fill cubic yard (bank yd³/compacted yd³): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero.
- Share of excavated material suitable for reuse (%): Enter a percentage from your records or an explicitly chosen scenario. No typical or recommended rate is supplied.
- Loose volume per bank volume for export (loose yd³/bank yd³): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero.
- Verified loose-volume capacity per load (loose yd³/load): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero.
Use the Where to find this value controls beside the inputs for available work-it-out helpers. Estimates remain your assumptions; a helper does not verify the source figures.
Worked example
Example amounts use US dollars (USD).
Example answer: Whole export truckloads at entered capacity is 5 loads for the illustrative inputs below.
Example inputs
- Measured excavated cut in bank volume: 100.00 bank yd³
- Compacted fill required by supplied plan: 60.00 compacted yd³
- Bank cubic yards needed per compacted fill cubic yard: 1.10 bank yd³/compacted yd³
- Share of excavated material suitable for reuse: 80.00 %
- Loose volume per bank volume for export: 1.25 loose yd³/bank yd³
- Verified loose-volume capacity per load: 10.00 loose yd³/load
- Whole export truckloads at entered capacity
- 5 loads
- Loose export volume
- 42.50 loose yd³
- Bank-equivalent imported fill needed
- 0.00 bank yd³
- Bank cut reused on site
- 66.00 bank yd³
These illustrative values are not recommended rates or industry averages. Replace every example input with your own figures.
Use the result well
Compare supplied bank-volume cut and fill quantities and estimate export truckloads using an entered swell factor. Inputs come from your own records and stated assumptions; no rates or legal limits are looked up.
Keep inputs on the same scope and time basis. Calculations retain precision internally; displayed values generally round to two decimal places, with extra precision for very small values and whole-unit rounding where required. Economic comparisons describe your supplied assumptions and do not guarantee future results.
This tool provides business arithmetic. It does not approve engineering designs, establish legal or tax treatment, select equipment or certify safe operating conditions.