Cubic yard

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cubic yard
A GRW ballast wagon with a volume of 8 cubic yards
General information
Unit system	Imperial and US customary
Unit of	Volume
Symbol	yd3, cu yd
Conversions
1 yd3 in ...	... is equal to ...
SI units	0.7645549 m3
Imperial and US customary	27 ft3

A cubic yard (symbol yd³)^[1] is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.