This is our second most frequent question!  Technically, one cubic yard is equivalent to 27 cubic feet of bark.  It covers about 160 square feet at a 2 inch depth.  Again, this is only useful if you know approximately how many square feet you need to cover.  A standard or even small sized pick-up will easily carry one full yard.  Here’s a photo of one yard of bark in a pile beside Tom’s Honda Element.

This is probably our most common question.  We usually explain that one unit is “the equivalent of 7.4 cubic yards” which we realize is not very informative, practically speaking.  We have also used the analogy that one unit, when dumped in a pile, is about the size of a Volkswagon beetle without the wheels.  That’s a little better, but still kind of vague.  The most important information is that one unit of bark will cover 1100 square feet at a 2″ depth.  This will require that you at least roughly measure the areas of the beds you want to cover.  We thought this visual might also help.  That’s Tom’s Honda Element parked beside it for reference.

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