Cut & Fill for a Sloping Plot

Plot width m Plot depth m

Level rear-left m Level rear-right m

Level front-left m Level front-right m

Pad width m Pad depth m

Pad from left m Pad from rear m

Pad level m

Soil · swell Shrinkage %

Truck (tipper) load m³

Swell: dug earth takes up more room in the truck than in the ground. Shrinkage: fill compacted in place takes less room than it did in the ground. So a pad at the average ground level does not balance, and a cut of 100 m³ fills more than 10 trucks of 10 m³.

Cut (in ground)–

Fill (compacted)–

Balanced level–

Truckloads–

Plan

Section A–A

Pad level options

Pad level m	Cut m³	Fill m³	Off site (loose) m³	Truckloads