Enter the lawn's length and width to calculate total sod weight and cost.
How to Use the Sod Weight Calculator
Enter the area's length and width along with a weight per square foot, and this returns total weight in pounds and tons — add a price per ton only if sod is being quoted or hauled by weight.
weight = length (ft) × width (ft) × weight per ft² (lb)This is a companion to the Sod Calculator above, not a replacement for it — that one answers "how many rolls or pallets," this one answers "how heavy is that." The distinction matters most for logistics: a landscaping trailer or pickup bed has a weight limit long before it runs out of physical space for rolls, and a pallet of wet sod can weigh close to a ton and a half.
Why 2.5 Pounds per Square Foot?
Freshly harvested sod carries soil, roots, and thatch along with the grass blade itself, and all of that holds water. A just-cut, well-watered roll can weigh noticeably more than one that's dried out over a hot afternoon on a delivery truck. 2.5 lb/ft² sits in the commonly cited 2-3 lb/ft² range for fresh-cut sod — treat it as a planning estimate, and weigh an actual roll on a scale if a delivery is right at a vehicle's rated capacity.