How much mulch will a Ridgeline carry?

One of our questions from readers is how much cargo can the bed of the Honda Ridgeline carry?

Well today I had 18 bags of 2 cu ft mulch loaded in the back. Probably could have added a few more bags with more careful loading.  All of this is WITH the tonneau cover attached.

We were able to get 9 bags up front under the tonneau cover which was folded back. You can see from the pic that the bags can be stacked 4 high. You can get 3 across even though we didn’t do it in the pictured example. Although we safely moved 18 bags, I think you could probably get 21 bags total with careful loading.