Driveway Gravel

[Guidshir]

I bought ~21 tons delivered in Northern NC (near Mt. Airy) a couple months ago for $495. I do need something with rock dust though so I can stop the weeds from growing through it.

 

[BigBlue1]

I bought 16 yards of bitcon (mix of crushed asphalt and concrete) to rejuvenate 360' of 10' wide gravel driveway recently. It was enough to apply a nice 1.0-2.5" layer on most of it. Maybe not quite as thick as I believe it is, but close.

Rob

 

[Denny456]

A local company here charges $300 for 16 tons.

Yea but they “load 16 tons and what do you get,
another day older and deeper in debt”.

Sorry, couldn’t resist that

 

[joeyd]

We are in the process of putting 24, 15 ton loads of 1" minus on our road. They are running us $333 per load delivered, graded and rolled. The contractor is a relative of one of my neighbors so I hope we're getting the friends and family price.

 

[k0ua]

Yea but they “load 16 tons and what do you get,
another day older and deeper in debt”.

Sorry, couldn’t resist that��

Not to mention "owing your soul to the company store"

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

We are in the process of putting 24, 15 ton loads of 1" minus on our road. They are running us $333 per load delivered, graded and rolled. The contractor is a relative of one of my neighbors so I hope we're getting the friends and family price.

I think that is a good price for being installed. I pay $250 for 15 tons just dropped... they will not even tailgate spread it.

 

[4570Man]

How far are they having to truck it? Here the quarry is about 10 miles away. I can buy 1” minus for $9 per ton and if you’re paying to have it trucked that’s about the same rate maybe a little more.

 

[windy acers]

Call the gravel pit and ask for a trucking company that can drop spread it for you" tailgating".

 

[Fallon]

$450 a load delivered here in the Denver area for 15 tons of roadbase.

 

[BrokenTrack]

A lot of this is regional I think.

For instance, here in Maine where I live, you get loads measured in cubic yards, so a wheeler (2 rear axle dump truck) will give you 14 cubic yards for $150, but dumped, and not spread. At a conversion of 3000 pounds per cubic yard, that is 24 tons for $150.

BUT...here what we call "gravel" is also a mixture of sand and rock. It might be run through a screen, but it is out of the bank in the pit. I watch TV shows and what they call "gravel", is what we call "crushed rock". it has no sand in it at all, and is right out of the crusher.