Building a gravel pit of your own..

hr3 · Sep 7, 2011

Anybody have there own gravel pit on there property ?? I started one a few years back to fill in where stumps were pulled and for other projects.. It's about 30' long by 8' wide right now and goes from 0' to 5' deep at the back side..built into a hillside

I'm thinking I will need to put a fence around the deep end before long just in case someone walks out of the woods into it,,

Taylortractornut · Sep 7, 2011

You need a little fence or a safety ribbon for a pit around it. Also dont make it any bigger than you can reclaim incase EPA gets you for not having a surface mining permit. A friend had a nice gravel pit here and let the county get gravel for a road rebuild. They didnt know how to manage a pit and just made a mess now my friend got left with a big reclamation project. If Its a private pit just keep it neat and your runn off clean and there wont be any problems.

dst5456 · Feb 21, 2014

can anyone direct me in the right direction to starting a gravel pit on almost 10 acres. I am looking to sell the gravel.

dst5456 · Feb 21, 2014

can you tell me more about the requirements to starting a gravel pit???

Underdog57 · Feb 21, 2014

dst5456 said:
can you tell me more about the requirements to starting a gravel pit???

If you are doing this commercially I hope you have a lot of money for all the permits, OSHA inspections, mine safety inspections, etc. plus neighbor approval for trucks on the roads and hours of operation, the list is long. Unless you think u can sell a lot of gravel I doubt if it would be worth it. Just my opinion though.