Making concrete from crusher run?

[paulsharvey]

Around here, it's hard to get them to deliver less than 6 yards, and there when the whole aggregate shortage made it hard to get concrete, if they would deliver less than 6 yards, they made you pay for 6 yards...

Those kinda setups are good for a few panels of sidewalk, home owner stuff, or a 9 ft x 9 ft shed pad.

Even bigger jobs will have a few things like replacing broken curb or broken sidewalks.

But, as you pointed out, it is really only worth it as the customer if it's pretty dang local.

 

[not2old]

Concrete needs clean sand. It's usually washed first. I don't know the process but there's tons of river sand available cheap in Vancouver, B.C. and they haul in other sand for concrete. Bricklayers are also very particular about it.
I used one of those rental trailers once to do about two yards or less. Decided it's not worth the savings. When we needed a lot of concrete for fence posts, I'd bring a couple of yards of navyjack (sand and gravel mixed at the yard for concrete) and bags of portland cement. We'd mix it in 5 gallon pails with a home made mixer like a drywall paddle but smaller.

 

[BnRidge]

When I use that mixer I’ve always just used bagged concrete but it’s went up to like $7 a bag.

$2.57/60lb here.
Comes out to $150/yd

 

[paulsharvey]

$2.57/60lb here.
Comes out to $150/yd

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Dont know about Menards, but I avoid quikcrete from Rural King and other "farm" places, as it's often sat there for many months, and you'll get a lot of half hard bags.

Home Depot has like 15% off per bag when you buy the entire pallet; I think Lowes makes you buy two pallets to get the bulk discount. I have also had Home Depot want to charge me a $15 pallet deposit. I told them, then instead of setting whole pallet on trailer, yall can stack each bag; they waved the pallet fee...

 

[4570Man]

$2.57/60lb here.
Comes out to $150/yd

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$5.11 at Lowe’s and that’s after the whole pallet 10 percent discount. Like someone else mentioned they usually charge a pallet deposit too.

 

[BnRidge]

A couple months ago price was almost $6. I checked today and thought if it's under $4 time to move on it. $2.57 even better so picked up 40 bags.
I just read the fine print - Menards will knock off an additional $.03 for volume pricing. Huh.

 

[paulsharvey]

Looks like Home Depot is $4.48/60#; but I'm sure that varies store to store

 

[mjonesnh]

3.88 for 50 lb. and 5.98 for 80 lb local Lowes. 10% off with bulk purchase

 

[paulsharvey]

A couple months ago price was almost $6. I checked today and thought if it's under $4 time to move on it. $2.57 even better so picked up 40 bags.
I just read the fine print - Menards will knock off an additional $.03 for volume pricing. Huh.

That's really pretty good at $154.20/CY; but also a lot of work. Those new "Muddmixer" mixers look like they make it easier/faster, but there is no getting around it still being a lot of work.

 

[not2old]

$2.57/60lb here.
Comes out to $150/yd

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over $9.00 here at Home Depot.