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VTweekender
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:14pm - Edited by: VTweekender
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Hi folks, whats a reasonable price to pay for 3/8 crushed stone delivered? Been checking around online but seems to vary a lot. Also see some list it sold by the ton and 20 ton minimum delivery, others list by the yard. How many cubic yards in a 20 ton load?
I have about 125 foot driveway about 12 ft wide I want to lay down about 6 inches of stone, plus a 14 x 18 base for cabin about 8 inches deep.
Thanks in advance
Kev
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Anonymous
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:38pm
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This might help
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Martian
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:41pm
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My suggestion would be to call one of the rock guys and discuss your project. They'll be able to give you some pretty accurate figures. I would suggest you get extra...........it doesn't go bad. Around here, I'm in Kansas and the quarry is 18 miles away, it cost $85 for transport, and the rock cost $7-8 a ton depending on size, cleanness, etc. If I remember correctly, a cubic yard is roughly one ton......don't hold me to that. There are 27cuft/cuyd.
Tom
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Just
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:14pm
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you should put down 6 in. of 2 in stone then 2 in of 3\4.last much longer and cost less.here 2 in is 20$ deliverd 3\4 is 25$ deliverd ,for crushed lime stone, about 4$ aton less for round stone. if you buy it in the summer you will get more because it is dry . you should remove the top soil first ,at least 6 in.depending on the soil a cloth base my be the best way to go you should dig a drainage ditch on at least 1 side . 1 yard =about 1 and a 1\4 tons depending on stone . take your measurements to the stone yard they will tell you very close how much you need ....
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# Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:08am
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I put in a gravel road late last year, and put down 4 inches of medium sized gabion rock as the bottom level, followed by smaller rock on top. Please look into doing this on your site instead of merely using the 3/8 alone!
I can't help you with specific pricing in your area, but for my project, calling every gravel quarry I could find in the area and explaining my project resulted in a good quote and a very well done roadway. If you have a way to bring in the rock yourself, it is amazingly cheap.
Good luck and have fun!
Parker
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spicyacres
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# Posted: 19 Feb 2012 10:06am
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I love crushed stone, did my entire double-wide 50ft driveway with the stuff, nothing drains better and nothing lasts longer, and rodents won't be digging thru it, so it's great under a cabin with a crawl space.
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VTweekender
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# Posted: 19 Feb 2012 06:58pm
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Thank you for all your replies. I will go with your recommendation of larger stone layer under the smaller stone on top, thanks much for that tip. I got a better handle on pricing now as well. I can't go by price from my local guy in this small town I live in, as he is always been very high on everything, so I will be shopping stone near my land 60 miles from home.
Kev
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 19 Feb 2012 09:28pm
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For driveway, I used what they call 5/8 minus. Its larger stones, all crushed, but then it has all sizes from almost sand like up to 5/8. It packs nice and doesn't migrate or move like just washed gravel does. I ended up with 7 loads on a full sized dump truck (tandem axle Peterbuilt) which was 10 yrs. Each truck load was $265. My place was quite a haul uphill so they consumed lots of fuel. The guy was handy, he would pop his tail gate loose, then use a chain to limit the opening and drive, it would dump out just right as he drive with hsi dump bed up. I had my neighbor with an old Case tractor do the finish spreading. But depending on how much you need, it could be done by hand. I have to say my driveway has to be close to 600 feet and I also had gravel laid all around the cabin perimeter out to about 20 feet
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