Gravel for Driveway

[HILLCYD]

Ok, I know it is tourney time but here goes.

I have a long gravel driveway. Probably somewhere in the neighborhood of an 1/8 of a mile. I need to get new gravel laid down. Anyone have any idea what a load of gravel costs and how many I would need for a driveway of that size?

Thanks in advance.

 

[cyfan964]

Ok, I know it is tourney time but here goes.

I have a long gravel driveway. Probably somewhere in the neighborhood of an 1/8 of a mile. I need to get new gravel laid down. Anyone have any idea what a load of gravel costs and how many I would need for a driveway of that size?

Thanks in advance.

Well, I'm assuming your driveway is maybe 8 feet wide.... so 8 X 1320= 10,560 sq. ft.

You would probably go with a 3/8" minus lime roadstone which would run you about......$5-8 a ton depending on where you get it...

1 ton does roughly 80 sq ft. 3" deep. 10,560/80= roughly 130 ton. 130 X $6.50 = $845 + whatever the delivery charge is.

This is just a rough estimate but if you want a guess I would say somewhere around there.

 

[HILLCYD]

Well, I'm assuming your driveway is maybe 8 feet wide.... so 8 X 1320= 10,560 sq. ft.

You would probably go with a 3/8" minus lime roadstone which would run you about......$5-8 a ton depending on where you get it...

1 ton does roughly 80 sq ft. 3" deep. 10,560/80= roughly 130 ton. 130 X $6.50 = $845 + whatever the delivery charge is.

This is just a rough estimate but if you want a guess I would say somewhere around there.

DANG. Ask and ye shall receive. I love this board.

Thanks for all the number crunching. I greatly appreciate it. I was thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of $800 just as a guess, glad to see I wasn't too far off.

 

[Jer]

Well, I'm assuming your driveway is maybe 8 feet wide.... so 8 X 1320= 10,560 sq. ft.

You would probably go with a 3/8" minus lime roadstone which would run you about......$5-8 a ton depending on where you get it...

1 ton does roughly 80 sq ft. 3" deep. 10,560/80= roughly 130 ton. 130 X $6.50 = $845 + whatever the delivery charge is.

This is just a rough estimate but if you want a guess I would say somewhere around there.

What he said:chatterbox:

 

[phantom04]

Class A crushed stone runs 130 pounds per cubic foot. Figure out your length, width, and depth and go from there for tonnage.

 

[FLYBOY1979]

Lime stone or white crushed rock is great for a drive way and it
looks great. I am not real sure the cost of the rock BUT in my
area trucking will be as much as the rock or maybe more.
It will be somewhat soft for awhile and than gets fairly hard
with more traffic. Becareful moving snow next winter.

 

[Tazzels]

Here is my 2 cents worth:

1) The first thing to understand is the difference between crushed stone and gravel.

Crushed stone come from a rock quarry. The stone is dynamited, then crushed to different sizes. The product you want is a "3/4" or 1" with fines". When you drive on a "gravel" road, it is actually a crushed stone road.

Gravel comes from a pond or a river.

2) Some people will place 1" or 3/4" clean stone for a driveway. This does not have any "fines" or small particles in it. It looks great when it is intially placed. The problem with this installation is that it does not drain the water away properly. In the spring and fall when you have freezing and thawing it ends up being a mess!

3) What you want to do is look in the Yellow Pages under Crushed Stone. The companies listed here typically are tandem dump truck owner/operators. Tell them what you want completed. They will tell you roughly how many tons it will take and give you a $/ton.

The most cost effective way to place the crushed stone is to "trailer" the loads of rock down your driveway. Basically, the dump truck raises his box as heads down your driveway and spreads the rock as he goes. He can lock tailgate so it spreads about 3"-4".

You may need a skid loader to fine tune some of the areas. Once the stone is placed and graded, a vibratory roller should compact the stone. Most of the companies haul crushed stone also have skid loaders and compactors or know of someone who does. Have them include this cost in their $/ton.

4) Most driveways are at least 10-11' wide. So lets go with 4" thick, 11' wide x 660 feet long. To calculate the tonnage need: Length x width x thicknessx1.7/ 27=tonnage

11'x.333'x660'x1.7/27 = 152 tons

The 1.7 converts cubic yardage to tons and includes a waste factor. The 27 converts cubic feet to cubic yards.

5) The key to any road is to get the water off it and into properly draining ditches!

6) The cost of crushed stone varies from quarry to quarry. Also your distance from the quarry will effect the hauling price. Plus diesel fuel is over $4/gallon!!!! Yikes!

The cost of 3/4" crushed stone at a local quarry is $6.5 + sales tax. Assuming the distance from the quarry to your place is about a 45 minute round trip, and adding some cost for fine grading, and compacting, you are looking at about $12/ton. You are looking at about $1800.00

7) Take the $1800, drive to NY nonstop and buy an hour with one of those top of the line escort services!

 

[Cyclonesrule91]

DANG. Ask and ye shall receive. I love this board.

Thanks for all the number crunching. I greatly appreciate it. I was thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of $800 just as a guess, glad to see I wasn't too far off.

The $800 would be for the rock alone. Depending on how close you are to a rock quarry, the cost to truck it can be 2-4 times what you pay for the rock in addition to the $6.5/ton.

 

[justincl]

if you are in Granger, probably best bet is Schildberg Constr. They have quarries in that area.

 

[CycloneTony]

How bout fresh concrete instead :wink:

We have always gotten gravel from Hallet they are out of Booneville and have been great to us.

 

[mramseyISU]

As a former Hallett Employee I'd say give them a call and see what you could get some pea rock for. It makes a good driveway bed too. From granger I'd call the North DSM plant you can see from 35/80 driving between 2nd ave and Merle Hay.

Edit: check Hallett Materials to find the closest plant to you. They will all have pea rock.

 

[clonefarmer]

I would second everything Tazzels said. My only question is: Is your drive crowned and shaped to drain well? If not, I'd get a guy with a grader to come in and take care of that first.

 

[balken]

I would highly recommend that you look into laying down some engineering fabric - similar to a heavy felt but designed for driveways and industrial applications. The biggest problem with gravel drives is the gravel eventually works into the ground and you need to put down more gravel. The fabric prevents this from happening. Also, spring thaw can be tough on a driveway and the fabric prevents most of these problems. Plus, you will have some nice, clean edges on your driveway. I put in 300' of new driveway and used 1" with fines. Three loads (about $750) took care of it and I do not expect to ever put more gravel down. It is much nicer than the existing driveway without the fabric. The fabric will cost you about $500 for 300', but well worth it in the long run.

 

[anticyclonic]

The only thing I have to add is have is to make sure some compaction of the soil gets completed to avoid soft spots that happen in March due to frost exiting the soil.

 

[balken]

The only thing I have to add is have is to make sure some compaction of the soil gets completed to avoid soft spots that happen in March due to frost exiting the soil.

I have potholes in my old drive every spring - especially bad this year. But my new drive with fabric is sans potholes.

 

[DaddyMac]

How much does that fabric run?

 

[balken]

How much does that fabric run?

I think a 12' x 300' roll is about $500.

 

[Dave19642006]

Just drive on any Des Moines Street and pick up the chunks of street that all this snow caused. and thats free, Should be able to do the driveway

 

[Iastfan112]

If you have that long of lane a suggestion that I would have if you have towing capability is to head to a farm auction sometime and get an small old wooden grain wagon, they work great for hauling the gravel/crushed rock(also functions to haul shingles if your tearing them off or putting them on and haul wood in) I could be wrong in this situation but I'm just going from the assumption you live on an acreage/old farmstead. In terms of cost I can't say for the rock, I'm the guy who does the grunt work.
Depending on how bad your lane is I'd recomend different sizes, if it very thin with dirt/mud showing thru, go for a little larger crushed rock, and have a little smaller layer on top. If its just part of the yearly maintence stick with the small stuff or even opt for cheaper gravel.