Expensive morning

[TCRanch]

So I replenished my stash of meds last week, including a new 500ml bottle of LA300, and put it on the top shelf of the pantry where it would be safe. Except I knocked it off this morning, the bottle shattered and I proceeded to spend quality time cleaning up the mess & bleaching the grout because it immediately stained. But in my defense I was reeling from the quote we just received for 6 loads of gravel (belly dump) for the driveway - and would explain the new King Ranch parked in front of his house. Note to self: Slow Down! And recognize that it's probably possible to function on less than an entire pot of coffee before morning chores :x

 

[highgrit]

Gravel-rock is $300. a ton here. And we have to spread it.

 

[skyhightree1]

Gravel-rock is $300. a ton here. And we have to spread it.

What kind of rocks are you ordering ?

sorry TC I hope the day gets better.

 

[highgrit]

Mines 3/4 rock and one size smaller. Freight is where the $money's at.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Gravel-rock is $300. a ton here. And we have to spread it.

Try 700 here for a load, freight will eat you alive.

 

[skyhightree1]

Wow.. I haul out of quarries here and sure wish I could get that kinda money out of people.

 

[TCRanch]

Gravel-rock is $300. a ton here. And we have to spread it.

Try 700 here for a load, freight will eat you alive.

Yikes! Guess I can't complain. But we do have to spread it with the Speed Mover (and by "we" I mean my husband).

 

[bball]

$1600 for 4 loads(tri-axle) of 53's and 5 loads of river rock..rough spread off back of truck.

 

[greybeard]

$26/yard for good iron ore delivered via 17 yard rear dump and you spread it. My sister just spent $4000 and change for 1300' of her road topped with iron ore. (belly dump can't get down the county road to my place or hers--county road is also iron ore--used to be anyway--they haven't put any on it in years) Iron ore is the closest thing to rock or gravel ya can afford here in my area--all the gravel goes to the concrete companies.
Crushed limestone or crushed concrete is next cheapest thing but like CB said--the trucking bill is a killer. You get closer to Austin, I imagine limestone is a lot cheaper.
(I tried some washout from a concrete company one time--cheaper but it didn't last very long.)

 

[Nesikep]

Around here we can get crushed rock from the lime plant for free, $100 to load a dumptruck, but the freight again will kill you, it's 1 1/2 hour 1 way, so it'll work out to about $800 for a tandem axle dumptruck load, which really doesn't go very far

 

[M-5]

I had 155tons of #57 rock put on driveway here at office last year for 7000.00

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Wow.. I haul out of quarries here and sure wish I could get that kinda money out of people.

I can't imagine paying those kinds of prices. (I'm sure my husband's customers would flip out as well LOL) The quarry near us 20-some-odd dollars a ton for #57's, Crusher-Run similarly priced. Gabion a bit less. Delivery fees, not too sure what the quarry haulers charge. We/husband hauls to the jobsites where he needs it.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Wow.. I haul out of quarries here and sure wish I could get that kinda money out of people.

I can't imagine paying those kinds of prices. (I'm sure my husband's customers would flip out as well LOL) The quarry near us 20-some-odd dollars a ton for #57's, Crusher-Run similarly priced. Gabion a bit less. Delivery fees, not too sure what the quarry haulers charge. We/husband hauls to the jobsites where he needs it.

We don't even have a railroad in my county to haul it in, four dollars a loaded mile by truck add up quick. .
Rock here is a precious commodity.

 

[Douglas]

I can get 16 tons delivered for $300. Two quarries in 15 miles.

 

[skyhightree1]

Wow.. I haul out of quarries here and sure wish I could get that kinda money out of people.

I can't imagine paying those kinds of prices. (I'm sure my husband's customers would flip out as well LOL) The quarry near us 20-some-odd dollars a ton for #57's, Crusher-Run similarly priced. Gabion a bit less. Delivery fees, not too sure what the quarry haulers charge. We/husband hauls to the jobsites where he needs it.

There would only be paved driveways here with that price or that metal slag you get for 3 bucks a ton. That's about what I pay a good portion of my work is fixing and repairing gravel roads. I haul my rocks as well I just deliverd 20 tons of # 57 to someone the other day and charged them $625 and they were upset about that. I should show the next customer this forum next time they bytch about gravel and delivery prices.

 

[melking]

Down here the "gold" is dirt. Just plain old dirt. We live on sand a shell and the little dirt we get cost a fortune.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Gravel-rock is $300. a ton here. And we have to spread it.

Try 700 here for a load, freight will eat you alive.

I guess that just goes to show the differences in the geology of the country and where folks are. Where I am, rocks are pretty easy to find!

 

[pricefarm]

I have a guy that will bring 18tons at a time for 300$ cash. And he will bring u any kind of gravel u want.

 

[tom4018]

Haul bill here is $75 for a tri-axle load, about 24-25 tons and rock is About $12 a ton depending on what you get. Last tri-axle loads were about $350 or a guy hauls a single axle load from a different quarry for about $150 for 8 toms or so.

 

[D2Cat]

You guys complaining about rock cost.

I just got a bill for 54,000 gallons of water. $903, bill normally $130. No wet ground, no leaking pipes. They say the water went thru the meter, you pay! I asked them to check the meter, and they will and bill me.

Just thank God I'm well enough to earn the money to pay the bill. Could always be worse.