quick question:
What’s the formula for figuring out how many yards of stone I will need for a specific area?
Thanks
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quick question:
What’s the formula for figuring out how many yards of stone I will need for a specific area?
Thanks
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How big is the area and how deep do you want the stone to be.
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length of the area (ft) times the width of the area (ft) times the depth of the area (ft) divided by 27 will give you the # or yards.
Ex: 54' long, 20' wide, 6" deep
54 x 20 x 0.5=540 540 / 27 = 20 yards of stone.
thanks couldnt remember
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but around here, stone is sold as tonnage not as yard
Haul weight or tonage is how stone is billed. The haul weight is a function of the cubic volume of the truck and the tons per cubic yard of product.
You tell my quary you want x number of yards of size z stone and they will tell you the number of tons you need, and how many truck loads.
Dave
Yards here.
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both ways here..
Around here we pay per stone so you got to calculate how many individual stones you want of a particular size.
Sucks when you gotta count 'em on delivery.ACTUALLY, IT'S QUITE GOOD ON TOAST!
around here that would be 1 stone per 10 yard truck... what is so hard about that...
now if you want rocks or boulders that's a different story..
The supplier can convert cubic yards to tons for you. Add an allowance for compaction. For example, crusher run compacts around 25 to 30% in thickness.
In my trim carpenter ignorance I have a question... whatcha mean by "crusher run"? Around here there's a term "pit run" which appears to be rock that has been blasted out but not run thru the crusher, a mix of sizes up to several inches. Or maybe I have that wrong. I do know enough to order 5/8 minus for my driveway.
crushed stone has been run thru a crusher and you get fragments with edges and dust from crushing operation, which gives you good compaction. If its been blasted chances are your getting the same thing it just hasn't been screened to consistent particle size and your not getting the dust.
Pit run is the haphazard way it comes out of the piut.
Crusher run is the way it comes out oif the crusher. Can be specified by screen size.
River run is the way natural washed stone comes out of the river bottom. Can also be screen sized.
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What the others said. It's not classified by size, only screened for the maximum size. So, for example, 1" crusher run has nothing bigger than 1", but a complete mix of everything smaller. Sounds like "5/8 minus" is another way of saying the same thing.
The key property is that the stone have many sizes and sharp edges. The opposite material, the worst for making a base, would be something like pea stone. It's all one size, and, being round, won't lock together. It will not compact hard.
Limestone and other types off rock that must be broken up to be used are generally sold in three different forms: Breaker run, crusher run, and screened to a specific size.The rock is fed through a breaker first that breaks it into about fist-sized chunks. The small pieces are screened out and the rest fed through a crusher, to break it into pieces maybe two inches in size (and smaller). It's then run through screens to separate out the different sizes.Breaker run is the output of the breaker, crusher run the output of the crusher. Breaker run is used for roadbeds and the like, or (if screened) for rip-rap, while crusher run is ideal for gravel roads and driveways, since it packs down nice and contains enough rock dust to sort of cement things together.
Thanks for all the lectures on crushed rock, but I'm well acquainted with it and was just asking what he meant by 'crusher run'. It's not a term that's used here.
L x W x H = Volumne, not area.
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1 ton of 1 1/2 sized rock will cover 200 S.F about 2 inches deep
Good Luck
I wanna see you stack up 1-1/2" rock 2" deep;)
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Pif...
You know why Terrazo floors are so expensive??
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Cause it takes a long time to get all the stones laying flat side up!!ACTUALLY, IT'S QUITE GOOD ON TOAST!
You know why Terrazo floors are so expensive??<!---->
Cause it takes a long time to get all the stones laying flat side up!!
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Now cleaning coffee off monitor!!Leon Jester
Edited 5/30/2005 2:21 pm ET by Leon Jester
I am glad to see a discussion on this without anyone using local terms for the rock.I have seen too many places where some one will say that the only thing to use is Spec 1023 and someone else will argue Type XZ4.And both of them will get upset when I try and point out that those are all local terms meaningless to 85% of the people reading it. That you need to define the characteristics of the rock.
Yeah around here (upstate NY) they call a certain gravel Item 5 which is a NYS DOT spec.
meaning less to any one from away.ACTUALLY, IT'S QUITE GOOD ON TOAST!
its just a formula:::::::::::::::
personally ive never done it. I just dump the the bucket and let the boys spread it out. Heck... most places they either have it 5 to 6 inches deep, or you can see the plastic or fabric underneath.
I think i got that formula for the guy ( landscaping guy ) on this old house.
http://www.pjkeating.com/stone.htm
bobl Volo, non valeo
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I know, but for purposes of discussion even, I like to be realistic, and since I can't spread 1-1/2" rocks 2" deep without a good 25% void...at the top or bottom, I might have used 6" deep for the example is all.It's just the difference between theguy with a construction master calculator and the guy with a shovel
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who'r you kidding. your the guy with the shovel?
all kidding aside. your absolutely right. It sounds pretty stupid now that Ive been saying it to myself.
Good luck
opps. you wanted that in yards huh?
1.25 yards will cover the same area. 200 s.f. 2 inches deep.
crushed stone here comes in all sizes and is quoted as eg. 5/8 minus which would give you nothing bigger than 5/8 " however if you ordered 5/8 clear you would get only 5/8" and no fine pieces below 5/8 . This stone is better for drainage.
I got the following from the local quarry (central PA) when I emailed them with the exact same question you orginally asked.
Tonnage estimates can be calculated several ways, but the easiest is this:
Area (in square feet) x Depth (in inches) x factor = Total Tons
Material Type Factor
Clean Aggregate .0039
(#8, #57, #3, #1)
Rip Rap & Gabion .0052
(all sizes)
Modifieds & Sub bases .0059
(2RC, 2A, O.G.S.)
I've also attached a chart from the quarry listing the sizes for the various type rock. Hope this helps.
Craig