#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Tuscaloosa, AL

Tuscaloosa homeowners and contractors order #57 crushed stone delivery for driveways, drainage lines and retaining wall backfill across Alabama's river bottoms and rolling clay hills. The material ships from the nearest yard by the ton, not the cubic yard, with the per ton rate dropping the more you buy. Below is what this angular gray stone is good for around Tuscaloosa, how fast it arrives, how many tons a typical job takes, and how the delivered rate is put together.

Tuscaloosa's Soil and Terrain

Tuscaloosa sits where Alabama's Black Belt gives way to the Piedmont foothills, and the Black Warrior River runs through downtown. Native soil here runs from sticky red clay to sandy loam near the river, and both hold water longer than most contractors want during a wet Alabama spring. Neighborhoods range from older in-town streets near the University of Alabama to newer subdivisions on the city's edges, and both kinds of lots regularly need a hard base under a driveway or a path that clay alone cannot provide. #57 crushed stone, with its angular one inch pieces, locks together under a compactor in a way rounded gravel does not, which is why it shows up on so many local job sites.

Best Uses Around Tuscaloosa

Around Tuscaloosa, #57 crushed stone goes down most often as the compacted base under a gravel or paver driveway, since the clay subgrade common in this part of Alabama needs a firm layer before anything else is added. It also lines French drains and footing trenches on the low, wet lots near the river, where standing water is a regular complaint after heavy rain. Contractors building retaining walls on the city's sloped lots use it as backfill because it drains instead of holding water against the wall. Homeowners with gravel parking pads near campus rentals like it for the same reason: it compacts hard and does not track mud the way plain dirt does.

How Much #57 Crushed Stone You Need

#57 crushed stone is sold and priced by the ton, so figure your job in tons rather than cubic yards. A cubic yard of this stone weighs about 2,700 pounds, which works out to roughly 120 square feet of coverage at 2 inches deep, 60 square feet at 4 inches, and 40 square feet at 6 inches, all per ton. A typical 12 by 50 foot driveway base at 4 inches deep runs close to 10 tons. Rather than do this math by hand, use the #57 crushed stone calculator and enter your square footage and depth to get a ton figure you can order against.

Pricing Notes

Pricing here breaks into three ton based tiers. Order 3 tons or more and the rate is $196 a ton, delivered in 1 to 2 business days. Order 8 tons or more and the rate drops to $108 a ton, with same or next day delivery in most cases. Order 15 tons or more, the volume rate most driveway and drainage jobs land in, and the rate is $83 a ton with free delivery included. The exact delivered price is calculated from your delivery ZIP once you enter it at checkout, since local hauling distance is part of the cost.

Delivery and Lead Times in Tuscaloosa

Delivery windows in Tuscaloosa follow the same three tiers as pricing. Smaller orders of 3 to 7 tons ship in 1 to 2 business days. Mid-size orders of 8 to 14 tons typically move same day or the next business day. Full truckload orders of 15 tons or more get the fastest scheduling along with the free delivery rate. Delivery in Tuscaloosa has the current service area and scheduling detail for this city.

Ordering #57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Tuscaloosa

Ordering #57 crushed stone delivery in Tuscaloosa takes a ZIP code, a ton count and a delivery date. Pick your tier based on how many tons the job needs, since crossing into the next tier down often costs less overall even if you round your order up slightly. For rates across the rest of the state, the #57 Crushed Stone in Alabama hub lists every city currently served. Most residential jobs in Tuscaloosa land in the 8 to 15 ton range, whether the stone is going under a driveway or into a drainage line.

About #57 Crushed Stone

#57 crushed stone is an angular gray aggregate, crushed from quarried rock and screened to a consistent three quarter to one inch particle size. Unlike naturally rounded pea gravel or river rock, its broken faces catch against each other under compaction, which is what lets it lock into place as a base layer rather than shifting underfoot. A cubic yard of #57 stone weighs approximately 2,700 pounds, notably heavier than mulch or topsoil, which is why it ships and prices by the ton instead of the yard. It drains well since the angular gaps between pieces do not pack tight the way sand or fine gravel does, so water moves through it rather than pooling on top.

That drainage property is the main reason it turns up under driveways, along footing trenches, inside French drains and as backfill behind retaining walls. It also holds up as exposed surface stone in low traffic parking areas and equipment pads, where a hard, well draining surface matters more than a smooth walking texture. Most suppliers grade it the same way nationwide, so the size and performance stay consistent no matter which yard fills the order.

What #57 Crushed Stone costs in Tuscaloosa

In the Tuscaloosa market, #57 crushed stone is sold by the ton and priced at the gate before delivery is added on. Send your ZIP and load size and we will send back a same-hour quote with the truck rate and the per-ton figure spelled out. One ton covers about 80 sq ft at a 3 inch finished depth, so a 400 sq ft driveway pad runs roughly 5 tons.

How crews use #57 Crushed Stone in Tuscaloosa

Crews working out of Tuscaloosa tend to call for #57 crushed stone on a few repeat jobs each week. The first is driveway gravel, typically laid in tight urban lots and infill builds with a base lift compacted before the finish course goes on. The second is drainage gravel, which lands here in dense neighborhoods where curb access is short and usually ships as a 4 to 8 ton order. With a population around 114,288, Tuscaloosa pulls a mix of single-truck homeowner orders and contractor full-loads through the season.

Delivery day in Tuscaloosa

On the day of the drop, the dispatcher pulls the closest yard, batches your ticket with other Tuscaloosa stops, and sends a window the night before. Tandem-axle dumps need at least 12 ft of clear width and 14 ft overhead to set the bed; tri-axles need 14 ft of clearance on both counts and a level pad to tip safely. Standard lead time on this lane is Mon-Sat, with same-day windows held open for orders that hit the desk before 11 AM and clear payment.

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