#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Miami Gardens, FL

Homeowners and small contractors across Miami Gardens order #57 crushed stone delivery for driveway bases, drainage lines and retaining wall backfill, and every load moves by the ton rather than the cubic yard. This angular gray stone comes crushed and screened to a consistent three quarter to one inch size, heavy enough at about 2,700 pounds a cubic yard that pricing and truck scheduling are both built around tonnage. Below is what the material is used for locally, how much a typical job needs, how the per ton rate is structured, and how fast a load can reach a Miami Gardens address.

Miami Gardens at a Glance

Miami Gardens is a city of about 116,000 people inside the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach metro, wedged between Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Miramar and Pembroke Pines sit about 5 miles away, Hialeah is roughly 6 miles out, and Hollywood and Davie are both close to 8 miles from most addresses here. The ground underneath is South Florida's usual mix: flat limestone bedrock a few feet down with sandy, fast-draining fill soil on top, which is workable for building but does little on its own to stop water from pooling during a heavy summer storm.

Where #57 Crushed Stone Gets Used Around Miami Gardens

The most common job is a compacted base layer under a gravel or paver driveway, since the sandy topsoil common in Miami Gardens needs something firmer underneath before pavers or a top course goes down. French drains and footing trenches are the second big use, and that matters more here than in drier climates because South Florida's rainy season turns low yards into standing water fast if nothing is moving it away. Retaining wall backfill is a third steady use, since the stone drains instead of trapping water against a block or timber wall. Some Miami Gardens properties also use it as exposed surface stone on equipment pads and side yards where a hard, well-drained footing matters more than a smooth walking texture.

Figuring Your Tonnage

Start with the coverage formula contractors use for any bulk stone job: length in feet times width in feet times depth in inches, divided by 324, which returns a cubic yard number. Multiply that by 2,700 pounds and divide by 2,000 to convert it into the tons you will actually order. A 10 by 40 foot driveway base at 3 inches deep lands close to 5 tons using that math. Rather than working the numbers by hand, the #57 crushed stone calculator takes your square footage and depth and returns a ton figure ready to order against.

Pea gravel, river rock sold around Miami Gardens are also priced by the ton, the same as this stone. Mulch is the one material on that list priced differently, sold instead by the cubic yard.

What the Per Ton Rate Covers

Pricing splits into three tiers by order size. Orders of 3 tons or more run $221 a ton, delivered in 1 to 2 business days. Orders of 8 tons or more drop to $133 a ton with same or next day delivery in most cases. Once an order reaches 15 tons, the delivery charge is waived entirely and the rate settles at its lowest point of $107 a ton. The exact delivered total is calculated from your ZIP code at checkout, since haul distance from the nearest yard is part of the cost.

Delivery Windows in Miami Gardens

Lead time follows the same three brackets as price. Smaller orders in the 3 to 7 ton range ship in 1 to 2 business days. Mid-size orders of 8 to 14 tons typically move same day or the following business day. Full loads of 15 tons or more get scheduling priority along with the waived delivery fee. Delivery in Miami Gardens lists current scheduling windows and service area detail specific to this city.

Ordering #57 Crushed Stone in Miami Gardens

Ordering takes a ZIP code, a ton count based on your project, and a delivery date. Because the rate per ton drops at each tier, it is often worth rounding an order up to the next bracket rather than staying just under it. The #57 Crushed Stone in Florida hub lists pricing and availability for every other city currently served across the state. Most driveway and drainage jobs in Miami Gardens fall somewhere in the 5 to 12 ton range, depending on the length of the run and how deep the base goes.

About #57 Crushed Stone

#57 crushed stone is a gray, angular aggregate produced by crushing quarried rock and screening it down to a consistent three quarter to one inch particle size. The broken, irregular faces are what set it apart from naturally rounded material like pea gravel or river rock: those sharp edges catch against neighboring pieces under a compactor and lock into a stable layer instead of rolling or shifting underfoot. A cubic yard of this stone weighs approximately 2,700 pounds, considerably heavier than a yard of mulch or topsoil, which is the reason it ships and prices by the ton rather than the cubic yard.

The same angular shape that makes it lock together also leaves small gaps between individual pieces once it settles, so water passes through the layer instead of pooling on the surface. That combination of load-bearing strength and drainage is why it is the default choice under driveways, inside French drains, along footing trenches and as backfill behind retaining walls. Some jobs also use it as a finished surface on parking pads or equipment areas where durability and drainage matter more than a smooth, walkable texture. Grading standards for #57 stone are consistent industry-wide, so the size and performance hold steady no matter which yard fills a given order.

What #57 Crushed Stone costs in Miami Gardens

Around Miami Gardens, #57 crushed stone is quoted by the ton with delivery layered in based on distance from the closest yard. 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. Plan on roughly 80 sq ft of coverage per ton at 3 inches deep, which puts a single-car driveway in the 4 to 8 ton bracket.

How crews use #57 Crushed Stone in Miami Gardens

Miami Gardens contractors keep #57 crushed stone on the order sheet for a short list of standard installs. Top of the list is driveway gravel, where the material is rolled out in tight urban lots and infill builds and screeded to grade. Right behind that is drainage gravel, common in dense neighborhoods where curb access is short and often paired with edging or fabric below the lift. Miami Gardens sits at about 116,173 residents, which means we see steady weekday traffic from landscape crews and weekend pickups from owner-builders.

Delivery day in Miami Gardens

Delivery in Miami Gardens runs out of the nearest pit; you get a two hour arrival window the evening prior and a call when the driver leaves the scale. Plan for 12 ft of clear path for a tandem and 14 ft for a tri-axle, plus a level area at the dump point so the bed lifts straight. 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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