#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in West Jordan, UT

What #57 Crushed Stone Is Good For in West Jordan

A base layer under concrete or pavers only performs as well as the material underneath it, and #57 crushed stone delivery in West Jordan, UT exists to be that layer. Angular, gray, and sized between three quarters of an inch and one inch, it compacts into a dense, drainage friendly base instead of shifting the way rounder rock does under a roller. Contractors reach for it under slabs and retaining walls, and homeowners use the same grade in French drains and around foundation footings.

• Compacted base under driveways, patios, sheds and garage pads
• French drains, perimeter trenches and dry wells
• Backfill behind retaining walls where water needs somewhere to go
• Fill and resurfacing for gravel access roads
• Erosion control on graded slopes

Pea gravel, river rock and topsoil are all priced here. Cubic yards apply only to mulch, so a project mixing a stone base with a mulched bed is really pricing two different units at once.

West Jordan, in the Salt Lake Valley

West Jordan sits in the Salt Lake Valley, a part of the Salt Lake City metro with clay heavy valley soil that drains slowly on its own, which is exactly the kind of ground a compacted stone base is meant to correct. The city has grown to well over a hundred thousand residents, with steady new construction and remodeling keeping demand for base material and drainage stone consistent through the year. West Valley City sits about 5 miles away, Provo is roughly 30 miles south, and Ogden is about 44 miles north, all close enough to note for anyone comparing delivery windows across the valley.

Sizing an Order in Tons

The calculator does the math, but the shortcut is length in feet times width in feet times depth in inches, all divided by 324, which returns cubic yards. #57 crushed stone runs about 2,700 pounds to the cubic yard, so multiply that yardage by 1.35 to get tons. A 12 by 15 foot base at 4 inches deep comes out to roughly 2.2 cubic yards, close to 3 tons once converted. Run your own footprint through the crushed stone calculator instead of doing the conversion by hand.

What Drives the Price

Tonnage sets the rate. Orders of 3 to 7 tons run $172 a ton and ship in 1 to 2 business days with a delivery fee attached. Move up to 8 to 14 tons and the rate drops to $85 a ton with same or next day service, still carrying a smaller fee. Fifteen tons is the line where the delivery charge drops away entirely, and the rate itself settles at $61 a ton at that point.

Your ZIP code determines the final delivered number, so $61 a ton is the bulk starting rate rather than a fixed price for every address. There is no separate quote to request; the price shown after you enter your ZIP is the price you pay.

Delivery Windows and Lead Times

Smaller loads take the longest to schedule, typically a day or two out. Mid-size loads in the 8 to 14 ton range often move same day or the next. Full 15 ton-plus loads keep that fast pace and also ship free. Current windows for your address are listed under delivery in West Jordan.

Trucks need a clear, reasonably level path to the drop point, so note any gate widths, low branches or steep grades on your lot before scheduling, especially on the hillier streets closer to the valley's edge.

Placing an Order

Start with your ZIP code to get a delivered price, then choose the tonnage and a delivery window that works. Nothing is quoted over the phone and no yard visit is required. For pricing on this same grade across other Utah cities, see #57 Crushed Stone in Utah.

When the tonnage is close to a round number, it is worth rounding up rather than down. Compaction reduces loose volume, so a load sized exactly to the calculator's answer sometimes falls a bit short once it is spread and rolled.

About #57 Crushed Stone

#57 crushed stone is a gray, angular aggregate crushed and screened to a size range of three quarters of an inch to one inch. The crushing process leaves sharp, irregular edges rather than the smooth, rounded faces you get on pea gravel or river rock, and that shape is what lets the pieces lock together once they are compacted, instead of rolling loose under a roller or plate compactor.

One cubic yard weighs approximately 2,700 pounds, a fairly heavy figure for this size grade, which reflects how densely the angular pieces pack once compacted. Even packed tight, the stone keeps enough open void space between individual pieces for water to move through freely, which is why it pulls double duty as both a structural base and a drainage layer in the same application.

This material is sold by the ton rather than the cubic yard, so any coverage math should end in tonnage, not a yard figure alone. It shows up most often under driveways, patios, slabs and retaining walls as a compacted base, and inside French drains, dry wells and foundation backfill as a drainage fill. It is a structural and drainage material first, not a decorative topdressing meant to stay visible once the project is finished.

What #57 Crushed Stone costs in West Jordan

In the West Jordan 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 West Jordan

Crews working out of West Jordan 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 116,688, West Jordan pulls a mix of single-truck homeowner orders and contractor full-loads through the season.

Delivery day in West Jordan

On the day of the drop, the dispatcher pulls the closest yard, batches your ticket with other West Jordan 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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