#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Richardson, TX
Bulk #57 crushed stone delivered in Richardson, TX. Stone size 3/4 - 1. Gray color.
Starting from $574.36 delivered to Richardson for 2 tons, our minimum order
Richardson sits just north of Dallas in the middle of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro, and most yards here were built on flat lots with clay soil underneath, which is exactly the kind of ground that needs a hauled-in base to carry a driveway or hold a wall. #57 crushed stone delivery in Richardson, TX moves by the ton, arrives sized between three quarters of an inch and one inch, and gets used for drainage and base work across the city far more often than as a finished surface on its own.
Richardson's Soil and Terrain
North Texas clay is the dominant native soil around Richardson, and it swells when wet and shrinks hard when dry, a cycle that shifts anything built directly on top of it. A compacted layer of angular stone underneath a driveway, patio slab or wall footing breaks that cycle by giving water somewhere to go instead of pooling against the clay. Terrain across Richardson runs mostly flat, so drainage tends to depend on graded trenches and French drains rather than natural slope, and #57 crushed stone is a common fill for both.
Where It Gets Used Around Richardson
Contractors here reach for this stone under driveways and parking pads because the angular pieces lock together once compacted and hold their shape under vehicle weight. It also fills retaining wall backfill, footing trenches and French drains, where water needs to move through the material instead of collecting behind it. Homeowners closer to Garland and Plano order the same size for gravel walkways and drainage swales along property lines, since the stone drains fast and does not track mud the way finer material can.
Sizing the Order
Because this product sells strictly by the ton, the way to plan a load is to work out square footage first, multiply that by the depth in inches, divide by 324 to land on cubic yards, then convert using the roughly 2,700 pounds a cubic yard this stone weighs. A driveway base 20 feet long and 10 feet wide at 4 inches deep comes out close to 5 tons once that math is run. Skip the manual conversion and run the same dimensions through the #57 crushed stone calculator for a ton figure you can order against directly.
How #57 Crushed Stone Delivery Reaches Richardson
Three order sizes set the delivery window. Anything from 3 up to 7 tons typically leaves within 1 to 2 business days. For 8-ton orders or larger near Richardson, expedited shipping goes same day or next business day. Once a single order reaches 15 tons, it moves to the fastest slot on the schedule and the delivery charge drops away entirely. Homeowners closer to Dallas and Mesquite tend to fall in the same coverage window as the rest of Richardson. Delivery in Richardson has the current service window and booking steps for this address.
What the Ton Rate Looks Like
Pricing steps down three times as the order grows. At 3 tons and up, the rate is $217 a ton with delivery in 1 to 2 business days. At 8 tons and up, it drops to $129 a ton with same or next day service in most cases. At 15 tons and up, the rate falls to $104 a ton and the delivery fee disappears. Stone and topsoil around Richardson both get quoted this same way, in whole tons. Mulch is the outlier among the materials sold locally, priced instead by the cubic yard, so a mixed order of stone and mulch will show two different unit prices on the same invoice.
Placing the Order
An order starts with a ZIP code, which sets the delivered rate, and a ton count, which the calculator above can help confirm before checkout. Because the per ton rate falls at both the 8 ton and 15 ton marks, an order that lands just under one of those lines is often worth rounding up, since the lower rate plus the smaller or waived delivery fee can beat staying at the lighter weight. For coverage in other Texas cities, the #57 Crushed Stone in Texas hub lists every market currently served. Most driveway base and drainage jobs in Richardson fall somewhere between 4 and 10 tons.
About #57 Crushed Stone
#57 crushed stone is a gray, angular aggregate crushed from quarried rock and screened down to a consistent range of three quarters of an inch to one inch. Unlike pea gravel or river rock, which get their round shape from water and weathering, this stone keeps sharp, broken faces from the crushing process. Those broken faces are what make it work as a base material: once spread and compacted, the pieces wedge against each other and resist shifting under weight instead of rolling loose.
Weight is the other defining trait. A cubic yard runs close to 2,700 pounds, heavy enough that it is priced and delivered strictly by the ton rather than the lighter cubic-yard measure used for mulch or compost. The gaps left between the angular pieces after compaction stay open, so water moves down through the layer instead of collecting on top, which is why it shows up so often under driveways, in retaining wall backfill and inside drainage trenches. Grading is held to the same three-quarter to one inch window at every yard, so the size and drainage behavior stay consistent no matter which delivery route an order ships from.
What #57 Crushed Stone costs in Richardson
Around Richardson, #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 Richardson
Richardson 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. Richardson sits at about 118,221 residents, which means we see steady weekday traffic from landscape crews and weekend pickups from owner-builders.
Delivery day in Richardson
Delivery in Richardson 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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What size is #57 crushed stone?
It runs three quarters of an inch to one inch across, a mid-size crushed and screened gray stone. The pieces are angular rather than rounded, so they interlock once spread and compacted instead of rolling loose the way pea gravel or river rock does. That locking action is why it holds shape under a driveway or a parking pad.
Is #57 crushed stone sold by the ton or the cubic yard in Richardson?
By the ton, always. A cubic yard of this stone weighs close to 2,700 pounds, which is why every quote, every delivery ticket and every price break for it in Richardson is written in tons rather than yards. Lighter materials like mulch are the ones priced by the cubic yard instead.
How many tons does a typical driveway base need?
It depends on the length, width and depth, but a base 20 feet long, 10 feet wide and 4 inches deep runs close to 5 tons once the area is converted through the depth math. Wider driveways or a deeper base scale up from there. The calculator on this page will size any specific set of dimensions.
Does #57 crushed stone work on Richardson's clay soil?
Yes, and that is part of why it is used so often here. Clay swells and shrinks with moisture, and a compacted angular stone base underneath a slab or driveway resists that movement far better than building straight on top of bare clay. The open gaps between the pieces also let water drain instead of getting trapped against the clay layer.
How fast does delivery happen in Richardson?
It tracks order size. Orders under 8 tons generally ship within 1 to 2 business days. Orders of 8 tons or more usually move out the same day or the next business day, and orders that reach 15 tons get the quickest scheduling along with the lowest per ton rate and no delivery charge.
Does the per ton price drop on larger orders?
Yes, in two steps. The rate drops once an order reaches 8 tons and drops again at 15 tons, where the delivery fee is also waived entirely. Because of those breaks, ordering slightly more than the bare minimum a job needs can sometimes cost less than ordering the exact amount at a lighter tier.
What other materials in Richardson share this same ton pricing?
Stone and topsoil around Richardson are both priced and delivered by the ton, the same structure used here. Mulch breaks that pattern and is priced by the cubic yard instead, so a homeowner ordering stone for a base and mulch for beds on the same visit should expect two separate unit prices on the invoice.
Where do I check delivery details for my address?
The delivery page for Richardson lists the current service coverage and scheduling windows, which line up with the same three ton based tiers used for pricing. Having a rough ton count ready before checking that page makes it easier to line up a delivery date with the right rate.