#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Shreveport, LA

Shreveport sits on the Red River in the northwest corner of Louisiana, and #57 crushed stone delivery here moves by the ton straight to driveways, drainage lines and retaining wall backfill across the city. The angular gray stone ships from the nearest supplying yard, with the price per ton dropping as the order size climbs. What follows covers how the material performs on Shreveport's clay ground, how many tons a typical job needs, what the tiered pricing looks like and how fast delivery moves once an order goes in.

Shreveport's Clay Ground and River Bottom Lots

Northwest Louisiana's Ark-La-Tex corner runs long, humid summers and a native soil that leans heavily toward dense red and gray clay, with sandier patches closer to the Red River itself. Clay alone holds rainwater far longer than most driveways or footing trenches can tolerate, which is exactly the gap #57 crushed stone fills. This material is priced and delivered by the ton across every Shreveport order, never by the cubic yard, since a cubic yard of the angular stone weighs close to 2,700 pounds, too heavy to make sense priced any other way. Neighborhoods stretching from the older streets near downtown to newer subdivisions on the city's edges share the same clay problem, so the same fix applies citywide.

Working Out How Many Tons You Need

Turning a project into a ton count starts with the length in feet times the width in feet times the depth in inches, divided by 324, which gives cubic yards; multiply that figure by about 1.35 to land on tons for this particular stone. A driveway base 12 feet wide and 60 feet long at 4 inches deep works out to roughly 8.9 cubic yards, close to 12 tons once converted. Rather than run that math by hand every time, the #57 crushed stone calculator takes the same square footage and depth and returns a ton figure ready to order against.

Where #57 Crushed Stone Gets Used Around Shreveport

Most orders go down as the compacted base under a gravel or paver driveway, since raw clay will not carry vehicle weight through a wet season without rutting and pooling. French drains and footing trenches on low lots near the river lean on the same stone for the same reason: water needs somewhere to go besides the surface. Retaining wall backfill on sloped yards is another steady use, since the angular pieces drain instead of trapping water against the wall face. Equipment pads and gravel parking areas round out the list, wherever a hard, well drained surface matters more than a smooth walking texture.

Pricing Notes for a Shreveport Order

Three tonnage tiers set the rate. Order 3 tons or more and pay $214 a ton, arriving within a couple of business days. Order 8 tons or more and the rate drops to $126 a ton, usually shipping same day or the next business day. Cross 15 tons and the per ton price falls to its lowest point, $100, with delivery folded into the order at no separate charge, the tier most driveway and drainage jobs land in once the tonnage is worked out. The exact delivered total still depends on the ZIP entered at checkout, since hauling distance factors into the final number.

Delivery and Lead Times in Shreveport

Lead times track the same three tiers as pricing: smaller orders ship within a business day or two, the middle tier usually moves same day or the next business day, and full truckload orders of 15 tons or more get priority scheduling. Delivery in Shreveport lists the current service area and booking detail for the city. Most homeowners ordering for a driveway base or a drainage line find their job lands somewhere in the 8 to 15 ton range once the measurements are worked out.

Ordering #57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Shreveport

Placing an order takes a delivery ZIP code, a ton count and a preferred date, with the ZIP setting the final delivered price since hauling distance is part of the cost. Rounding up into the next tier is often worth it, since the lower per ton rate on a bigger order can end up cheaper overall than staying just under the line. For pricing across the rest of the state, the #57 Crushed Stone in Louisiana hub lists every city currently served. Whether the job is a driveway base near downtown or a drainage line on a low lot by the river, the same tiered, ton based pricing applies to every order placed in Shreveport.

About #57 Crushed Stone

#57 crushed stone is a crushed, screened aggregate with an angular shape, sized to fall between about three quarters of an inch and one inch across. Screening keeps the pieces within that narrow range, so a load ordered today matches a load ordered next month. The broken, angular faces are what separate it from naturally rounded stone such as pea gravel or river rock: under a plate compactor those faces catch against each other and lock the layer together instead of letting individual pieces roll and shift. A cubic yard of this stone weighs roughly 2,700 pounds, heavy enough that pricing and delivery both run by the ton rather than by volume.

That same angular shape leaves open gaps between pieces once compacted, so water passes through the layer instead of pooling on top, which is the property that puts this stone under driveways, inside French drains and behind retaining walls more than a smoother material would be. It also holds a compacted shape under vehicle and foot traffic well enough to serve as an exposed surface in low traffic areas, not only as a hidden base layer. Grading standards for #57 stone are consistent from one supplier to the next, so the size and drainage performance stay the same no matter where a particular load is sourced from.

What #57 Crushed Stone costs in Shreveport

Local Shreveport yards quote #57 crushed stone by the ton; the delivered number includes fuel, the truck, and the haul. 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. A ton of this material spreads across about 80 sq ft when laid 3 inches deep, useful when you are sizing a patio base or a walkway run.

How crews use #57 Crushed Stone in Shreveport

In and around Shreveport, #57 crushed stone shows up most often on two project types. The most common deployment is driveway gravel, often in tight urban lots and infill builds in two to three inch lifts. Second on the list is drainage gravel, which we see in dense neighborhoods where curb access is short on partial-truck deliveries. At roughly 176,578 people, the Shreveport order mix leans toward 3 to 8 ton residential drops with the occasional 16 ton job for a contractor.

Delivery day in Shreveport

A typical Shreveport drop is dispatched from the closest yard with a two hour window and a heads-up call once the truck is loaded. Tandem trucks want a 12 ft lane in and out; tri-axles need 14 ft, and both want firm ground at the tipping spot so the load releases cleanly. 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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