#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Cedar Rapids, IA

Cedar Rapids, the second largest city in Iowa, sits on flat eastern farmland split by the Cedar River, where deep prairie soil holds water well but turns soft and unstable through spring thaw and again after summer downpours. #57 crushed stone delivery in Cedar Rapids, IA solves that with an angular gray aggregate that compacts into a hard, well drained base, priced and shipped by the ton rather than the cubic yard. Below is where this stone gets used on Cedar Rapids properties, how many tons a typical job takes, what the ton pricing looks like at each order size, how fast delivery moves, and how to get an order scheduled.

Where Cedar Rapids Crews Use #57 Crushed Stone

On Cedar Rapids properties, #57 crushed stone most often goes down as the compacted base under a gravel or paver driveway, since the region's heavy prairie soil will not carry vehicle weight on its own once it gets wet. It also lines French drains and footing trenches on low-lying lots near the Cedar River, where drainage matters more than on higher ground. Contractors backfilling retaining walls on sloped yards use it for the same reason: it drains against the wall instead of holding water and adding pressure. Farm equipment yards and gravel parking pads around the city hold up well under it too, since the angular pieces compact hard and resist rutting under repeated truck traffic.

Cedar Rapids Soil and Winters

The ground around Cedar Rapids is mostly deep, dark prairie soil built up over glacial till, rich for farmland but soft and slow to drain once it is wet, a regular condition through an Iowa spring. Winters here bring hard freezes followed by thaws, and that freeze-thaw cycle heaves and shifts native soil in a way that cracks driveways and patios sitting directly on dirt. A compacted stone base handles that cycle far better than bare ground, since the angular pieces lock together and hold their shape instead of shifting with each freeze and thaw. That is part of why crushed stone bases turn up on both older in-town lots and newer subdivisions here.

Working Out Your Tonnage

#57 crushed stone is sold and priced by the ton, so figure the job in tons instead of cubic yards. A ton of this stone covers close to 120 square feet at a 2 inch depth, about 60 square feet at 4 inches, and roughly 40 square feet at 6 inches, since a cubic yard of it weighs approximately 2,700 pounds. A typical 12 by 50 foot driveway base at 4 inches deep comes out close to 10 tons, with smaller trenches or pads needing less. Skip the manual math and run your own numbers through the #57 crushed stone calculator, which turns your square footage and depth into a ton figure ready to order.

What the Per Ton Tiers Cost

Pricing runs in three ton based tiers. Orders of 3 tons or more cost $189 a ton, delivered in 1 to 2 business days. Orders of 8 tons or more drop to $102 a ton, usually with same or next day delivery. Orders that reach 15 tons or more ship with no delivery charge at all, at a rate of $77 a ton. Most driveway bases and drainage jobs around Cedar Rapids fall in the 8 to 15 ton range, so it is worth checking whether bumping an order up a tier actually saves money overall. The final delivered total is calculated from your ZIP code once you enter it.

Lead Times for Cedar Rapids Orders

Lead time follows the same three tiers as pricing. An order of 3 to 7 tons typically ships within 1 to 2 business days. An 8 to 14 ton order usually goes out same day or the next business day. Loads of 15 tons or more get top priority and go out with no delivery charge. Delivery in Cedar Rapids has the current service area and scheduling detail for this city.

Ordering #57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Cedar Rapids, IA

Placing an order takes a ZIP code, a ton count and a delivery date. Choose your tier by job size first, since a slightly larger order sometimes lands in a cheaper bracket overall. For rates and coverage across the rest of the state, #57 Crushed Stone in Iowa lists every city currently served. Most residential jobs around Cedar Rapids, whether a driveway base or a drainage trench, land somewhere in the 8 to 15 ton range, and knowing that figure ahead of time keeps ordering simple.

About #57 Crushed Stone

#57 crushed stone is a gray, angular aggregate, quarried and crushed, then screened down to a consistent three quarter to one inch particle size. That broken, jagged shape is what sets it apart from naturally rounded stone such as pea gravel or river rock: the pieces bite into each other under compaction rather than rolling past one another, so the material packs into a firm, stable base instead of shifting under weight. A cubic yard of #57 stone weighs roughly 2,700 pounds, far heavier than lighter cubic-yard materials like mulch or compost, and that weight is the reason it ships and prices by the ton instead of the yard.

Since the angular gaps between pieces never compress down tight, water works its way through this stone rather than collecting on the surface, which is the main reason it ends up under driveways, inside French drains, along footing trenches and as backfill behind retaining walls. It also holds its shape well as an exposed surface in low-traffic parking areas and equipment yards, where a firm, well drained footing counts for more than a smooth walking surface. Grading stays consistent regardless of which yard fills the order, so the stone behaves the same on every site it reaches.

What #57 Crushed Stone costs in Cedar Rapids

In the Cedar Rapids 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 Cedar Rapids

Crews working out of Cedar Rapids 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 137,904, Cedar Rapids pulls a mix of single-truck homeowner orders and contractor full-loads through the season.

Delivery day in Cedar Rapids

On the day of the drop, the dispatcher pulls the closest yard, batches your ticket with other Cedar Rapids 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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