#57 Crushed Stone Delivery in Wichita Falls, TX

Strong prairie wind and red clay soil shape a lot of building decisions in Wichita Falls, and #57 crushed stone delivery is one of the standard answers when a lot needs a base that will not shift or wash out. This gray, three quarter to one inch stone ships by the ton, and the per ton rate steps down as the order gets bigger. The sections below cover where local builders put it to work, how the ton pricing and delivery windows break down, and how to turn a job's dimensions into an order you can actually place.

Best Uses in Wichita Falls

Driveway and parking pad bases are the most common use, since the red clay found across much of Wichita Falls holds water and softens under repeated vehicle weight without a hard layer over it. Drainage runs and French drains lean on the same stone for the opposite reason: its angular shape keeps channels open so water moves through instead of pooling against a slab or foundation. Fence line and gate approaches on the city's outer subdivisions get graded with it too, since those spots take the heaviest truck traffic during construction and need to hold up afterward. Retaining wall backfill is a regular call as well, given how many sloped lots sit along the Wichita River corridor running through town.

Wichita Falls Overview

Wichita Falls sits on the Rolling Plains of North Texas, close enough to the Red River that Oklahoma is a short drive north, and Sheppard Air Force Base anchors a large share of the local economy alongside Midwestern State University. Population here runs close to 102,000, and the city is its own metro area rather than a satellite of anything larger, so this page has no nearby city to route an order through instead. Soil across town leans toward dense red clay with pockets of sandy loam nearer the river, and that clay expands and contracts enough through the seasons to crack a thin driveway base within a year or two. Wind is close to constant, which dries exposed dirt fast and makes a compacted stone surface hold up better than bare ground around outbuildings and equipment yards.

Delivery and Lead Times

Three delivery windows apply, tied to the same tiers as pricing. Orders of 3 to 7 tons typically ship within 1 to 2 business days of confirming. Orders of 8 to 14 tons move quicker, usually same day or the next business day. Once an order reaches 15 tons, MyGravelBuddy drops the delivery charge entirely, and that tier also carries the fastest scheduling of the three. Delivery in Wichita Falls lists the current service area and any scheduling notes specific to this city.

How Much You Need

This stone sells strictly by the ton, so plan the order in tons from the start. Get there by multiplying length in feet by width in feet by the planned depth in inches, then dividing by 324 to get cubic yards. From there, since a cubic yard of this material weighs close to 2,700 pounds, add roughly 35 percent to that cubic yard figure to reach the ton total a truck will bring. An 18 by 45 foot driveway base at 4 inches deep works out to about 7.5 cubic yards, which rounds to close to 10 tons delivered. Enter those same dimensions into the #57 crushed stone calculator to skip the arithmetic and get a ton figure directly.

Pricing Notes

Pricing runs in three ton tiers. At 3 tons and above, the rate is $256 a ton with delivery inside 1 to 2 business days. At 8 tons and above, that drops to $167 a ton, generally scheduled same day or the next business day. At 15 tons and above, the rate reaches its floor of $139 a ton and delivery no longer costs anything extra. Ton pricing covers this stone from the smallest load to the largest, matching how the other stone grades and the topsoil sold around Wichita Falls are priced. Mulch alone breaks from that pattern and is sold by the cubic yard instead. The final delivered figure is worked out from your ZIP code once entered, since distance from the nearest yard is part of the cost.

Ordering #57 Crushed Stone in Wichita Falls

Placing an order requires a delivery ZIP, a ton count and a target delivery date. Pricing in Wichita Falls follows the same tiered structure used across the rest of the state, and the #57 Crushed Stone in Texas hub covers rates in other Texas cities if a project needs stone delivered to more than one address. Jobs in the 8 to 15 ton range cover most local driveway and drainage work, so it is worth checking whether rounding an order up into the next tier actually lowers the total cost.

About #57 Crushed Stone

#57 crushed stone is quarried rock that gets mechanically crushed and screened down to a consistent three quarter to one inch size, leaving every piece with sharp, broken faces rather than the smooth, rounded shape water gives to natural gravel. Those broken faces are the whole reason the material behaves the way it does: run a plate compactor over a loose pile and the angular edges catch against each other and lock tight, instead of rolling apart the way rounded pea gravel or river rock would under the same pressure. A cubic yard weighs roughly 2,700 pounds, noticeably heavier than a cubic yard of topsoil or mulch, which is why the entire product is priced, ordered and delivered by the ton instead of the yard.

The same angular pieces that lock together under compaction also leave small gaps between them once the layer is packed down, and those gaps let water pass straight through rather than sit on the surface. That combination, a load bearing surface that still drains, is why it turns up so often under driveways, inside French drains, along footing trenches and behind retaining walls anywhere runoff needs somewhere to go. It also holds up on its own as a surface for equipment pads, RV pads and low traffic gravel lots, where a firm, well draining base matters more than a fine, walkable finish. Grading standards keep the size consistent regardless of which yard a given order ships from.

What #57 Crushed Stone costs in Wichita Falls

Local Wichita Falls 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 Wichita Falls

In and around Wichita Falls, #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 102,372 people, the Wichita Falls order mix leans toward 3 to 8 ton residential drops with the occasional 16 ton job for a contractor.

Delivery day in Wichita Falls

A typical Wichita Falls 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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