Aggregate sizes?

Mac5005

Mac5005

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Can someone explain what differences in size of the rocks are based on this chart. These are listed by size number, and I'm trying to correlate that with inches or common name. Trying to determine what size the # represents. Googled and searched for a while with no results that I could understand.

For example:

#xx is pea gravel
#xx is crush and run

What is surge? What is nash fill?

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Thanks in advance.
 
Most places I get rock from call crusher run abc. @toyota231 will now he hauls all that stuff for a living.
 
You don't want crush n run for a drive. It moves around and is very dusty in the summer.

I have #57 stone and it is perfect. Stays put and once it settles a little it does not seem to push in even after all the rain we had. It is aprox 1.5" long pieces even though the spec is for slightly larger in reality only the smaller pieces make it through the screen.

We had C&R at a place I worked and it was terrible. Gets all over cars and then acts like 20 grit sand paper on your paint.

Edited 67 to 57 after looking at my receipt.
 
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ABC - Crusher run - Fine to #57 size stone
# 4 - 3/4-2 inch - think railroad ballast
#5 – Sizes are from 1″ down to fine particles. For road and paver base.
#57 – Sizes of about 3/4″. For concrete and asphalt mix, driveways, landscaping and French drains.
#67 – Sizes from 3/4″ down to fine particles. For fill, road and slab base.
#78m - 3/8" to fine particles - what they use in bagged concrete

Screenings are exactly what they say. They are whats screened off when they classify the larger stuff. Some are washed some are not. Classified is screedned to remove a % of the dust

Rip Rap
Surge - 4-12" stones- only run through primary crusher
Class A- 2-6" stones
Class B- 5-12"
Class 1- 5-17"
Class 2 - 9-23"

Crusher run is great for a driveway, it is dusty but will pack in well b/c of all the fine particles. If you are doing a driveway though I would look for someone that sells crushed concrete. It's usually cheaper and once it gets wet and packed the cement dust particles will lock it up making it almost as hard as concrete again and less dusty. Heres a link to help visualize the sizes.

http://www.bluemaxmaterials.com/sand_aggregates.htm

I've never heard of "Nash fill" it may be a waste product from the quarry in question. It's probably full of dirt, rock, and debris from where they remove the overburden to get to clean stone and best used to fill a big hole.


Hope this is what you were looking for.
 
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RobMcBee said:
ABC - Crusher run - Fine to #57 size stone
# 4 - 3/4-2 inch - think railroad ballast
#5 – Sizes are from 1″ down to fine particles. For road and paver base.
#57 – Sizes of about 3/4″. For concrete and asphalt mix, driveways, landscaping and French drains.
#67 – Sizes from 3/4″ down to fine particles. For fill, road and slab base.
#78m - 3/8" to fine particles - what they use in bagged concrete

Screenings are exactly what they say. They are whats screened off when they classify the larger stuff. Some are washed some are not. Classified is screedned to remove a % of the dust

Rip Rap
Surge - 4-12" stones- only run through primary crusher
Class A- 2-6" stones
Class B- 5-12"
Class 1- 5-17"
Class 2 - 9-23"

Crusher run is great for a driveway, it is dusty but will pack in well b/c of all the fine particles. If you are doing a driveway though I would look for someone that sells crushed concrete. It's usually cheaper and once it gets wet and packed the cement dust particles will lock it up making it almost as hard as concrete again and less dusty. Heres a link to help visualize the sizes.

http://www.bluemaxmaterials.com/sand_aggregates.htm

I've never heard of "Nash fill" it may be a waste product from the quarry in question. It's probably full of dirt, rock, and debris from where they remove the overburden to get to clean stone and best used to fill a big hole.


Hope this is what you were looking for.
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Thanks guys.

My first use is for my dog's pen we are working on.

Second is Going to be for a few French drains in the corner of the back yard.

Third is a 12x30 patio base at the back of the house from the end of the deck to the storage room door.

Thanks for the help.
 
Mac5005 said:
Second is Going to be for a few French drains in the corner of the back yard.
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#57

Mac5005 said:
Third is a 12x30 patio base at the back of the house from the end of the deck to the storage room door.
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ABC if you need to bring up rough grade (remove the top soil first), then 1 to 1.5" of bedding sand or screenings. Both layers should be compacted (and grades established, etc) before the pavers are laid.
 
For the dog pen I'd use 78's. It will drain well but small enough to keep the turds from being mashed between the stones. You'd be able to scoop then out with a scooper and it rakes out smooth
 
I have hauled it all for Years! I put crushed concrete on my drive the last 2 times, due to looking more like white stone, & costing less. Won't do it again! It breaks down fast, that is the remaining concrete crushing off the stone. It seems to dissolve into the ground, & when dry, Dusty as Uwharrie! I'd visit the supplier your going to use, as some vary in price & size. Most Martin Mariattea Quarry's separate 5, 57, & 67. Their Denver Quarry sell the same 3 products, from 1 pile! It's your choice what You call it. The Kannapolis Quarry, contains Pink Granite; it's Purdy! Bakers Quarry sellsa "driveway" mix, which is made up of 5/57/67/78, I was told. Just like that "nash" whatever, some plants have their own specialty!
 
You also have to watch out for the crushed concrete at any quarry around, they do not sift and it still has wire and rebar in it.

Depending on the quarry and part of the state, surge can also be "railroad ballast" and other rock can be different. Most of the time 57 and 67 are the same size for any quarry. Some quarry have a "non spec or non dot" abc that is cheaper if you want abc. Looks like wake quarry has decent prices especially on abc, Vulcan and Martin marrietta in the Triad are $23.50 to 26.50 a ton. Also if you get it yourself make sure and have a tarp, nc law requires any vehicle over 7500 lbs to use a tarp and most quarries make you use it.
 
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