What is the best gravel for driveways and paths? Peninsula Landscape Supplies

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Peninsula Landscape Supplies Ltd. is a retail supplier of bulk landscape materials. Our yard consists of a wide variety of soil mixes, mulches, composts, and manures. In addition to organic products, we also stock a variety of aggregates and ornamental slate. Our Sidney location on Vancouver Island includes a retail store in which you will find grass seed, fertilizer, garden tools, and a large assortment of garden ornaments.
All bulk materials can be picked up in small amounts, such as pails or bags. The yard has a loader on site for those who would like to have their pickup truck filled. Large and small loads for delivery are available, and our professional drivers can deliver your products on the same day that it is ordered.
Our staff members all have an interest in gardening and will advise you on the correct products to use to complete your landscaping tasks. Chris and Stephan are the senior landscape technicians and both hold certificates in horticulture and design. They are always happy to answer any gardening questions that you may have.
We look forward to helping you with your next project.

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The 3/4" to dust limestone gravel that you call "road base" is typically called "Crusher Run" in the South by most of the people who sell it. It's different from straight 3/4" (usually called #57 limestone) as it has dust in it. I've found that Crusher Run only works well when the base below it is good. If you have sand or "prairie soil" that is not stable, I use a compacted base of red clay gravel at least 6" thick, usually 12" thick, then put Crusher Run down, but if the soil is just slightly bad, I compact the natural in-situ soil, then lay a thicker 1-1/2" limestone gravel which is usually called "Railroad Rock", but it's stone, not rock. Note that rock like "river rock" is also sold as "#57" & neither it nor "pea gravel" are suitable for driveways as they don't compact well. Also note that the people who sell raw materials are not the smartest people in the world & many of them use different terms for the same materials, so whoever you talk to, make sure you explain the consistency you want & its use before you order, and even better, take a trip to the yard or pit to inspect it. Also only buy from sellers who weigh their trucks & provide a receipt showing the actual weight to the 100th of a ton, like 26.52 tons, which is a typical 20-yd load in the old terminology. In most cases, the "pit" is a misnomer as it's usually just a yard where it's being held by a retailer when it's carted in from a pit they bought it from. Most of the stone in my state comes from one area --- Calera, AL, as it's the southernmost pit, so it serves all of Central & South Alabama being the closest to those areas.

MMMarvelous

Thanks for posting. I'm researching gravel for a driveway and this was a big help.

archaney

Thanks for the explanation, I have a driveway and yard where large transport trucks come though on a regular basis that turn around and back up etc. I also have a lot of water running through and washout from the angle on the yard. What holds up best for that? 1/2"?

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