Call a reputable aggregate dealer. It's definitely not 1600 tons lol.
If you don't have a good dump trailer and something to pull AND stop, do yourself a favor and have it delivered. Shoveling gravel sucks. It's for the young and dumb.
If you don't have a good dump trailer and something to pull AND stop, do yourself a favor and have it delivered. Shoveling gravel sucks. It's for the young and dumb.
Why only 2"? Crank that fucker up to 4 or 5
Why only 2"? Crank that fucker up to 4 or 5
I mostly want to suppress the dust, and I don't have a huge budget and gravel is heavy.
I mostly want to suppress the dust, and I don't have a huge budget and gravel is heavy.
2 tons should cover that pretty well. It's gonna compact so you should go deeper.
2 tons should cover that pretty well. It's gonna compact so you should go deeper.
What are you looking to use the section for?
What are you looking to use the section for?
Interior of a greenhouse. It used to be covered in bark, which has all broken down or tracked out, now there's a bunch of fine grain soil that creates too much dust.
Interior of a greenhouse. It used to be covered in bark, which has all broken down or tracked out, now there's a bunch of fine grain soil that creates too much dust.
I asked because there's different sizes of gravel and they're used for varying needs, sometimes in layers.
is probably the best person to listen to but a chips/dust layer(watered and compacted) followed by a pea gravel size(compacted) on top sounds like a decent greenhouse base.
I asked because there's different sizes of gravel and they're used for varying needs, sometimes in layers.
@fumduck is probably the best person to listen to but a chips/dust layer(watered and compacted) followed by a pea gravel size(compacted) on top sounds like a decent greenhouse base.
1600 sounds significantly low.
1600 sounds significantly low.
The people that sell it will be able to tell you. Get it delivered. It's worth not having to haul it.
The people that sell it will be able to tell you. Get it delivered. It's worth not having to haul it.
Unless you have a trailer, then it's half the price.
Unless you have a trailer, then it's half the price.
Pro tip: get it delivered. Most trailers are not built to carry the weight of that much gravel and will fail in Exciting And Unexpected Ways. You will not enjoy this.
Pro tip: get it delivered. Most trailers are not built to carry the weight of that much gravel and will fail in Exciting And Unexpected Ways. You will not enjoy this.
lol. I haul 12000 pounds (6 Tons) of gravel regularly. I think you're assuming that people are dumb. Wait, you're probably right.
Seriously, haul it yourself if you have a trailer. Don't be stupid and overload your trailer or your trucks hauling capacity. It's half the price.
lol. I haul 12000 pounds (6 Tons) of gravel regularly. I think you're assuming that people are dumb. Wait, you're probably right.
Seriously, haul it yourself if you have a trailer. Don't be stupid and overload your trailer or your trucks hauling capacity. It's half the price.
Unless you have a dump trailer it's not worth it.
Unless you have a dump trailer it's not worth it.
I'd get a pallet of bag gravel from home depot delivered. 1600 lbs is only like 20 bags. Then get a hand tamp from over by the shovels. Your cheapest option unless some dude in a van down by the river will deliver it for cheap.
I'd get a pallet of bag gravel from home depot delivered. 1600 lbs is only like 20 bags. Then get a hand tamp from over by the shovels. Your cheapest option unless some dude in a van down by the river will deliver it for cheap.
Do you have a picture of your greenhouse to show us? Also do you need to put the gravel in places where you're not going to walk? Is the dirt that's in the greenhouse that fine now where any type of wind disturbance kicks it up?
Do you have a picture of your greenhouse to show us? Also do you need to put the gravel in places where you're not going to walk? Is the dirt that's in the greenhouse that fine now where any type of wind disturbance kicks it up?
A couple of the glass panes are broken, so some wind does pass through, but not enough to blow out the dust quickly. Pretty much everything stored in there gets covered in it eventually.
It's mostly for storage and shelter from the rain. I don't really need a professional job done, just getting an estimate of how much gravel I'd have to move around to do a decent job of knocking down the dust.
I'm also down a fairly narrow street, so if a dump truck did manage to get down here, they'd have to dump it at the end of the road, which the neighbors might not like if it took me more than a day to move in the yard.
A couple of the glass panes are broken, so some wind does pass through, but not enough to blow out the dust quickly. Pretty much everything stored in there gets covered in it eventually.
It's mostly for storage and shelter from the rain. I don't really need a professional job done, just getting an estimate of how much gravel I'd have to move around to do a decent job of knocking down the dust.
I'm also down a fairly narrow street, so if a dump truck did manage to get down here, they'd have to dump it at the end of the road, which the neighbors might not like if it took me more than a day to move in the yard.
Crushed limestone works out better in the long run unless you're going for loose compaction.
Crushed limestone works out better in the long run unless you're going for loose compaction.
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