Gravel Sand in Louisiana
3/4 inch minus crushed stone blended with fine stone dust. Compacts tightly to create a rock-solid base for driveways, patios, and construction projects.
From $386.00 for 1 ton, delivery included
Larger loads cost less per ton: 500 tons is $25,285.00 ($50.57 per ton). Pick any quantity below for a delivered price.
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“Leveled a base for a wood shed floor at our place outside Simsboro using two tons of gravel sand over compacted road base. Coarse enough to stay put once it was tamped down, and the shed floor still sits dead level almost a year later with no soft spots when I walk across it. Way better than the play sand a neighbor suggested I use instead.”
Hazel S. · Verified Buyer
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Everything You Need to Know About Gravel Sand
Crusher run is a specially blended aggregate consisting of crushed stone mixed with stone dust and fine particles, creating a material that compacts into one of the densest, most stable base layers available. Unlike single-sized aggregates, the combination of angular stone pieces and fine dust fills virtually every void space when compacted, resulting in a rock-solid foundation that resists settling, shifting, and water infiltration. This makes crusher run the preferred base material for driveways, patios, walkways, and structural construction projects.
The key to crusher run's exceptional performance lies in its gradation. The larger stone particles provide structural strength and load-bearing capacity, while the fine dust fills the gaps between them, binding everything together into a cohesive mass. When properly moistened and compacted with a plate compactor or roller, crusher run achieves density levels that rival engineered base materials at a fraction of the cost. This self-cementing action means the base actually becomes stronger over time as particles continue to settle and bind.
Crusher run is the material of choice for professionals who understand that a strong project starts with a strong base. Whether you are building a paver patio, constructing a shed foundation, or preparing a driveway subbase, crusher run provides the stable, unyielding foundation that prevents cracking, settling, and premature failure of the surface material above it. Available in bulk delivery, it is an economical solution for projects that demand maximum base performance.
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Material: Gravel Sand
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Common Uses
Driveway & Parking Subbase
Crusher run can be placed beneath driveways and parking areas as a compacted support layer. In Louisiana, where wet ground and clay can affect a base, a properly compacted layer helps limit ruts, settlement, and wear from vehicle use.
Patio & Walkway Foundation
Use crusher run below pavers, flagstone, or concrete as a compacted foundation layer. It provides a level bearing surface for hardscape work and helps reduce movement and settlement.
Shed & Structure Pads
A compacted crusher run pad provides a level base for sheds, hot tubs, gazebos, and similar outdoor structures. The material helps spread the load and limit settlement that can affect the structure.
Grading & Site Preparation
Crusher run can be used to shape grades, raise low spots, and prepare a site for construction. When compacted, it forms a working surface for equipment and building activity.
Why Choose Gravel Sand
Maximum Compaction
Crusher run combines crushed stone with fine dust. During compaction, the smaller material occupies spaces between the larger pieces, forming a dense base that can help limit shifting and settlement under load.
Particle Binding After Compaction
Water and compaction move the fines into the spaces around the larger pieces, helping the material set into a unified layer. In Louisiana's wet ground conditions, this interlock can limit the need for extra stabilizer.
Compacted Base Material
Crusher run combines several particle sizes in one material. Once placed and compacted, it forms an aggregate layer suited to construction applications.
Base Uses
Crusher run is commonly specified beneath driveways, foundations, and structural base layers where a compacted aggregate course is needed.
Frequently Asked Questions About Gravel Sand
Customer Reviews
Concrete slab base held up strong
Used gravel sand under a concrete slab for a workshop out near Urania before the pour went in. Four tons spread and compacted easy with the plate tamper, and the slab has stayed level with no cracking through its first full year, including a couple of hard freezes that snapped pipes on the neighbor's place but never touched our slab. Good coarse sand, no clay lumps in the mix at all.
Gideon R. · Urania, LA · Verified Buyer
Sand base perfect for the shed floor
Leveled a base for a wood shed floor at our place outside Simsboro using two tons of gravel sand over compacted road base. Coarse enough to stay put once it was tamped down, and the shed floor still sits dead level almost a year later with no soft spots when I walk across it. Way better than the play sand a neighbor suggested I use instead.
Hazel S. · Simsboro, LA · Verified Buyer
Base under the pavers set solid
Put down gravel sand as a base under a paver walkway at our place near Pollock, three tons over the compacted crusher run below it. Louisiana Rock Supply had it delivered the same week I called since it was a smaller order, dumped right at the top of the drive. Screeded level easy with a two by four, and the pavers have not shifted an inch through a full year of rain and foot traffic.
Fern Q. · Pollock, LA · Verified Buyer
Second delivery took three phone calls
Called for four inches of Gravel Sand under the slab for a job in Athens, that's the depth the mason wanted before he'd pour anything. Truck brought enough for maybe two and a half inches once it was spread and screeded out, nowhere close to four. Had to call back and schedule a second delivery just to top it off before the concrete crew could start, and getting a firm date for that second load took three phone calls over two days.
Ignatius T. · Athens, LA · Verified Buyer
Coarse sand mixed concrete easy
Two tons of gravel sand for a batch of concrete footings at our place outside Georgetown. Coarse and consistent, mixed up strong in the mixer, and the footings cured hard with no crumbling at the edges.
Emmett P. · Georgetown, LA · Verified Buyer
Gravel Sand has 5 verified customer reviews with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5.
