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hi all,

i was wondering how much people in oz are paying for pea gravel. my local soil suppliers have them for $75 per 6x4 trailer. this seems a little expensive to me. any suggestions as to the best place to source large amounts for cheap?

any help much appriciated.

I paid $45 for a cubic meter of 10mm drainage gravel. That is fairly standard around Brisbane.

we paid $15 per bobcat scoop of 10mm screened gravel. 3 scoops to a cubic metre = $45 - just like VB

and 3 scoops to a 1 tonne ute



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I paid $60-$65 a trailer load I think. Are you north or south of the river BF, and which soil supplier did you try?

bf, general price is $45/cubic metre for 10mm drain gravel (Qld) - a 6 by 4 trailer holds approx 0.9cubic metre ($40)

I bought it in 1/4 metre lots for under $12

$30/tonne at my local sand and gravel guy -I took a guesstimated 100 kilos and he settled for $3.00 - so $45/cu mtr is about right, especially if they've got to fire up the F/E loader to load you.

$50/cu m for 14mm screenings here, I got a cu m....lol...ahhh shit what am I gunna do with it all

Similar to EB $61 a trailer at Boomerang soil suppliers... cracked and normal pea gravel. It is only expensive if you buy it by the bag full.

thanks for the replies guys.

eb i'm north and tried the local soil world. i found a supplier that does $65 a trailer load.

on another note i can get standard, screened or cracked. any thoughts on which is best for growbeds?

cheers

The weight of gravel was also another item discussed at the Brissie meet - gravel is 2*SG (ie 1 cubic metre of gravel weighs 2 tonne = very compressed springs)

I guess screened? Does that mean it's been through a screen and had smaller particles removed?

I would go for round rather than cracked, I've tried both and cracked gravel is a bit harsher on your hands, round pea gravel is nice n smooth..

Screened means it has been procesed through a screener. Ie they dump a bucket load of junk into the big machiene "the screener" and then it sorts it out through a series of screens or sieves. This way they can seperate gravels into graduated +-sizes that you get in the store or can mix the gravels in a percentage to get an optimum aggregate mix for a type of concrete they want to make. More info than you probably wanted but thats what you get from 2 years of soils and concrete testing courses.