Gravel & Aggregate Delivery in Broward County
Our home county. The yard is in Fort Lauderdale, which makes Broward the fastest, cheapest ground we cover.
Broward is where we are based and where we run the most trucks. The yard is in Fort Lauderdale, most of the county sits inside a 25-mile radius of it, and the practical consequence is that Broward deliveries are the quickest to schedule and the cheapest to haul anywhere in our service area.
Call before 11 AM on a material the pits have staged — #57 rock, limerock base, crushed concrete, fill dirt — and same-day is realistic across most of the county. Next-day is the normal expectation on everything else.
What Broward ground actually demands
Two things shape nearly every material decision in this county: the water table and the limestone underneath it.
Groundwater sits close to the surface across most of Broward, and in the eastern third it is very close. That is why drainage details appear on so much of the residential and light-commercial work here, and why #57 rock moves in the volume it does. French drains, under-slab drainage layers, swale outfalls and pump chambers all come back to giving water somewhere to go rather than somewhere to sit.
The limestone underneath is the reason base is affordable. Limerock is quarried locally rather than trucked in from another state, so the material that everything in South Florida is built on costs a fraction of what equivalent base costs in most of the country.
The third factor, particularly east of Federal Highway, is the canal network. Broward has an extraordinary density of canals and finger waterways, which means an unusual concentration of seawall, dock and shoreline work — and steady demand for rip rap and armour stone that you simply would not see in an inland market.
Who we haul for here
Site contractors and paving crews take the largest share of our Broward tonnage — base rock and fill by the load, several loads at a time, scheduled against a construction programme.
Pool builders are the next largest, buying fill sand for over-dig backfill and pea rock for deck surrounds. Hardscape and paver contractors buy limerock base and bedding sand together on one truck. Landscapers buy topsoil and decorative stone.
And a steady stream of homeowners and small contractors buy a single load for a driveway or a drainage problem. We do not treat that order differently — same pricing structure, same delivery standard, same one-hour quote.
Cities we deliver to in Broward County
Ground conditions in Broward County
Two features of Broward ground drive nearly every material decision made here, and understanding them saves a great deal of money.
The water table
Groundwater sits close to the surface across the whole county and very close in the eastern third. In practical terms that means excavations fill, subgrades stay damp, and anything built without a drainage path will eventually sit in water.
The consequence for material selection is that open-graded washed stone appears in a very high proportion of details here. #57 rock under slabs, in French drains, around drainfields and at swale outfalls is not an optional refinement in Broward — it is the standard way of keeping water moving. Contractors arriving from drier markets consistently under-specify it and consistently regret doing so.
Limestone close to the surface
Underneath the sand cap is limestone, often within a few feet. That is why excavation here sometimes needs a hammer rather than a bucket, and it is why base rock is affordable: limerock is quarried locally rather than railed in from another state.
What this means for base
Subgrade preparation matters more than the base material you choose. A damp, poorly compacted subgrade will fail under any base, including the most expensive spec limerock. Stabilise and compact what is underneath, place base in lifts of roughly six inches compacted, water to near optimum moisture, and roll each lift before adding the next.
Get that right and crushed concrete will outlast a badly built limerock section at meaningfully lower cost. Get it wrong and no material saves you.
Choosing the right material
Most ordering mistakes are not quantity errors — they are the wrong material bought for the job. This is the short version of what goes where.
| If the job is… | Use | Not | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base under pavement, inspected | Limerock base | Shell rock | Spec work needs the certified bearing value. Shell rock will not satisfy LBR 100. |
| Base under pavement, not inspected | Crushed concrete | Virgin limerock | Performs at or near limerock, gains strength over time, costs less. |
| Driveway, pad or ranch road | Shell rock | Spec limerock | Nobody is testing the bearing value. Put the saving into thickness. |
| Driveway wearing surface | Asphalt millings | Loose stone | Binds in the sun into a firm dark surface that does not wash out or dust. |
| French drain or drainfield | #57 rock | Crusher run | Washed and open-graded, so water moves through it. Anything with fines clogs. |
| Under pavers — bedding | Washed concrete sand | Mason sand or stone dust | Only well-graded coarse sand locks under load. One inch, screeded. |
| Permeable paver bedding | #89 rock | Concrete sand | Permeable systems are a different detail — open-graded stone, not sand. |
| Mortar, play areas | Mason sand | Concrete sand | Fine and uniform, so it trowels smoothly and is soft underfoot. |
| Raising grade under a slab | Fill sand | Fill dirt | Drains freely and compacts predictably. Dirt holds moisture and moves. |
| Landscape grade, berms | Fill dirt | Fill sand | Cheaper per ton, and bearing capacity is not the concern. |
| Under new sod | Topsoil | Fill dirt | Fill is deliberately low in organics. Sod on fill declines once it exhausts what it arrived with. |
| Pool deck, path, borders | Pea rock | #57 rock | Rounded and smooth underfoot. Angular stone is uncomfortable and looks harsh. |
| Seawall, shoreline, scour | Rip rap | Anything smaller | Stone has to be heavy enough that design-storm flow cannot move it. |
Not sure? Call and describe the job. We would rather spend two minutes on the phone than deliver the wrong thing.
Timing the work around the weather
South Florida has two seasons that matter to anyone moving material, and planning around them is worth real money.
Wet season, roughly May to October
Afternoon storms are close to daily and they are heavy. Three practical consequences:
- Ground goes soft fast. A site that carried a loaded truck on Monday may not on Wednesday. A tri-axle raising its bed puts enormous load through the rear axles, and we would far rather drop on firm ground near the road than bury a truck on your lot.
- Compaction gets harder. Base and fill compact best at near optimum moisture. Saturated material pumps under a roller instead of densifying, and no amount of extra passes fixes it.
- Uncovered piles absorb water. Topsoil and fine sand are worst affected — a soaked pile is significantly harder to spread. Tarp anything that will sit more than a day or two.
Dry season, roughly November to April
Better ground, easier compaction, and the busiest construction period of the year — which means pits and trucking are in higher demand and lead times stretch. Book earlier than you would in August.
The exception is asphalt millings, which want heat. Millings laid and rolled in June bind within days; the same load in January can take weeks and may need re-rolling.
Hurricane season, June through November
Two effects. Before a storm, demand for rip rap and shoreline protection spikes and everything gets tight. Afterwards, cleanup and repair work absorbs regional trucking capacity for weeks.
If your project involves shoreline protection, do it in the spring. Trying to armour a seawall with a named storm in the forecast is how people end up paying premium rates for whatever stone is left.
How ordering works
There is no account to open and no portal to log into. You tell us the material, the tonnage, the site address and when you need it on the ground, and we come back with a locked, all-in delivered price — usually within the hour during business hours.
That price includes the haul. We quote delivered, not ex-pit, so the number we give you is the number on the invoice. If you are comparing quotes, check whether the other one has trucking in it.
What we need from you
- Material and gradation. If you are working from a plan set, send us the page — it saves a conversation.
- Quantity in tons, or the dimensions. If you have length, width and depth we will work the tonnage out. The tonnage calculator does it too.
- Site address and access notes. Overhead wires, gate widths, soft ground, HOA windows, where exactly the pile goes.
- When you need it. Same-day, a date, or a window against a construction programme.
Payment
First-time customers are COD or prepay for the first few loads. Once there is a clean payment history we move qualified customers onto standard credit terms with a signed credit application. We take ACH, check and major cards, and terms are confirmed at quote rather than negotiated at delivery.
On jobs where we are delivering material to real property we can preserve lien rights under Florida statute by filing a Notice to Owner within 45 days of first delivery. It protects everyone in the payment chain, and it means we get paid, which means you keep getting material on time.
Working out how much you need
Material is sold by the ton. Plans are drawn in cubic yards. That mismatch is where most ordering errors come from, and they are expensive in both directions — running short stops a crew, and over-ordering by a large margin ties up money in a pile.
The arithmetic: multiply length by width by depth in feet, divide by 27 to get cubic yards, then multiply by the material's weight per yard. Most rock runs about 1.35 to 1.4 tons per cubic yard; compacted base is heavier at roughly 1.65; topsoil is lighter at about 1.15.
Then allow for compaction. Base and fill lose roughly 20 to 25 percent of their loose volume once they are properly compacted, so the tonnage you order should be above the theoretical plan volume. Our tonnage calculator builds that allowance in and converts the answer into truckloads.
Order slightly heavy. Two extra tons in a pile costs almost nothing and always gets used. Two tons short on a Friday afternoon costs you a whole extra delivery and a crew standing around.
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