A working sheet. Prices are per cubic yard, live 19 August 2026, before delivery, tipped loose from a dump truck out of our Dispatch Office in Dorchester.
What does base material cost per yard this fall?
| Material | Per yard | Top size | Fines | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Borrow | $50.00 | variable | some | Bulk fill, raising grade, backfill carrying no structure |
| Crushed Concrete | $50.00 | mixed | yes | Temporary access, subbase under fill |
| RCA | $55.00 | mixed | yes | Subbase under drives and pads |
| #10 Stone Dust | $69.00 | ~⅜ in | all fines | Setting bed and screed course under pavers |
| #89 | $75.25 | ~⅜ in | no | Joint fill, tight drainage, chip applications |
| Dense Pack ¾"-to-minus | $76.00 | ~¾ in | yes | Finish base, wearing course, thin lifts |
| #610 | $76.00 | ~1 in | yes | Structural base under drives, pads and patios |
| #57 | $79.50 | ~¾ in | no | Drain rock, wall backfill, under slab |
| #4 | $85.00 | ~1½ in | no | Stabilising soft subgrade, heavy subbase |
Full list: crushed stone and driveway construction and repair.
How deep should each application be built?
| Application | Material | Compacted depth | Lifts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrian walkway | #610 or dense pack | 4 in | 2 × 2 in |
| Patio base — pedestrian | #610 | 4 in | 2 × 2 in |
| Patio base — light vehicle | #610 | 6 in | 2 × 3 in |
| Paver setting bed | #10 Stone Dust or paver sand | 1 in | 1 |
| Shed or equipment pad | #610 | 4–6 in | 2 |
| New gravel driveway — base | #610 | 6–8 in | 2–3 |
| Gravel driveway — wearing course | Dense Pack ¾"-to-minus | 2 in | 1 |
| Soft or seasonally wet subgrade | #4 or RCA below the base | 6–12 in | as needed |
| French drain, wall backfill, dry well | #57 | per detail | n/a |
Depths are compacted, not loose — add 15 to 20 percent. Yardage is square feet × depth in inches ÷ 324: a 24-by-30 patio at 6 inches is 13.3 yards, three loads, because stone caps at six a trip. A 6-yard #610 delivery for a shed pad in Bellingham works the same arithmetic end to end.
What does a load cost across Bristol County?
$100 plus $4 for every driving mile past 30, charged per load. Ranges are real — ZIPs inside one town land on opposite sides of a mile marker.
| Town | Per load | Town | Per load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easton | $100 | Rehoboth | $158 |
| Mansfield | $104 | Seekonk | $165 |
| Raynham | $111 | Somerset | $168–$176 |
| North Attleborough | $114–$124 | Fall River | $168–$180 |
| Norton | $119–$131 | Swansea | $182 |
| Taunton | $123 | New Bedford | $182–$207 |
| Attleboro | $133 | Acushnet | $190 |
| Berkley | $135 | Westport | $200–$227 |
| Dighton | $142–$152 | Dartmouth | $204–$225 |
| Freetown | $144–$162 | Fairhaven | $205 |
Easton is the only Bristol town entirely inside the flat zone. The ZIP checker on any product page, in the cart, or on the delivery page returns the exact number for a site. County page: Bristol County landscape supply.
How do loads and line items get counted?
- Caps. Rock, stone, sand and soil at 6 yards per trip. Mulch at 10.
- Per line item. Six yards of #610 and six of dense pack is two loads and two fees.
- Per load, not per yard. A full load to Easton carries $16.67 a yard in freight; to Westport at $227, $37.83. Half loads double it.
- No minimum, which cuts both ways — a one-yard drop to Dartmouth delivers for the same as six.
South coast consequence: five yards of #610 plus one of stone dust to Fairhaven is two line items, two loads, $410 in delivery for six yards of stone. Six yards of #610 to the same address is $205.
What should be scheduled first?
Base work has a hard end date, and it is not the first frost — it is the first sustained wet week. Dense-graded stone compacts damp and smears saturated, and a subgrade you can shape in September is mud in November.
- Late Aug into Sept. Excavation, subgrade prep, base under drives, patios and pads. Dry ground, best compaction.
- Sept into early Oct. Setting beds and finish surfaces, while the base is still dry.
- October. Drainage — French drains, dry wells, leader runs. #57 does not care how wet the ground is.
- November. Wearing courses and top-ups. A 2-inch dense pack course still goes down on cold, firm ground.
What about spec language on the plan set?
Dense-graded base gets called for by the MassDOT M1.03.1 or AASHTO M147 names. We sell #610 and Dense Pack ¾"-to-minus as dense-graded base sized to those descriptions, and we run no third-party lab testing — so if a job needs documented gradation, source it from a tested pit and use us for the rest. Better said now than at 6am. Specs at MassDOT; bedding detail at ICPI.
Is there contractor pricing?
Yard prices are the same for everyone and printed on every product page. The lever is delivery: full loads, consolidated line items, few part-loads. South of Taunton that beats any discount.
Can a load be split between two sites?
No. One load, one drop. Two addresses is two loads and two fees.
Why does one town show a price range?
The ZIPs inside it differ in driving miles. Somerset, Freetown, Westport and Dartmouth spread wide enough that the far end costs $20 to $25 more per load.
Can you drop inside a fenced site or behind a building?
Curbside is the default. Anything past the curb line needs a signed liability waiver before the truck rolls.
Ready to order? Text a site address and material list to (617) 286-2740 and we will come back with load count and fee before you quote the job.
