Screened -19mm laterite gravel that binds hard into a classic red country driveway.
Screened -19mm laterite gravel, the classic red road base for WA driveways and farm tracks. The mix of stone and iron rich fines binds as it compacts, setting up a hard wearing surface that sheds water.
| Grading | Screened to -19mm with binding fines |
|---|---|
| Material | Crushed laterite gravel |
| Colour | Deep red brown |
| Compaction | Binds and compacts hard with water and rolling |
| Good to know | Lay in lifts of about 75mm and compact each one |
| Minimum order | 12 tonnes |
| Approx. density | 1.7 tonnes per m³ loose |
| Coverage | About 5.9 m² per tonne at 100mm depth |
| Supplied | Quarry Direct, sourced from trusted WA quarries and pits |
| Delivery | Perth metro on our own fleet, or pick up from Hope Valley |
Density here is our best estimate, not a weighed figure. Ring the yard if it matters for your job.
Sold by the cubic metre or tonne, delivered on our own fleet and tipped on site, or picked up from Hope Valley, where there's no minimum. Supplied to order, so let us know the tonnage you need and we'll confirm quarry stock and a delivery date.
Not sure how much you need? The volume calculator works out cubic metres and tonnes from your measurements and drops the result straight into a quote request. At 100mm deep, one tonne of gravel road base (-19mm) covers about 5.9 square metres.
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It weighs around 1.7 tonnes per cubic metre. A driveway 4 metres wide, 20 metres long, compacted to 100mm deep needs about 8 cubic metres, roughly 13.6 tonnes. Check your own driveway with our calculator.
Yes, 12 tonnes on a delivered load. That covers all our gravels, quartz and basalt. We can go under that if you really need to, but the transport cost per tonne is a lot higher so we don't recommend it for a small job. There's no minimum if you collect it yourself from Hope Valley.
Lay it in lifts of about 75mm and compact each lift with water and rolling for the best bind.
Yes, it's the classic laterite gravel used for country driveways, farm tracks, laneways and rural road resheeting across WA.
A deep red brown, the natural colour of WA laterite gravel.
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