How Much Road Base for a 75 Foot Driveway?
How much road base for a 75 foot driveway: about 16.7 tons for a 12-foot-wide lane at 4 inches deep. That is 900 square feet and 11.11 cubic yards.
Volume and tonnage calculator →The math
- Area: 900.0 sq ft.
- Depth in feet: 4 ÷ 12 = 0.333 ft.
- Cubic yards: 900.0 × 0.333 ÷ 27 = 11.11 yd³.
- Tons: × about 1.5 tons per yard = 16.7 tons.
The crushed stone calculator does this for any size.
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Road base needed by depth
| Depth | Cubic yards | Tons of road base | Tons +10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 in | 5.56 | 8.3 | 9.2 |
| 4 in | 11.11 | 16.7 | 18.3 |
| 6 in | 16.67 | 25.0 | 27.5 |
| 8 in | 22.22 | 33.3 | 36.7 |
Tons by driveway width
| Width | Tons at 4 in | Tons at 6 in |
|---|---|---|
| 10 ft | 13.9 | 20.8 |
| 12 ft | 16.7 | 25.0 |
| 14 ft | 19.4 | 29.2 |
| 16 ft | 22.2 | 33.3 |
Related: How Much Crushed Stone for a 75 Foot Driveway?
Truck loads
Plan for about 18.3 tons with waste. On a 15-ton truck that is about 2 trips; spreading while dumping (a tailgate spread) puts the stone close to where it belongs.
Layers for a lasting driveway
If this is a new driveway on soil, build a base of 4 to 6 inches of coarse stone first and finish with a packable surface stone. For a refresh, 2 inches over the old surface is common. Add culverts or ditches where water crosses the drive.
Buying the stone
If you haul it yourself, a typical half-ton pickup should carry only about half a cubic yard of stone, well under what the bed looks like it can hold. Road base is a graded stone-and-fines mix built to compact into a load-bearing layer. The scale ticket is the real weight; tons per yard here is a planning figure.
Questions people ask
How many tons of road base for a 75 ft driveway?
About 16.7 tons at 12 ft wide and 4 inches deep.
How many truck loads for a 75 ft driveway?
About 2 loads of 15 tons, including some extra.
How many tons of road base are in a cubic yard?
Roughly 1.5 tons for planning, but suppliers vary with stone size and moisture.
Should I put landscape fabric under the stone?
On soft or clay soil, a woven geotextile keeps stone from sinking into the dirt and makes the layer last longer.
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