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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BubbaDirt" data-source="post: 48044" data-attributes="member: 835"><p>Pstone, thanks for the thoughts but yer numbers just don't work. I am fortunate to be referred by a local gravel yard. I get $250/load for spreading...more than 2 loads and I can negotiate. Your #'s look "right", but it just doesn't work as you envision. Here's the "real world", Customer calls me, I call back. FIRST TRIP is to measure drive and let them know how much stone they need, Do they need some ABC to fill potholes ? What kind of top dressing, 57's, 78's ??? Some insist on meeting me so "When I'm in the neighborhood" is out the window. HOW MUCH money ??? They want ONE price total. SECOND TRIP I schedule always stone for "first load". I have to be there, if I want stone dumped where I need it. Sometimes, have to wait 3 or 4 hours, as stone delivery gets behind, mechanical breakdown, etc. Not every time, but it happens. THIRD TRIP to stop by and p/u check. Please do me a favor, do not ever "spread" stone with yer trucks. Way easier for me to work off one pile than to chase stone all over driveway.</p></blockquote><p></p>