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Default Sand, portland cement, and gravel calculations


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Generally speaking, redimix will be cheaper than hand mixed from bulk

aggregates and about half as much as bagged concrete mix in any
significant quantity
How much are you mixing? If it is much more than a yard, get a redimix
truck and be done in an afternoon.

Is the delivery charge in that $25 and $35?
Around here they might charge you $75 to bring you that $25 yard of
gravel.


The delivery charge will really eat things up, especially if you have to pay
2 or 3 people to deliver.

I used some of the bagged concrete to pour a yard. It was about what I
could have paid to have about 3 yards delivered for at the time. Took
several hours to mix it. I would have called a truck for that yard and ate
the other cost but where I wanted it was difficult to get a truck to.