For ease of delivery on smaller projects, material is placed on pallets, in wire baskets or in crates. Each pallet contains pieces of one specific product grouped together by similar size. Flagstone, ledgestone, Mexican beach pebble, and premium pebbles like our Sonora Shiner and Sunburst are often palletized for delivery. Palletized material generally weighs about 3000 lbs. and can be easily transferred with a forklift.
For projects requiring less than 5 tons of a bulk product like crushed rock, DG or mulch, super-sacks are utilized. Super-sacks are filled then loaded on a flatbed truck, and can weigh up to 3,000 lbs. each. These heavy-duty bags also keep your material clean, organized, and free of contamination. Super-sacking is also a must in tight spaces where there is no room to maneuver and/or no access for a truck to dump material.
For bulk delivery of materials like crushed rock, decomposed granite and mulch, a minimum of 5 tons is loaded loose in a truck bed. A large open area is required for the delivery truck to unload or dump the material. Since the product is loose, only one type of material can be stored per truck box, making bulk delivery more suited to large amounts of a single product rather than a variety of products that can’t be mixed together.
Our most common delivery option, the flatbed truck is used to deliver smaller quantities of material. Perfect for homeowners or contractors who may need a variety of materials that can’t be mixed together in a commercial truck wrapper container .
Typical products: Flagstone, palletized material, super-sacked material
Net load: 20 tons, up to 14 pallets
Time allotted: 20 minutes, additional time billed in 15-min intervals
Half the size of our regular T&T, this truck has one wrapper container to carry products instead of two. Suitable for transporting almost all products except for boulders.
Typical products: Crushed rock, pebbles, DG, sand, mulches. (No boulders)
Net load: 13 tons
Time allotted: 20 mins, additional time billed in 15-min intervals
These 64’ truck and trailers have two containers for transporting product and can handle any bulk material under 12” in diameter.
Typical products: Crushed rock, pebbles, DG, sand, mulches. (No boulders)
Net load: 24 tons
Time allotted: 20 mins, additional time billed in 15-min intervals
Great for transporting large amounts of product to a job site, this truck is equipped with an open-box bed to deposit material on the ground behind the truck at the delivery location.
Typical products: Bulk material (all sizes)
Net load: 20 tons
Time allotted: Time allotted: 20 mins, additional time billed in 15-min intervals
Our articulated knuckle crane is the ideal tool for placing boulders in exact locations and positions in a landscape, and can in some cases lift boulders over fences or retaining walls. Once boulders are placed, the crane can twist and turn them until the desired effect is achieved.
Typical products: Boulders
Net load: 12 tons
Time allotted: per hour basis, 2 hour minimum
This option is most often used to deliver small and mid-sized boulders. The crane offloads all boulders directly next to the delivery truck several at a time rather than placing them individually in a landscape.
Typical products: Boulders
Net load: 12 tons
Time allotted: 15 min offload, additional time billed in 15 min intervals
Even if you can’t visit one of our locations to pick up your rock supplies, Southwest Boulder’s fleet of trucks, trailers, cranes, loaders and lifts can provide delivery service to your project, big or small. Some products can also be shipped worldwide.
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