Amarillo Road Company http://amarilloroad.com/blog1 Construction Aggregates for Your Needs Fri, 13 May 2011 15:02:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sanders Quarry http://amarilloroad.com/blog1/sanders-quarry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sanders-quarry http://amarilloroad.com/blog1/sanders-quarry/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 19:22:14 +0000 Rich Lane http://amarilloroad.com/blog1/?p=148
 

Available Products

Commercial Base

Got Mud? Then our Commercial Base is for you. Easy to lay in and finish. This sets up and holds it form very well to light vehicle and some heavy equipment use. If your road will have lots of heavy equipment usage, check out our Flex Base for an even stronger road.

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Flex Base

Flex Base meets the specs of TXDOT Highway Department and is used in wind farms in order to get the heavy equipment and cranes in and out. Flex Base is harder to finish, but once set will hold up very well.

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Available Products

Commercial Base

Got Mud? Then our Commercial Base is for you. Easy to lay in and finish. This sets up and holds it form very well to light vehicle and some heavy equipment use. If your road will have lots of heavy equipment usage, check out our Flex Base for an even stronger road.

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Flex Base

Flex Base meets the specs of TXDOT Highway Department and is used in wind farms in order to get the heavy equipment and cranes in and out. Flex Base is harder to finish, but once set will hold up very well.

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Sand & Gravel Quarry

Concrete Rock

Our Conrete Rock is about 1” in diameter, and can be used for #57 Concrete Rock or Type B Hotmix for TXDOT.

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Available Products

Commercial Base

Got Mud?  Then our Commercial Base is for you.  Easy to lay in and finish.  This sets up and holds it form very well to light vehicle and some heavy equipment use.  If your road will have lots of heavy equipment usage, check out our Flex Base for an even stronger road.

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Flex Base

Flex Base meets the specs of TXDOT Highway Department and is used in wind farms in order to get the heavy equipment and cranes in and out.  Flex Base is harder to finish, but once set will hold up very well.

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Concrete Rock

Our Conrete Rock is about 1” in diameter, and can be used for #57 Concrete Rock or Type B Hotmix for TXDOT.

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Riprap Stone

Our Riprap is made to order in all sizes up to 36”.  Riprap is used to keep dirt walls in place, i.e. dams, bridges, drainage ditches.

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Got Mud?  Our Commercial Base is for you.  Easy to lay in and finish.  This sets up and holds it form very well to light vehicle and some heavy equipment use.  If your road will have lots of heavy equipment usage, check out our Flex Base for an even stronger road.

 

Description
Color: White
Shape: Angular/Cubical
Size: - 2″
Weight: Approx. 1.4 tons per loose cubic yard
Source: Limestone, Caliche, Caprock
Availalbe at: 4DGs, Sanders & Houston Quarries
Applications
• Site Pads
• Roads
• Driveways
Mechanical Analysis Data
Sieve 2010 % avg. Retained
2 in. -
1 1/2 in. -
7/8 in. -
3/4 in. -
1/2 in. -
3/8 in. -
#4 -
#8 -
#16 -
#30 -
#50 -
#100 -
#200 -
*Site Under Construction MSDS
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Flex Base meets the specs of TXDOT Highway Department and is used in wind farms in order to get the heavy equipment and cranes in and out.  Flex Base is harder to finish, but once set will hold up very well.

 

Description
Color: White
Shape: Angular/Cubical
Size: - 2″
Weight: Approx. 1.4 tons per loose cubic yard
Source: Limestone, Caliche, Caprock
Availalbe at: 4DGs, Sanders & Houston Quarries
Applications
• Site Pads
• Roads
• Driveways
Mechanical Analysis Data
Sieve 2010 % avg. Retained
2 in. -
1 1/2 in. -
7/8 in. 21.6
3/4 in. 29.7
1/2 in. 36.2
3/8 in. 48.7
#4 59.7
#8 63.9
#16 70.2
#30 76.5
#50 82.4
#100 88.4
#200 93.6
*Sizes are typical. 

Actual Gradations may vary.

 MSDS
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Our Concrete Rock is about 1” in diameter, and can be used for Concrete rock, Hotmix rock and Chipseal rock for TXDOT.  The Limestone rock is lightweight compared to other concrete aggregates allowing you to get more cubic yards of aggregate for your money.

 

Description
Color: White
Shape: Angular/Cubical
Size: 1″
Weight: Approx. 1.4 tons per loose cubic yard
Source: Limestone, Caliche, Caprock
Availalbe at: 4DGs, Sanders & Houston Quarries
Applications
• Site Pads
• Roads
• Driveways
Mechanical Analysis Data
Sieve 2010 % avg. Retained
2 in. -
1 1/2 in. -
7/8 in. -
3/4 in. -
1/2 in. -
3/8 in. -
#4 -
#8 -
#16 -
#30 -
#50 -
#100 -
#200 -
* Typical product size.

Actual gradation may vary.

 4DGs - MSDS

Burns – MSDS
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