USES OF CRUSHED LIMESTONE
1) Road Base 2) Under slab fill 3) Aggregate for making concrete 4) Sand for making concrete 5) Aggregate for mixing hot mix asphalt 6) Sand for making hot mix asphalt 7) Chip seal aggregate 8) Railroad Ballast 9) Agricultural Limestone (Aglime) neutralizes soil acidity and a source of calcium and magnesium 10) Rip Rap for erosion control […]Read Full Article »
LIMESTONE RAILROAD BALLAST
Over 3 million tons of Texas Crushed Stone’s crushed limestone has been used for railroad ballast. Railroad ballast is typically graded from 1 ¾” or 1 ¼” to ½”. Ballast is open graded and washed over a screen as part of the production process. Railroad Ballast supports the railroad ties. Because ballast is a large […]Read Full Article »
Well Graded Concrete Aggregate
Over the years, I have wondered why the ASTM specifications for concrete aggregate have a gap in the aggregate grading between the ⅜” size to the 7 mesh. Back in April 2012, I was visiting with Richard Szecsy about becoming a member of the Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association. Richard has a PHD in Civil […]Read Full Article »
Bedding Pipe with Open Graded Crushed Limestone
Crushed limestone is used extensively for bedding underground pipe. Typically aggregate with a top size from 1 ¼” to 3/8” is used. The limestone bedding levels and supports the pipe. Pipe bedding performs for underground pipe what railroad ballast does for railroad tracks. Pipe that operates under pressure (fresh water, natural gas, or diesel fuel), […]Read Full Article »
Crushed Limestone Concrete Aggregate
Concrete, along with steel and wood products’ are the basic building materials of our modern society. Concrete is made by mixing sand, course aggregate, water and cement. Many people confuse concrete with cement. Cement is the gray powder which forms the bonding agent when sand and course rock is mixed with water, the result is […]Read Full Article »
Mag-Lime and Superfine Aglime
PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to give a description of the materials that Texas Crushed Stone Company produces for use as agricultural limestone. We are proud of the quality of our product and the contribution that it has made to the farmers in lime deficient areas. This report is designed to show how […]Read Full Article »
Crushed Edwards Limestone Base
There is no better indicator of construction materials’ effectiveness and success than the materials’ service history. Crushed Edwards Limestone Base has been used extensively in the Austin Texas area since the mid 1940’s.Read Full Article »
Determining the Need for Agricultural Limestone
The primary reason to apply agricultural lime is to correct soil acidity. Acid soils tend to occur in high rainfall areas of the world. Soils will become acid through leaching of minerals by large amounts of rainfall, removal of minerals by crops and animals harvested from the land, and the application of fertilizers. The application […]Read Full Article »