Why is it called crusher run?

It is a mix of fine gravel and stone dust. I can't find the etymology of the term, but my guess is that the stone dust, which has been pulverized by heavy machinery during the mining and manufacturing process, is the crush, and the gravel is the run—or vice versa. One is crush, the other is run.

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Even for the most absent of absentee owners, mobile home parks are rooted in place. One park might have soil which soaks up rain water and snowmelt easily, while another might have hard rock a foot below grade throughout. Don’t be fooled by the ‘mobile’ in the term ‘mobile home.’ When one is installed, it is attached to enormous screw anchors sunk into the ground with metal tie-downs. It is expensive, time-consuming and potentially dangerous to move a home once it has been installed. When it is done, the home is pretty much there to stay. Crusher run is the Swiss army knife of earth-shaping materials. I use it as a base for home pads, to fill potholes, and to stretch tenants’ driveways. Sometimes we use it to grade the area around pads, to keep water from pooling under the skirting. Before current building codes went into effect, we could surface a whole pad with it. Crusher run has three qualities that make it both low-maintenance and suitable for anything. First, it is dry. You don’t need to pour it, heat it, keep it wet, or take a blow-torch to it. It is like sand or gravel; you dump it, shovel it, grade it, tamp it, and forget about it. Second, it is compactable. The shale flakes float in a solution of mineral flour. The dust fills the interstices, and the sharp edges of the flakes bite into the dust. Once it is tamped down, it forms a floor almost as hard and permanent as asphalt. Finally, it is water-permeable. That means that when snow melts, or when we get a few days of heavy rain, water can soak into the surface instead of pooling or forming potentially dangerous torrents. Gravel is subject to terroir in the same way that wine is. The composition of the earth’s crust varies with location, so each gravel pit’s output is unique. That’s why the stuff you buy near my house is different from what you get upstate. The terms used to describe it vary along with its physical composition. I do not know what the flake-and-dust mix available from gravel pits in Alabama, California, Harbin, or Lille is like, but I am sure that it differs in subtle ways from the crusher run that I am familiar with—and I am confident that it is not called ‘crusher run.’

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What should you do before laying gravel?

To lay gravel, mark your area off with spray paint or rope. Then, use a spade to remove 4–6 inches (10–15 cm) of soil. Pour 2–3 inches (5.1–7.6 cm) of crushed stone into the pit and put landscaping fabric on top. Cover the fabric with your gravel and spread it out with a rake to finish laying your gravel.

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Gravel makes a great material for driveways, walkways, and garden borders. It’s easy to move around and doesn’t require a lot of skilled labor to install. In fact, the hardest part of laying gravel is moving and pouring the heavy stone. To lay gravel, mark your area off with spray paint or rope. Then, use a spade to remove 4–6 inches (10–15 cm) of soil. Pour 2–3 inches (5.1–7.6 cm) of crushed stone into the pit and put landscaping fabric on top. Cover the fabric with your gravel and spread it out with a rake to finish laying your gravel. While gathering your materials may take quite some time, it shouldn’t take more than 4-6 hours to actually install your gravel.