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Gravel Sales

2024 Gravel Sales Open

Gravel sales for the year 2024 are now open. Dates and locations can be found below.

Building a road approach or upgrading your driveway?  Did you know, Wheatland County residents are able to purchase crushed gravel and pitrun at a reduced cost?

Residents are able to redeem gravel tickets between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the set days and locations as outlined below:

  • June 12th and 13th, 2024 – Goldsmith Pit (Cluny) located at NE-8-22-21-W4M (7/8” Crush & Pit Run)
  • July 10th and 11th, 2024 – Christensen Pit (Carseland) located at NE-03-22-25-W4M (3/4” Crush & Pit Run)
  • August 14th and 15th, 2024 – Fish Lake Pit (Dalum) located at NE-28-26-18-W4M (7/8” Crush & Pit Run)

To collect gravel on the dates and at the locations noted above, please park at the gravel sales sign and stay in your vehicle until the loader operator notifies you to proceed.

Not sure how much you need?

  • Crush: 1 tonne = 0.79 cubic yards or 1 cubic yard = 1.27 tonnes
  • Pitrun: 1 tonne = 0.67 cubic yards or 1 cubic yard = 1.49 tonnes12 tonnes fit into a truck and 12 tonnes fit into a pup
    • 3-ton truck will hold 8 tonnes of gravel
    • Belly dump & end dump – 24 tonnes
    • Tandem axle – 12 & 13 tonnes

For your safety and ours, loader operators will not load gravel into the box of a pickup truck.

Terms and Conditions

  1. Gravel is sold to County ratepayers for personal use only. A ratepayer cannot sell gravel purchased from the County. No sales for commercial or business use will be allowed.
    • A “Ratepayer” is defined as a resident of Wheatland County who owns property and pays taxes to the County.  For the purpose of this policy, the definition of a single ratepayer is inclusive of all joint owners of a property. To clarify, multiple landowners of the same property will be considered one ratepayer, so the limit of 200 tonnes of gravel per ratepayer, per year will apply to all owners as though they were a single ratepayer.
  2. Sales to other local governments and First Nations are not considered commercial. Any sales to other local governments and First Nations above the maximum allowable (200 tonnes) must be authorized by Council.
  3. Sales are on crushed gravel or pit run only.
  4. Sales will occur three times per year from select County pits only, no stockpile site sales will occur. Sales will be held annually throughout the summer, with sale dates determined by January 31st of each year. Sale locations will be determined and advertised a month in advance of each sale date.
  5. A maximum of 200 tonnes of gravel per ratepayer, per year applies. Only the landowner, or an individual with written permission from the landowner to purchase gravel against their name, can purchase or be provided with gravel tickets.
  6. Gravel is sold at current rates as per Wheatland County’s Master Schedule of Fees.
  7. County residents, at no charge, may remove smaller amounts of gravel (no greater than the box of a pick-up truck) from County operated gravel pits when staff are present on site.  This gravel must be loaded by hand with no mechanical or motorized assistance permitted. Loading of gravel from stockpile locations will not be permitted.
  8. A minimum gravel order of 3 tonnes is required and vehicles must be capable of being loaded by a payloader. Pickup trucks and utility trailers will not be loaded, and partial loads are not allowed. The loader operator may refuse to load any given vehicle at their discretion for safety.

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