Scenic Rim
Gravel that slicks within an hour, and causeways that rise overnight
Stock held for Beaudesert and the Scenic Rim goes out on the local road, and the price is for the last crossing, not the highway. Town is wide and sealed.
- Where it is loaded
- Set aside for the rim, then taken down the road you actually use
- What sets the day
- Whether the back road and the low crossings are still passable
- Usual truck
- Shorter shells on a tilt bed; a crane if the yard or the last bend is tight
Country
South to the border, west to the Fassifern
Town itself is a sealed arrival. Rathdowney, 4287, adds a last kilometre of gravel beside the Logan. Canungra, 4275, is the way into the Lamington country. Tamborine Mountain, 4272, is a climb with camber. Boonah and Kalbar are a western road through the Fassifern, not the run south to the border.
After rain
The creek can be up when your gauge is empty
Christmas Creek, Laravale, Palen Creek and the Kooralbyn back roads are constant work. Gravel is excellent in the dry and slick within an hour of a storm. Causeways on the Rathdowney side rise after rain in the ranges and stay up for a day, even when the house stayed dry.
Farms
Gates, grids and cattle in the lane
Most shells keep cattle gear and the vet kit out of the weather. Gates that measure less than they look, unrated grids, and cattle in the lane are the ordinary extras. Fresh gravel from a grader, still loose, can shove under a dual on a climb.
The pad
A shed floor that falls toward the gully
If the pad falls to the gully, sit the shell on the high side even when the truck would rather stop low. Hay and chemical drums are a poor pairing in one shut box. Drums need ventilation and whatever the label requires. Say which job it is before the length is chosen.
Crossings, fresh gravel, two uses
A low causeway is on the last road. What do you need?
Whether it is up this morning, how deep it ran last time, and a photo from the public side. Rain at the house is not the test. Rain in the ranges is. If the crossing is over, the booking moves. We do not send a loaded rigid through water to keep a diary entry.
The grader has just been through. Is that good news?
Only if the gravel has been compacted. A loose fresh layer on a climb shoves under the drive wheels. Give it a day of traffic, or tell us the surface is still flour. Dry, crowned gravel with table drains is a comfortable run.
Hay in one end and chemical drums in the other?
Split them if you can. Drums in a shut summer box need ventilation, and the product label sets the rest of the rules, not the steel. Hay and fumes are a bad pairing. Tell us it is a chemical store so the vents are part of the order.
Get a price
Name the creek and the last kilometre
Town, Tamborine, or a gate toward Rathdowney. We quote the truck to that crossing.
Rather talk? Call us on 0477 410 500, Mon–Fri 7:30am–5pm, Sat 8am–12pm