Cost Difference Between Concrete and Stone Driveway 

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Happy Anniversary! Great to see Eva has recovered and is getting out to the gym again. While I agree that gravel is much less expensive, I’m not sure you did an apples to apples comparison. The $11 for concrete has a lot more calculated into it that your number for the stone. You really need to include the cost of all the equipment required to get the stone and spreading it along with your labor. I realize it’s a sunk cost for you and you work cheap, but gravel is more that just the cost of the stone. Love the channel. Have A Day!

Hey Mike, I'm sure it is still cheaper to stone it. But! You need to add in some of the trailer cost because you use it to pick it up Some Kubota cost and your time because you use those to spread the stone. I didn't mention the truck and the insurance for all the equipment because your a smart guy and I know that you would know it put that into the cost as well. My point is, it's a little misleading when you only mention the cost of the stone. If you didn't have all of the equipment and didn't know how to use it, you would have mentioned the cost of delivery and labor/machinery to spread the stone. I'm with you on the cost factor, just thought you should include "all of the cost" not just the stone. On another note, I love watching your channel, the content is great. I'm glad that Eva is doing so much better, it is definitely an answer to all of the prayers. Have a great week and I'm waiting on an xl sweat shirt so that I can get my ODWTM gear.

Congratulations!!! 31 years is a milestone for sure! You two don't look that old!

Mike, I am amazed at how well you can drop stone and sprinkle it the way you do. I have attempted this several times with the over 50+ ton of stone I put in last year with my 1025r and just couldn't master it. It just tends to dump in piles. I will be working on perfecting my technique this year but I can only hope to get close to the way you can put stone down. Things are looking great there and I enjoy watching the videos daily. Great content, instruction, and I am gaining a wealth of knowledge and insight into the reason behind the way you do things. Happy and excited to see the success you are enjoying through your perseverance and determination. There's a lot to be gleaned from all of these videos and your mentorship to the community.

Happy Anniversary you two! I think paving with asphalt would be the best option as it is much cheaper than concrete. In CT there arent many concrete driveways. Pretty much all asphalt which we like and are very durable!

Happy Anniversary, 31 years, awesome! I'm sorry, I'm one of those commenters spouting concrete. If anyone is fully aware that you know your stuff it's me. Oh yes, dollar wise, perfect sense, fun spreading stone, you lucky dude! It was your neighbor that day when you drove by and said, "you know you've got it made when you have a heated drive." Well, with ya'lls motto, "the finer things in life," a heated cement drive and parking lot and aggregate walkway from house to gameroom, certainly is the finer things in life. I do hope you didn't get offended. I do hope that one day, whenever, you will have all the finer things in life. Your channel sure adds to the quality of mine! So very sweet to see Eva 'back at it.' Thank you Lord! Eva and Melissa sure had great hair today and awesome smiles, geese, so nice! I really enjoy watching you spread stone! I remember now, you've talked about making that road before, at least in 2 videos. Concrete IS very expensive! Everything is, we here in Hickory NC are paying $3.39 a gallon for gas. I saw the dancing clip on Instagram, good stuff! It's supposed to reach 68° tomorrow w rain. Now get that stone spread and stay out of the mud! Thanks Mike and Melissa for the sweet video today!👍🚜❤

This helped me decide which way to go on my driveway in front and the back of my house. We use crushed austin stone around here. That is the route I am gonna take. Thanks for the video

It's really great seeing Eva doing so good. I looked into doing concrete but then went with asphalt. After years of doing stone the asphalt was a good choice for me. Yep stone is cheaper but I'm getting older and was tired of working with stone every year. I know you love stone. Me...not so much. Also you make spreading stone look easy. Folks it's not that easy. Mike definitely knows what he is doing and is a great operator. Thanks for sharing.

Happy Anniversary Mike and Melissa! One thing to consider in the concrete vs stone equation is if open concrete is taxed as part of your property tax bill every year. When our first appraiser came out from the county he ask about future plans and I said after the shop the house would be next then concreting the circle drive, he said it would be taxed, so I said asphalt then and was told they were thinking about taxing that too. So stone it was and always will be.

Good to see Eva feeling better and getting around. Hope you two have a great anniversary and enjoy a nice evening out together. Thanks for the videos.

Dear Eva. It’s so awesome to see you so healthy and recovered! All of our Prayers have been answered and you’re 100%

Happy Anniversary guys, Melissa that is some nice rock Mike got for you. Told my wife I was getting her a Mike Morgan Rock for our anniversary, she is so excited.

Happy Anniversary you two. We just celebrated 45 years but we both will admit that "We have been married for 3 blissful years and we just celebrated our 45th anniversary" A day of bliss here and there adds up to about 3 years. the resto f the time has been the good, the bad and the ugly...

I'm so excited to see Eva doing so well , Thankful For the Speedy Full Recovery! God Is Good!! Nice seeing Melissa with that Heart Warming Smile!! 😊👍👊 Happy Anniversary!!

Happy Anniversary Morgan's. I agree with your concrete math. Then also consider it cracking etc. Heavy machinery will Crack it unless much thicker. Asphalt same problem. Stone drained better and not as slippery in winter or when wet. Stone is the way to go.

Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 16 Feb 22.

Happy Anniversary, Mike And Melissa!!!!

😊How terrific to see Eva back in the saddle and you and the Mrs. with a bountiful 31 years!!!!!!!!

Happy Anniversary Mike and Melissa. Congrats on 31 years. Truly an feat especially in this day and age. Great stone vs concrete video mike. Here in SC I pay $36 a ton when i pick up crush and run but still cheaper than concrete and it doesn't crack.

Happy Anniversary !!! A thought on the driveway….. We have a mile long dirt road up here in Maine and had fought mud sections for years until my buddy told me about bituminous asphalt. It’s more expensive than stone, but less than concrete. We chose to do sections at a time over a few years, but now it looks and acts just as if it had been paved. I’m not sure the cost of it in your area, but just my two cents. Which I’m sure if you had the two cents from everyone’s ideas offered to you you’d be able to afford to gold plate the driveway. Hahahahahaha Keep the great videos coming ! Thanks!

In your calculation I believe you should add fuel cost for picking up the stone and cost of tractor time for applying the stone. One could argue the depreciation cost of your cost of truck and trailer. How many times would this be done over a 10 year period. Plus your time has to cost something doing this. I understand your position though.

Great to hear how Eva is doing!! People don't realize how much the price of concrete becomes when you do a large area!! In my area I paid $35 for Two yards of stone this fall, and that was from a Ready-mix plant.

Happy Anniversary to you both. Love your videos. My wife and I have been married in June 53 years

Happy 31st Anniversary Mike and Melissa! You’re two of the good people and have a good day!🙂

Happy anniversary to both of you Melissa you got some REALLY nice rocks for the occasion to bad they aren't super shiny ☺️

Happy Anniversary! Good to see daughter Eva is getting on with her life! THUMBS UP there!!! As for the concrete, I think there is a guy local, Tom Haus, TSH Concrete, something like that, would be willing to do the work, he does GREAT work! lol

Happy anniversary to both of you and say hi to Hunter and Eva ! Have a nice one !

Happy Anniversary Mike and Melissa. Glad Eva is doing so well.

Happy Anniversary Mike and Melissa!! We celebrated our anniversary on 02/12 it was 28 year's for us. Enjoy your day guy's.

Happy Anniversary Mike and Melissa🎉 May God Bless Ya'll with Many More Healthy Years..

Awesome seeing Eva smiling and driving again.

So good to see Eva back in the swing of things. Happy Anniversary Mike & Melissa, Mike I'm so glad Melissa let you live this long lol. You need to add another $15,000 for the pex under the concrete so you can turn a valve in the house and tell Melissa the driveway is all clear dear.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MIKE AND MELISSA. WISH YOU MANY MORE HAPPY HEALTHY YEARS.

Beautiful!! That smile is total sunshine Eva!! Feels good to see you so good!! Bless you!!

You need to factor in the cost of your tractor, front loader, dump trailer, truck and labor. Not everyone has the equipment that you do, to pick up and spread the stone. Not to mention your talent to do so.

Happy Anniversary, Mike, and Melissa.

Great to see Eva back in the saddle! Happy Anniversary!!!

M&M...its great to see Eva doing so well I for one am very glad that she is and so fast, WOW! 2nd ... ~ Happy Anniversary ~ May you have many more! BTW I hope that Melissa is getting a medal for putting up with Mike all these years. From my own experience save your money and stay with the stone drive. WHY? Concrete in almost any large pad has two things. 1) its very hard and 2) it cracks, shifts and moves. Yes afraid it does as my large concrete drive is having issues at the expansion joints where one pad is rising and the next is sinking.

Great to see Ava looking so good. Hope she continues good health. God Bless you.

Mike is a “smooth operator” when pouring that stone out. Dag on I wish I was that smooth with my tractor

Happy Anniversary Mike and Melissa! Eva, we got your thank you card and love the sticker! Glad to see you doing so well! Mike, we don’t suggest concreting the drive and parking area. You are correct that it is way too costly but suggest you compare to asphalt. Much cheaper option and super easy maintenance! That being said, we have always admired your stone spreading skills!

Happy Anniversary Mike and Melissa. SO glad to see Eva getting back to doing the things she loves. I'm sorry everyone has to "sell" their opinion to you. Concrete, asphalt, crushed rock. What's the difference. You do you, and keep making videos doing the things YOU love to do. We'll just keep watching. Thanks, and Have a Day!!!!

Good Morning and A Happy Anniversary to you both!!! ❤️ So happy to see Eva is feeling well!! 😊. You are amazing at spreading out that stone so evenly Mike and Melissa you are doing such beautiful work with your shirts!! Thank you for the daily inspiration Morgan Family!! 👍

Great to see Eva is back to 100%. One thing for sure, when you do concrete or black top your going to have a great base to start with. The base is more important then the final finish

Happy Anniversary Mike and Melissa

Good morning Morgans. Hope you have a great day working at the wood pile. Thanks for sharing!!

Glad EVA'S doing well. Have a great yall

Great Anniversary present you gave Melissa, Happy Anniversary. Don't forget the heating system for the concrete driveway in you cost estimate. 😀 Always impressed how well you spread the gravel and of course just kidding you on all the stone you buy your driveway and work area is always in great shape. Excellent job maintaining your property. 👍

Awesome to see Eva doing the intro...!

Glad Ava doing great .and like the tractors pictures

I am glad to see Eva doing well and that comparison is spot on but those people also figure there time maintaining a gravel driveway to

Great to see Eva doing so well. You are right Mike, gravel is much more cost effective than concrete. If I ever win the lottery, I will have my 900 foot driveway concreted, but until then gravel and my land plane work great. Thanks for including the picture of our tractor at the 15:57 mark. Keep up the great work with the apparel business Melissa!

Nice to see Eva getting back to her normal life. Melissa brings the comedy to this channel. My drive is still covered with ice but probably not after today.

Happy anniversary mike and Melissa,Eva looks very good, and I am happy for her,she such a sweet girl always happy and smiles

You are such an artist to spread that stone so evenly with the tractor!

Congrats to u two that's awesome to hear n awesome ur kiddo is doing great some good news today

Good morning Hunter and Daughter Eva :-) and family and friends :-) Happy Anniversary you 2 love birds

Since stone is the Hot topic for the day. You 2 should invest in a rock Quarry 🏡 you all are doing great. Keep it up.

Mike, no point in having concrete when the family is gone. Sell one of your jeeps, mini digger, a saw or two. A lot of your time is taken up with your stone driveways. Put the For Sale sign up at the bottom of your driveway. You will need lots of money for medical care when you no longer can perform your duties. I have to go now because I have a plane to catch to Spain. Mike, don't forget to put up the For Sale Sign 😎🍾🎉

Mike, I know Tom would not agree, but have you looked into to asphalt? We did our whole driveway back in the early 90’s and it served us well for over 20 years. We have since been replacing it with concrete a section at a time usually yearly. Our driveway is probably 2/3rds what yours is. Plus in our climate in southern Minnesota the snow melts off great when the sun comes out. Have a day!

The best thing about your approach is that water can soak through the aggregate. Concreting over every surface causes water to run off quickly. This creates aggressive erosion and adds to the flooding risk. Slowing down water egress helps reduce erosion and enables aquifers to be restocked. I note that fresh limestone is your favoured choice of aggregate. Is crushed recycled concrete aggregate used much in your area and how does it compare in price? When your tracked skid steer arrives, will you be getting power rake? I would think that a Harleyrake would allow you to refresh and reprofile these surfaces and reduce the need for new aggregate.

Great to see Eva and her smile that made my day

Great discussion, Mike. One thing I'd like to point out in comparing the costs of concrete vs stone is that you're not valuing your own time. When compared to paying out for labor for concrete, you're also including the labor for that. What's YOUR time worth? $100 per hour? $150? Even with that, I'd assume that the real cost, which includes your picking up the stone, travel mileage and gas, plus the installation would be approximately 2x's the cost of the material, essentially tripling what you paid. That would be apples to apples. Even so, stone is still probably more cost efficient than concrete. Even assuming a constant cost of stone and that it doesn't rise in price. And I would assume that there would be fluctuations in price over the years in stone. And with concrete, could you consider it as "one and done"? Even with concrete, there's probably some maintenance. But how do you figure that? My vote would be to stick with stone.

My Dad wrote on envelopes. Happy Anniversary guys from Georgia!

As always great stuff, good to see Eva heading to gym ! ... I am an official member of the " Archie Fan Club " Love the shirt , great quality ! 👍👍❤❤

Eva looks Amazing. So Happy She is doing so well. God Bless Her..🙂

happy anaverserary to the two of you injoy your day

Holding out for that heated driveway. Happy Anniversary!

Yes, but you aren't taking into consideration that you end up having to re-stone that area every winter/spring to keep from having mud there. So in the long run, concrete will pay for itself in how much you WON'T be spending on stones. Happy Anniversary!! We will be celebrating our 46th anniversary the end of May. One month from today is the 48th anniversary of when we met and became a couple. WOW...time sure flies. We have 2 grown bio children who are 43 and 40 and one bonus daughter who is 41. We also have 7 grandkids. It's nice to see another couple in this for the long haul. Looking good EVA!!

Another good video. Love to hear and see that Eva is doing so good and getting back to doing what Eva does. Thanks again for the tractor pics. Stay well, stay safe and yall HAVE A DAY

Happy Anniversary y’all two!!!

Happy Anniversary!! Eva is looking great! Have a great Day!!!

Where we live, a Concrete driveway is considered a permanent Structure, and you are Taxed on it. That's why I put down Pavers instead of concrete, I got tired of dealing with the stone, So I agree with you especially with the cost. We enjoy watching your channel.

Happy Anniversary to you two!

Hi Mike!! You're talking about the concrete in square feet, but here in my area, we go by cubic yards.... I'm thinking for your driveway with the equipment that you'd be taking over the concrete, you would want 8" slab at a MINIMUM... so that would figure out to about 130 cubic yards of concrete... In my area, concrete is going for probably $120 a cubic yard... which comes up to $15600... and that's just for the concrete. Doesn't include rebar, all the labor to set the rebar, finishing, etc. I dont' even want to guess at the cost of that... but I know that the concrete itself is the cheap part. That money will buy a LOT of rock. And, if you change your mind about the layout of things in a few years, you can tear everything out with the equipment you already have. I know, as you do, the rock is the right way to go.

A very happy anniversary to you guy’s.

Happy Anniversary, great to see you Eva, have a day ;)

Mike, don,t forget you will need to place at lease 4 " of stone down BELOW the new concrete. Lots of grading, soil preparation and compaction. If you are to run log trucks across the new concrete slab, you will need more than 4" and 6" section, [stone and concrete]. Additionally you will need a great deal more re-bar [reinforcing]. Ask me how I know!

So..Melissa wanted "a rock" for your anniversary...........and she got 3.2 tons of it !!! Very good Mike........lol....Happy 31st Anniversary........Yay Eva, way to go !!

Happy 31st Wedding Anniversary Melissa and Mike, here’s wishing you many more. God Bless you both and may you had a Fantastic Day today. My wife Linda and I have been married almost 48 years, we wish you the same.

It would be interesting to see how the cost of asphalt would compare with your gravel and concrete.

I'd say you all are doing it right, Press on!

The concrete/asphalt vs. gravel argument is usually based on cost of one time installation and years of longevity ( including patches and other repairs ) of the former, in comparison to the yearly addition of fresh gravel. Not to mention, ease of snow management, and being able to salt hard top in winter. I'm only halfway through the video, so we'll see if that's addressed or not.

good to see that beautiful Eva smile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to hold out for the pocket t-shirt. I saw one that came close, just did not have the pocket. Good to see Eva up and about but has it been six weeks? Have good days!

Great to see that Eva is doing so well. FYI, I’ll be your first subscriber if you parallel your channel on Rumble.

Happy Anniversary! We will have our 41st this May.

Hey Mike, I totally agree with your opinion on the worth of the concrete vs stone. Have you figured out how much your time is worh? When do you think it is better to hire the professionals out?

Happy Anniversary, you too

My fear with concrete is the additional issue of storm water management. With stone you get considerable water infiltration. I and glad to see the uses of stone.

GREAT JOB EVA MELISSA AND MIKE AND HUNTER Supervising everything. Eva has that beautiful smile back in full force and so nice to see her happy face. Really enjoyed the the clothing segment too, Melissa is doing a great job for your channels, she deserves and extra load of rock Mike. Great lesson on laying down the stone Mike . May you hit the jackpot and get the concrete driveway and parking area around the Shop Area too. Thanks for sharing with us, keep up the great work and videos. Fred

Mike,I think you left a few cost factors out in the comparison. The cost of the trailer and truck to pickup the stone. The cost of the tractor and other equipment to scoop and spread the stone. Your time 2-3 loads of stone a year spread with the above equipment, most folks don’t have. It’s kind’a like your statement when driving by the heated driveway….yep, that guy has really made it. Well,he probably looks at your place and see’s the pole building, all your equipment 🚜💰💰💰 And thinks, yep that guy has really made it. It’s all in the eye of the beholder! In my book, you already made it…..many times over. Great to see Eva back at it 👍👏

MIKE, great time to put down that stone now that it's thawing out a little ! It'll definitely pack in.

Keep your gravel driveway! If you have a good base limestone should last 8 to 10 years. I put 67 Blue rock limestone on my 400 ft driveway six years ago and still hasn't moved! High traffic plays a big part too! Asphalt is high maintenance since you have to coat it every other year! Twenty two and a half tons on a tri-axle is an overload in Ohio! Lol! Trust me I know all to well! Happy Anniversary to you and Melissa and glad Eva is doing well!!

Mike, your writing pen behind your ear made me think "handy as a pocket on a shirt". Happy wedding anniversary.

Great comparison & very reasonable conclusion. I thought the 2B was Melissa’s Valentines gift to you 😆. I am eagerly awaiting the pool (?) coming this spring. Not much chatter about it lately but Melissa (& Hunter) will love it after all the hot & sweaty hours in the shirt sweatshop 😉. Marcus from Chesapeake VA.

WAY TO GO EVA!...NICE JOB MELISSA!....good job Mike!....thanks 4 video. be kind.

Get well Eva keep going

Last spring 57 limestone was 22/ton off the dock in Ashtabula.