# Aggregate gravel hauling software that captures the pit ticket, the tons and the standby as they happen

> Aggregate gravel hauling is the trucking of crushed stone, sand and gravel from a pit or quarry to a job site, paid by the ton or by the load with standby and haul distance on top. The United States produces roughly 1.5 billion tons of crushed stone a year, federal axle limits cap a tandem group at 34,000 pounds, and pit access requires training under 30 CFR part 46. Neurobird captures the ticket at the pit and turns a week of loads into an invoice.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/gravelhaul/
- Product: Neurobird Aggregate Gravel Hauling Dispatch Platform
- Niche: aggregate gravel hauling
- Buyer: aggregate and gravel hauling contractors
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-21

## What Neurobird Aggregate Gravel Hauling does

- Capture the pit ticket digitally at the moment of loading
- Track tons hauled and standby minutes per truck, per job, per day
- Warn on axle group weight before the truck leaves the pit rather than at the scale
- Turn a week of tickets into an invoice without retyping any of them

## How it works

1. **Ticket at the pit** Material, tons, job and timestamp captured on the phone as the truck pulls off the scale, with the paper ticket photographed and attached.
2. **Run the clock honestly** Standby at the pit and at the job recorded as it happens, so the free period and the billable minutes are both defensible.
3. **Invoice from the record** A week of loads becomes an invoice and a driver pay line without anyone retyping a ticket.

## From the source material

> Aggregates : Vehicles transporting rock, sand, gravel, coal, and flour may exceed the State axle limits by no more than 5 percent while traveling on non-Interstate highways (Okla.

Source: ops.fhwa.dot.gov, https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/policy/rpt_congress/truck_sw_laws/app_a.htm

## Industry context

- **1.5 billion** Approximate annual US crushed stone production in tons, the raw material behind nearly every road, foundation and concrete pour in the country. (source: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries, crushed stone, https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-stone-crushed.pdf)
- **80,000 lb** The federal gross vehicle weight limit on the interstate system, alongside 20,000 pounds on a single axle and 34,000 pounds on a tandem axle group. (source: FHWA, truck size and weight, https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/index.htm)
- **23 CFR 658** The federal regulation setting truck size and weight limits and the bridge formula, which is why axle spacing changes what you can legally carry. (source: eCFR, 23 CFR part 658, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-23/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-658)
- **24 hours** New miner training under the part 46 programme, with annual refresher training of 8 hours, applies to sand, gravel and surface stone operations including contractors on site. (source: eCFR, 30 CFR 46.5, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.5)
- **Part 46** MSHA enforces training plans, records and site specific hazard awareness for everyone entering an aggregate operation, including delivery and haul drivers. (source: MSHA, https://www.msha.gov/)

## Pricing

- Owner operator: $35 per truck, per month
- Fleet: $85 per truck, per month
- Contractor: $150 per truck, per month

## Questions

### What is aggregate gravel hauling?

Aggregate gravel hauling is the trucking of crushed stone, sand and gravel from a pit or quarry to a job site, usually paid by the ton or by the load with standby and haul distance layered on top. It is high volume and low margin: the United States produces roughly 1.5 billion tons of crushed stone a year and almost all of it moves by truck.

### Why do axle weights matter more than gross weight?

Because federal limits on the interstate system cap not only the 80,000 pound gross but also 20,000 pounds on a single axle and 34,000 pounds on a tandem axle group, plus a bridge formula that governs axle spacing. A truck can be legal on gross and still be over on an axle group, which is where most citations come from.

### What training does MSHA require to enter a pit?

Sand, gravel and surface stone operations fall under 30 CFR part 46. New miner training is 24 hours, with a portion completed before starting work, and every miner needs 8 hours of annual refresher training. Truck drivers entering the pit need site specific hazard awareness training even if they never leave the cab.

### How is standby time usually handled?

Badly. Most haul agreements allow standby after a free period, but the clock is kept in the driver's head and written on the ticket if at all. Capturing it as it happens is one of the few pure margin improvements available in the trade.

### Does this replace our accounting system?

No. Tickets, tons, standby and job allocation are captured here and exported to whatever you invoice from. The point is to stop the paper ticket being the only record of a load.

## Sources

- [FHWA, truck size and weight](https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/index.htm)
- [eCFR, 23 CFR part 658](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-23/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-658)
- [eCFR, 30 CFR 46.5 new miner training](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.5)
- [USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries, crushed stone](https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-stone-crushed.pdf)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/