There are many different kinds of gravel available on the market for your landscaping needs today. The type you want to acquire and use depends on the kind of look you’re going for in your landscaping or what kind of use you are going to need to put your gravel to. Some gravel is decorative. Some gravel is utilitarian.
The white decorative rock you often see around ponds and landscaped areas may be called egg rock. It is identified by its color and the smooth roundedness of this large piece of rock. The smaller smooth and rounded stones that you see in aggregate concrete or walking and driving surfaces may be pea gravel. This is an example of the utility type of gravel.
Another type of gravel that is employed for its usefulness rather than its decorative qualities is called rip rap, which are large, irregular-shaped chunks of granite. This type of gravel is often used as erosion control.
So how do landscapers separate these types of gravel? They use machines called Gravel Screeners, which separate different sizes of rocks from one another, making it easy to screen them into appropriate categories. A good Gravel Screening Machine will save a landscaper invaluable time and money from having to do this kind of laborious work manually. One of the best products on the market today for these business owners is a Portable Screener, or topsoil screening machine which enables them to use the machine at different sites easily and then they can move from place to place, extracting and screening whatever kind of gravel they need for a project.