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Message: [QUOTE="Lisak1, post: 452562, member: 6145"] Not impossible at all! Many rock yards will tell you their per ton or per lb price over the phone. Then just use a pond calculator to figure out how much rock you need. Here's one example, but there are lots of these on the internet: [URL unfurl="true"]https://support.aquascapeinc.com/hc/en-us/articles/201299880-How-much-rock-should-I-use-in-my-pond-[/URL] What you're looking for is one and two man boulders. When you buy these by the pallet, they are generally sized so most of the pallet is of similar sizes. Per pallet pricing is sometimes cheaper - we found that by the pallet you pay by the ton. If you hand pick rocks, you pay by the pound. If you are doing all the gathering, ,lifting, moving and unloading, plus providing the transportation, I would pay your friend about 20 - 25% of the going rate. Obviously much of the cost of these stone and rock products comes from actually getting them TO the rock yard. Nature did the hard part! I'd figure the rock yards are at LEAST doubling the price they paid to the wholesaler. This is of course just wild speculation on my part, based on what I know about retail pricing for things like furniture and clothing. We found that, unless you buy enough rock, the cost of delivery can exceed the cost of the rock, depending on where you live. If you're planning to rock the interior of the pond, I'd negotiate a lower price with your friend. You could easily use granite boulders for the inside of the pond, which for us were about 1/3 the cost of the moss rock. I wish I could remember actual prices we paid, but that would vary so much by location that I don't know if it would be all that helpful. For example, here they bring all he moss rock from Semco, which I think is in Missouri, but the granite they get from northern Wisconsin, so the transportation costs play a big factor in the price. Hope that helps! [/QUOTE]

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