What it is for
A farm track, compound, overflow park or sub-base is not the same job as a public-facing finished surface. The application changes whether planings are even the right material.
Road planings guide
What should a planings quote include?
A planings figure depends on the application, roughly how many tonnes you need, where it is going and how it will be delivered. Use this checklist before you compare quotes.
View road planings →» Straight answer
Check the job, the tonnes and the drop
A useful planings quote starts with what the material is for, roughly how many tonnes you need, where it is going and when you need it. Those facts change the figure more than a generic product line.
This is a checklist, not a price list. MAC will still confirm suitability, availability and a practical delivery plan with you.
How many tonnes
Give a volume or tonne figure, even if it is approximate. A quote for a small scattered load is not the same as a quote for one bulk drop.
Where it is going
The delivery site and the area around it matter. Demand and travel in that geography change how practical the drop is.
When you need it
Planings come from live planing works, not a warehouse catalogue. Ask whether the volume and timing can actually be held.
How it is delivered
MAC can load and deliver with its own tippers. Ask whether delivery is in the figure and whether the tipper can get in.
One site or many
One large drop to one site is a better job than lots of small drops to many sites. Ask how the quote treats that.
» What to watch for
Why two planings quotes can look so different
MAC would rather deliver one large drop to one site than lots of small loads to many sites. The geography, the demand in that area and the tonne figure all sit behind the quote.
Treating planings like always-in-stock product
Availability follows real programmes. A cheaper-looking promise that ignores timing is not a like-for-like quote.
Comparing a working surface with a finished look
Planings can work as hardstanding or a sub-base. They are the wrong first choice if you need a neat, marked, customer-facing finish.
Lots of small drops quoted like one bulk load
Twenty small deliveries are not the same job as one large drop. The quote should show that difference.
» Quantity estimator
Get a useful starting figure
Use this for an early tonne figure. It does not confirm stock, suitability or a delivery plan.
» Related reading
See the material and the wider quote checks
Recycled road planings explained
The published MAC article this checklist sits beside: where planings work, where they do not, and how MAC supplies them from live works.
Read the article →How to compare a surfacing quote
Materials are one line. Check plant, people, transport and what you still arrange before you pick the lowest figure.
Compare the whole quote →
» Case study
Car Park Planing, The Mount Hotel, Tettenhall
MAC's role: planing and wider car park work
MAC planed the existing car park surface and carried out wider refurbishment work, including drainage, kerbs, surfacing and line marking.
This case study shows planing work that recovers material. It does not show a standalone planings supply and delivery quote.
Read the case study →» Need help choosing?
Tell us the use, the tonnes, the site and the timing
Send what the material is for, roughly how many tonnes you need, where it is going and when you need it. MAC will confirm availability and a practical delivery plan.