Pea Gravel and Bulk Aggregates for Albers, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Albers, IL, and the ground here shapes every load we send out. This is claypan country, where the subsoil sits tight and close to the surface and stops water moving down.

That single fact decides how much CA-6 a drive or pad needs underneath it.

You order online, pick a quantity by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck tips the material on site.

Materials for Albers Projects

Washed stone does the quiet work on most properties around here, because water that cannot sink through claypan has to go somewhere. Clean stone gives it a path.

The sizes below run from the largest clean stone down to the fines, and each one has a job it does well.

Clean stone for drainage and bedding

CA-7 is washed 1 inch stone with no fines left in it. Use it for French drains, drywells, downspout runs and bedding under pipe.

Because nothing in it holds water, the trench stays open and the water keeps moving.

3/4" Crushed Stone, sold locally as CA-11, is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone that pairs with CA-7 on drainage and concrete work. It beds pipe and backfills foundation drains where a smaller stone fits the trench better.

CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base. Drain Rock covers the same drainage ground when a project calls for clean washed stone by that name.

Base and bedding materials

CA-6 is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It builds driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Lime Screenings are the crushed limestone fines used for paver and flagstone bedding and for backfill around pipe. They are the standard bedding layer in Illinois, and they set up firm under a flat surface.

Delivery to Albers and the Surrounding Area

Albers sits in Clinton County, and Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk material across the town and the surrounding area, including Breese, Carlyle, New Baden, Trenton and Aviston. You order online, choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the delivery point. From there the material is yours to move and place as the project needs it.

Ground and Conditions in Albers

Across the Southern till plain and claypan country, the working season runs longer than it does upstate at both ends. The catch is the wet winter and spring, which keep sites soft well into April.

Late summer and fall are the reliable windows for a delivery you can actually work.

The claypan is the reason. It sits close to the surface and stops water moving down, so rain perches on top of it and the ground stays saturated for weeks.

Unbound base under traffic in that condition pumps and loses its shape.

Freeze and thaw swings work on that saturated clay too, and heaving shows up in drives and walks. Frost depth in this part of Illinois runs about 30 to 36 inches, and the local building department sets the figure that applies to your project.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Where the thin loess is bared, sheet and gully erosion takes the surface, and banks scour along the waterways on this side of the state.

Riprap and clean stone armoring hold those edges.

Order Bulk Gravel and Aggregates in Albers

Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand, topsoil and decorative gravel to Albers and the rest of Clinton County. Order online, size the load by the ton or the yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout.

Place your order and we will get the material to your site.