Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Amboy, IL

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Amboy, IL by the ton or the yard. Illinois Rock Supply drops bulk material at your site.

Start with CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It builds drives, parking pads and shed bases on the loamy prairie ground around Lee County.

Materials for Amboy Projects

CA-6 does the heavy work here. It is the Illinois base material: crushed limestone with the fines left in, for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Top an existing drive or build up a compacted base with Driveway Gravel or Crusher Run. For a finer, walkable surface on paths and garden walks, order Walkway Gravel.

Clean washed stone handles water. CA-7 and 3/4" Crushed Stone (CA-11) are the 3/4 inch to 1 inch sizes for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

Smaller clean stone covers tight work. CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch limestone chips for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base.

Sand and soil fill out the rest of a job. Washed Sand, called torpedo sand locally, is coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Mason Sand is the fine clean sand for brick and block mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.

• Top Soil: screened Illinois prairie topsoil for lawns, grading and bed prep.
• Garden Soil: raised beds, vegetable plots and planting areas.
• Fill Dirt: bulk fill and raising grade before a CA-6 base course goes down.

Rounded stone finishes beds and borders. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas and drainage.

River Gravel and Large River Rock handle decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds.

Heavy water needs heavier stone. RipRap is broken stone for bank protection, culvert outlets, pond edges and slope armoring.

Drain Rock is clean washed stone for French drains, drywells and foundation drains.

Ground and Conditions in Amboy

Water drives the material choice across the Northern Illinois till plains and Rock River country. Snowmelt and spring rain run across frozen ground before the soil takes anything in.

Till is tight here and the water table sits high on the flat ground. A base that traps water softens and shifts.

Clean washed stone gives that water a path down and away.

Sandier ground drains almost too fast, so the base has to hold together on its own. Both conditions point the same way at the driveway: a graded base with fines, then a clean stone or surface layer above it.

The working season runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little shorter than downstate. Frozen ground stops compaction in winter, so grading and base work wait for open ground.

Winters here bring repeated freeze and thaw and heavy frost action in unbound base and shallow footings. In the northern counties frost depth runs about 42 inches, but the local building department sets the figure that applies to your job.

Delivery to Amboy and the Surrounding Area

Order online by the ton or by the yard, then pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the site.

Each product page has a calculator to help size the load.

Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives. Bulk loads run heavy, so firm ground and open access keep the delivery simple.

Amboy sits in Lee County, and delivery covers the county, including Dixon, Franklin Grove, Paw Paw, Ashton and Sublette.

Order Base, Stone and Soil for Your Amboy Project

Driveways, parking pads, shed bases, drainage runs, paver bedding, lawns and beds all start with the right material. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand, topsoil and decorative rock across Amboy and Lee County.

Order online by the ton or the yard and set your delivery date at checkout.