Rip Rap and Bulk Aggregates for Armstrong, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Armstrong, IL to driveways, building pads and drainage work. This is flat Grand Prairie ground under deep, dark prairie silt loam, and the clay subsoil below it holds water instead of letting it go.

That combination decides base depth before anything else. CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, is the base material most of this work starts from, and it is what you order by name here.

Materials for Armstrong Projects

Water is the real problem on this ground, and it shows up on slopes, in swales and along banks. Coarse stone is what protects those places, so start at the heavy end and work down.

RipRap for banks, swales and culvert outlets

RipRap is heavy broken stone for bank protection, culvert outlets, pond edges and slope armoring.

Where runoff concentrates and cuts a channel, riprap is what holds the ground in place.

#4 Crushed Stone for heavy drainage

#4 Crushed Stone is 1 1/2 inch clean stone. It works for construction entrances, heavy drainage and trench bottoms.

It has no fines, so water moves through it instead of sitting in it.

CA-7 and CA-11 for bedding and drains

CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork. 3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11, is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone that goes alongside it.

CA-6 and CA-16 for bases and beds

CA-6 is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill. CA-16 Chips are the small 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding and for topping a compacted base.

Delivery to Armstrong and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you commit.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the address you give. Armstrong sits in Vermilion County, and delivery covers the town and the surrounding area, including Danville, Hoopeston, Westville, Georgetown and Tilton.

Ground and Conditions in Armstrong

Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. A wet spring leaves this ground slow to dry, and winter freezes it solid, so timing a delivery matters as much as the material itself.

Across the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois, the ground is flat with dense clay subsoil and almost no natural fall. Water stands rather than runs after heavy rain, which is why drainage stone and a properly built base carry so much of the load here.

Sheet erosion off bare silt loam and gullying where runoff concentrates are the things to watch on any exposed slope. Riprap and clean stone at the outlet are what keep a small wash from becoming a real cut.

Frost heave shows up in gravel drives, walks and shallow slabs each spring. Frost depth is set by the local building department, so check with them before you plan anything that goes in the ground.

Order Bulk Aggregates for Armstrong

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Armstrong and the rest of Vermilion County. Choose your material, set the quantity by the ton or the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online when you are ready.