CA-6, Sand and Gravel Delivery in Cass County, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Cass County, IL. Sand ground takes water fast and holds almost none, so a drive here washes and settles instead of staying wet.

Start with CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone Illinois yards call road base. Fines stay in the mix, so it knits into a firm surface for drives, pads and shed bases.

Materials Delivered in Cass County

Article 1004.01 sets the coarse aggregate gradations CA 1 through CA 20, and Article 1005.01 sets riprap as RR 3 through RR 7.

Those numbers are how material is specified and ordered here.

CA-6 does the heavy work. It goes down as a compacted base under drives and pads, and it fills trenches after a line is set.

Order it by the ton and a dump truck tips it on site.

Clean stone handles water. CA-7 and CA-11 both drain, and CA-16 chips bed pavers and top a compacted base.

Lime screenings bed flagstone and backfill pipe.

For a finished surface, driveway gravel tops an existing drive, and walkway gravel gives paths a finer, walkable surface. river gravel and large river rock handle beds, borders and dry creek beds.

Ground Conditions Across Cass County

Across the Illinois River valley and the sand areas, the ground is deep wind-blown and river-laid sand left by meltwater floods. Terraces carry droughty sandy soils; low bottoms hold silt and clay.

Sand drains fast, so a base that washes and settles is the real problem, not one that stays wet. Low bottoms flood when the Illinois River comes up.

Bare sand moves in the wind, and water running across a loose sandy drive cuts ruts. River banks scour where the current works them.

Sandy ground dries and works early in spring, but river bottoms stay off limits during high water. Work runs into late fall.

Winters bring repeated freeze and thaw. Open sand drains well and heaves less than the clay ground on the uplands.

Frost depth runs about 36 inches where a building department sets it.

Delivery Across Cass County

Illinois Rock Supply covers Cass County, including Beardstown, Virginia, Ashland, Chandlerville and Arenzville. Order online and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Size the load by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile where it lands.

Pick your material, set the quantity and choose the date. That is the whole order.

Choosing the Right Material

Mason County shares this ground. It sits in the same Illinois River valley and sand areas, so the base and drainage choices run the same.

Menard County is different. It is Central Illinois Grand Prairie till plain, flat to gently rolling, under deep dark prairie silt loams.

Tight ground like that holds water and heaves, so drainage stone matters more there than it does on sand.

Morgan County spans more than one zone. Part is Western Illinois loess uplands along the Mississippi border, part is this same Illinois River valley and sand areas.

Ground that changes that much changes what a base needs.

On sand, CA-6 gives you a compacted base and CA-7 or CA-11 carries water away. RipRap armors a bank or a culvert outlet.

Screenings and chips bed pavers and flagstone.

Order CA-6 and Bulk Aggregate in Cass County

Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, clean stone, sand, topsoil and decorative rock across Cass County, from Beardstown and Virginia to Ashland, Chandlerville and Arenzville. Order online, size the load by the ton or yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips it on site.