Bulk Gravel Delivery to Dixon, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Dixon, IL, and the working season here sets the schedule. Across the Northern Illinois till plains and Rock River country, the season runs from the spring thaw into late fall, and frozen ground stops compaction in winter.

Plan your CA-6, also called road base, around that window. Order it online when the ground is workable and the truck can tip the load where you want the pile.

Ground and Conditions in Dixon

This part of the state has tight till and a high water table on the flat ground, broken by sand plains that drain almost too fast. Those two conditions fail a base in different ways.

On tight ground, water sits in a thin base course and the surface pumps and ruts under a truck. On sand, the same base drains well but shifts if it was never built thick enough to bridge the soft spots.

Snowmelt and spring rain on frozen ground push water across the surface before the soil below has thawed. Base work done in that window is the work most likely to move later.

The fix is a base course with the fines left in, compacted while the ground is workable, plus a clean stone drainage layer where water has nowhere to go. Rip rap armors the spots where runoff concentrates, such as culvert outlets and pond edges.

Materials for Dixon Projects

Bedding is where most paver and flatwork jobs in Dixon are won or lost. The bedding layer has to hold a consistent plane so the pavers above it do not rock, and it has to drain so water does not sit under the slab.

Two materials cover that work.

Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines, and they are the standard bedding layer in Illinois for pavers and flagstone. Screened to a uniform fine grade, they compact into a firm, flat plane that holds its shape under foot traffic.

Contractors also backfill around pipe with them.

Washed Sand, sold around here as torpedo sand, is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding. It drains freely, which suits flatwork where water needs a path out from under the slab.

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

Under all of that sits the base. CA-6 is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it is the Illinois base material for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Where a base needs to drain rather than hold, clean stone takes over. CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

3/4" Crushed Stone, or CA-11, is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone sold alongside it for the same work. CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base.

For the surface above a compacted base, Driveway Gravel and Walkway Gravel cover drives and garden paths. For lawns and beds, Top Soil and Garden Soil handle grading, bed prep and raised planting.

Delivery to Dixon and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Decide which unit you are working in before you order, since the two are not the same measure.

Delivery is bulk. A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the address you give, so think about where that pile should sit before the truck arrives.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Dixon and Lee County, including Amboy, Franklin Grove, Paw Paw, Ashton and Sublette.

Questions from Dixon Buyers

What gravel is best for a driveway in Dixon?

CA-6, also called road base, is the Illinois base material for a driveway. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a firm surface for drives and parking pads.

If your drive sits wet, put clean stone such as CA-7 under the CA-6 so water has a path out.

How much material will my project need?

Order by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and that is the way to size a load for your own area and depth.

Have your measurements ready before you start, then choose your quantity and a delivery date at checkout.

Order CA-6 and Bedding Stone for Dixon

Start with the quantity. Each product page has a calculator, and Illinois Rock Supply delivers by the ton or by the yard across Dixon and Lee County.

Once you know your figures, choose a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck will bring the load to your site.