Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Eldred, IL

If you are planning a driveway, a parking pad or a drainage run in Eldred, IL, the material comes down to what the ground under it needs. Illinois Rock Supply sells gravel and aggregate delivery in Eldred, IL by the ton, and CA-6 is the base most of that work starts from.

Eldred sits in Greene County, on the rolling uplands and bluffs of the Western Illinois loess country. That ground sheds water fast on a slope and holds it in the flats, which shapes what you put down.

Materials for Eldred Projects

Start with the base. CA-6, also called CA6 or road base, is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

It packs into a firm surface for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and trench backfill.

CA-7 is the washed clean stone with no fines, and it is what you bed pipe in. Drainage trenches, French drains and the layer under concrete flatwork all take CA-7.

CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone sold alongside CA-7. It beds pipe, feeds drainage and goes under concrete.

CA-16 chips are the small 3/8 inch limestone chips used for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks, and topping a compacted base.

Lime screenings are the crushed limestone fines for paver and flagstone bedding and for backfill around pipe. Torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Mason sand is finer and cleaner, for brick and block mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.

For a finished drive, driveway gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base. walkway gravel gives paths and garden walks a finer, walkable surface.

On the soil side, top soil handles lawns, grading and bed prep, and garden soil fills raised beds and vegetable plots. fill dirt raises grade before a CA-6 base course goes down.

Decorative work runs on rounded stone. river gravel fills beds, borders and dry creek beds, large river rock takes the heavier splash areas and downspout runs, and 3/8" natural pea gravel suits walkways and play areas.

Ground and Conditions in Eldred

Across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border, water is the driver. Loess sheds rain and snowmelt fast on slopes and holds it in the flats, so a drive or pad has to move water off the surface rather than let it sit.

On steep bluffs and ravines that same water cuts gullies and rills into the loess. Where runoff concentrates, cut slopes slump and ground can collapse.

A clean stone drainage layer under a base gives that water somewhere to go.

That is why CA-7, CA-11 and drain rock matter as much as the base course here. Fines-bearing CA-6 compacts into a firm base; clean washed stone drains.

The two do different jobs and belong in different parts of the same project.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall in this part of Illinois, a little longer than upstate. Low ground waits out spring high water.

Frost still lifts drives and walks each spring. Frost depth figures are set locally by the building department, so check with Greene County before you plan anything that goes into the ground.

Delivery to Eldred and the Surrounding Area

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

Bulk material arrives on a dump truck that tips the load in one pile on site. Have the drop area clear and reachable, with room for the truck to get in and out, and know where the pile should land before it arrives.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers to Eldred and to the rest of Greene County, including Carrollton, White Hall, Roodhouse, Greenfield and Kane.

Questions About Ordering in Eldred

Do you supply contractors working in Eldred?

Yes. Contractors ordering for jobs in Eldred and across Greene County can order the same materials by the ton or yard, from CA-6 base and CA-7 pipe bedding to lime screenings, torpedo sand and topsoil.

Quantities are chosen online and the load is tipped on site.

Do you deliver CA-6 to Eldred, IL?

Yes. CA-6, also called CA6 or road base, delivers to Eldred and the surrounding Greene County area.

It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it is used for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Order Base, Stone and Soil for Your Eldred Project

Driveways, parking pads, pipe bedding, drainage runs, patios, raised beds and lawn grading all take bulk material, and Illinois Rock Supply delivers it to Eldred by the ton or yard. Choose your material and quantity online and set your delivery date at checkout.