Rip Rap, Stone and Soil Delivery in Ellisville, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Ellisville, IL to Fulton County jobs. CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, is the base material this part of Illinois builds on.

It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill. Order online and a dump truck tips the load on your site.

Materials for Ellisville Projects

Slope, swale and bank protection starts with coarse stone. On the rolling uplands and cut slopes around Ellisville, water moves fast and takes loose ground with it.

Heavy broken stone is what holds that ground in place.

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

It is the first material to reach for when a bank is washing out.

#4 Crushed Stone is a large clean stone for construction entrances, heavy drainage and trench bottoms.

It moves water without holding it.

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 companion size Illinois yards sell for the same work.

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

Finer material has its own jobs. Lime Screenings bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.

Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Delivery to Ellisville and the Surrounding Area

Ellisville sits in Fulton County, and delivery covers the town and the ground around it. Canton, Farmington, Lewistown, Astoria and Cuba are all inside the same county and inside the same coverage.

You order online. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you check out.

Pick your delivery date at checkout. A dump truck arrives and tips the load in one pile on your site.

From there it is your material to move and shape.

Ground and Conditions in Ellisville

Work in this part of Illinois runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than upstate. That gives you a wide window to get a base down and let it settle before winter.

The ground here is deep loess over older drift on rolling uplands, with dissected bluffs and steep ravines. Loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats.

That split is what drives material choice more than anything else on the site.

On a slope, water runs and cuts. In a flat, it sits.

Gully and rill erosion in loess is the common result on steep ground, along with slumping on cut slopes.

So the coarse end of the range does the heavy work on grade: rip rap and #4 stone for banks and swales, CA-7 and CA-11 where water needs to pass through clean stone. CA-6 is the compacted base for drives and pads.

Frost still lifts drives and walks each spring. Frost depth in this region runs about 36 to 40 inches, and the local building department sets the figure that applies to your job.

Questions About Stone and Delivery in Ellisville

What stone should I use for drainage in Ellisville?

Use clean washed stone with no fines. CA-7 and CA-11 are the 3/4 inch to 1 inch sizes for French drains, foundation drains, downspout runs and pipe bedding.

CA-16 chips work for tighter bedding and drainage around tanks. For heavy flow, #4 Crushed Stone handles trench bottoms and construction entrances.

Fines-bearing material like CA-6 does not belong in a drain.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

A clear, firm spot for the pile and room for a dump truck to reach it. The truck tips the load in one pile, so pick a spot you can work from.

Have your quantity settled before checkout. If you are unsure of the amount, the calculator on each product page can help you size it.

Order Rip Rap, Stone and Soil in Ellisville

Illinois Rock Supply delivers rip rap, CA-6, washed stone, sand, topsoil and mulch across Ellisville and Fulton County. Coarse stone for banks and swales, clean stone for drainage, CA-6 for drives and pads.

Order online and pick your delivery date at checkout.