Rip Rap and Bulk Aggregates for Franklin, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Franklin, IL, and across Morgan County. The ground here is deep loess over older drift, and loess sheds water fast on a slope and holds it in the flats.

That shapes what you put down. CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, is the base material for drives, pads and shed floors around Franklin.

Materials for Franklin Projects

Franklin sits on rolling uplands and dissected ground, so slope, swale and bank protection drive a lot of the material choices here. The coarsest stone does that work; the finer grades handle bedding and finish surfaces.

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

Start here when moving water is the problem.

RipRap locks together on a slope where rounded stone will not hold. For trench bottoms and heavy drainage.

Below the coarse sizes, CA-6 is the compacted base for driveways, parking pads and garage floors. CA-6 carries the fines that let it tighten up under a truck or a car.

Clean washed stone comes next. CA-7, also sold as #57 stone or 1 inch clean stone, has no fines, so it beds pipe, feeds French drains and sits under concrete flatwork.

CA-7 is what you want around a foundation drain or a downspout run. CA-11 and #67 stone cover the same jobs in a 3/4 inch clean size.

At the fine end, Lime Screenings are the crushed limestone fines used to bed pavers and flagstone. Torpedo sand, the coarse washed sand, levels and beds; mason sand mixes into brick and block mortar.

Ground and Conditions in Franklin

Work around Franklin runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than it does upstate. Plan a delivery around that window and around whatever the site is doing when the truck gets there.

Loess on a slope sheds water in a hurry, and the same loess holds it in the flats. That is why a swale or a bank above a drive needs coarse, open stone rather than a fines-bearing base.

Water that disappears into the ground in sinkhole country is water that is not running to a ditch, so drainage design has to account for it.

Gully and rill erosion in loess is common on steep ground, and cut slopes slump. RipRap and clean stone armor those faces; CA-6 builds the base underneath a drive.

Freeze and thaw still lift drives and walks each spring across this region. Frost depth figures are set by the local building department, and they belong to the county that published them.

Delivery to Franklin and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick your delivery date at checkout. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help size the load.

A dump truck tips the material in one pile at the address you give. Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers to Franklin and to the rest of Morgan County, including Jacksonville, Waverly, Meredosia, Murrayville and Chapin.

Rip Rap and Aggregate Delivery for Franklin

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil to Franklin and the surrounding Morgan County area. Order CA-6, RipRap, CA-7 or screenings online, size the load by the ton or yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout.