Gravel and Aggregate Delivery in Great Lakes, IL

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Great Lakes, IL by the ton or by the yard. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk material to Lake County jobs, and the base most drives here start from is CA-6.

Order online, size the load with the calculator on each product page, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site.

Materials for Great Lakes Projects

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

CA-6 carries driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and trench backfill. It packs down under a passenger vehicle and takes a load without rutting out.

Pair it with Driveway Gravel when you are surfacing over an existing compacted base.

Driveway and walkway surfacing works the same way. Crusher Run is the secondary name for the same fines-bearing stone, and Walkway Gravel gives paths and garden walks a finer, walkable surface.

Washed stone has no fines, so water moves through it. Use CA-7 and 3/4" Crushed Stone for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

CA-16 Chips bed permeable pavers and drain around tanks.

Sand and soil finish the job. Washed Sand, sold as torpedo sand, is coarse and washed for concrete, leveling and bedding.

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

Top Soil covers lawns, grading and bed prep. Illinois prairie topsoil is dark and silty, and yards sell it screened.

Fill Dirt raises grade before a CA-6 base course goes down.

Ground and Conditions in Great Lakes

Across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, the ground sheds water rather than takes it. Lake plain clay and dense till sit under a lot of this area, and flat ground has little fall.

Heavy summer downpours overwhelm yard grades and storm sewers in older built-up areas. Snowmelt in spring does the same thing more slowly.

Water that cannot soak in runs somewhere, and a drive edge is often where it goes.

That is why washed stone matters alongside the base. CA-7 and CA-11 drain instead of holding water, so they belong in trenches and under flatwork where the ground will not take moisture.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay.

Long cold winters with many freeze and thaw cycles lift drives, walks and slabs every spring.

Delivery to Great Lakes and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and tips in one pile on site. Have the drop area clear and reachable, and keep vehicles off it until the truck leaves.

Order online by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and you pick a delivery date at checkout.

Nothing else is needed from you.

Illinois Rock Supply serves Great Lakes and the rest of Lake County, including Waukegan, Mundelein, North Chicago, Gurnee and Highland Park.

Questions

Do you supply contractors working in Great Lakes?

Yes. Contractors order the same way homeowners do: online, by the ton or by the yard, with a delivery date chosen at checkout.

CA-6, CA-7, and those numbers tell you which size a job calls for. Bulk loads arrive on a dump truck and tip in one pile at the address you give.

Do you deliver CA-6 to Great Lakes, IL?

Yes. CA-6 is delivered throughout Great Lakes and the rest of Lake County.

It is the dense graded crushed limestone used for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill, with the fines left in so it compacts into a firm surface. Order it by the ton or by the yard, and size the load with the calculator on the product page.

Order Base, Stone, Sand and Soil for Your Great Lakes Project

Driveways, parking pads, paver bedding, drainage trenches, raised beds and new lawns all start with the right bulk material. Choose your CA-6, washed stone, sand or soil, size the load, and set a delivery date online.

Place your order for Great Lakes delivery and the truck will bring it to your site.