Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Hammond, IL

If you are planning a driveway, a shed pad, a patio base or a drainage run, the material list starts with gravel and aggregate delivery in Hammond, IL. Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk stone, sand and soil by the ton or the yard, ordered online and tipped on site.

For a compacted base, the material to name is CA-6, also called road base. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

Materials for Hammond Projects

Grading and bed prep come before any hard surface, and that work runs on soil and fill. Screened topsoil is dark prairie silt loam, sold screened for lawns, grading and bed prep.

Top Soil goes down where you want something to grow.

For raised beds and vegetable plots, Garden Soil is a planting mix rather than plain dirt. Where you need to raise grade before a base course, Fill Dirt is the bulk material for that lift.

Once grade is set, the base course takes over. CA-6 is the dense graded base for driveways, parking pads, garage and shed bases and trench backfill.

Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base.

Water needs open stone, not fines. CA-7 is washed clean 1 inch stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains.

3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11, is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone Illinois yards sell alongside it for bedding and concrete work.

Sand and bedding round out the list. Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines, the standard bedding layer under pavers and flagstone and a backfill around pipe.

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

Ground and Conditions in Hammond

Across the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois, the ground is flat and the subsoil is dense clay. There is almost no natural fall, so water stands after heavy rain instead of running off.

That is why so much of the farmland around here is tile drained.

For a driveway or a pad, that means the base has to shed water rather than trap it. CA-6 compacts into a tight surface, but it holds fines, so it is not the layer that moves water away.

Drainage runs take clean washed stone instead. CA-7 and CA-11 let water pass through the voids, which is why they bed pipe and fill French drains.

Around tanks and under permeable pavers, CA-16 chips do the same job at 3/8 inch.

Bare silt loam also erodes. Sheet erosion takes topsoil off exposed ground, and runoff concentrates into gullies where it is channeled.

Seeding or covering bare areas after grading keeps that soil in place.

The working season runs from the spring thaw into late fall. A wet spring leaves the ground slow to dry, and winter freezes it solid, so grading and base work fit between those two ends.

Delivery to Hammond and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you need to size the load.

A dump truck then tips the material in one pile at the delivery point.

Bulk loads are heavy, so a firm, reachable spot for the pile helps. Ground that is soft from rain may not hold a loaded truck, and a pile set on a slope will not stay where it lands.

Hammond sits in Piatt County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Monticello, Bement, Cerro Gordo, Mansfield and De Land.

Questions About Ordering in Hammond

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Hammond?

Yes. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and you choose the amount when you place the order online.

Each product page has a calculator if you need help sizing the load. Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site.

What stone should I use for drainage in Hammond?

Use clean washed stone, not a fines-bearing base. CA-7 is 1 inch washed stone for pipe bedding, drainage trenches and French drains, and CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean stone sold alongside it.

CA-16 chips handle tighter spots.

Order Stone, Sand and Soil for Your Hammond Project

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and fill across Hammond and Piatt County. Whether the job is a driveway, a patio base, a drainage run or a graded lawn, the material is ordered online by the ton or the yard and tipped on site.

Place your order when you are ready.