CA-16 Chips, Stone and Soil Delivery in Lomax, IL

If you need gravel and aggregate delivery in Lomax, IL, start with the question of what the stone has to do. Illinois Rock Supply sells CA-6, washed stone, sand and soil by the ton for delivery across Henderson County.

This part of the state drains in two directions at once.

Loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border. That shapes what you order for a driveway, a trench or a downspout run.

Materials for Lomax Projects

Washed stone is the place to start when water has to move. CA-7 is clean 1 inch stone with no fines, and it beds pipe, lines drainage trenches and sits under concrete flatwork.

CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone sold alongside it for the same work.

Use CA-7 and 3/4" Crushed Stone where a French drain, a drywell or a downspout run needs open voids that let water through instead of holding it.

For smaller work, CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch limestone chips. They bed permeable pavers, drain around tanks and top a compacted base.

CA-16 Chips also handle tight bedding where larger clean stone will not fit.

Below those sizes, lime screenings are the crushed limestone fines that bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe. Lime Screenings pack tight, so they level a surface rather than drain it.

When the job needs a base instead of drainage, CA-6 is the answer. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Pair CA-6 with Driveway Gravel when you are surfacing an existing drive or topping a compacted base. For paths and garden walks, Walkway Gravel gives a finer, walkable surface.

Delivery to Lomax and the Surrounding Area

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk material to sites in Lomax and across Henderson County, including Stronghurst, Oquawka, Biggsville, Carman and Gladstone. You order online and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page carries a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the delivery point. Have the spot clear before the truck arrives so the pile lands where you want to work from.

Ground and Conditions in Lomax

Work here runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than upstate. Timing a delivery matters more than it looks, because ground that is still thawing will not take a load the way dry ground will.

Loess soil drains fast on slopes and holds water in the flats. On a sloped drive, runoff moves quickly and can cut a gully; on flat ground it sits.

That is why a clean stone drainage layer makes sense on one part of a property and a compacted base on another.

Frost lifts drives and walks each spring across this region. The frost depth is set by the local building department, and footing depth follows that figure rather than anything a supplier tells you.

Choose CA-6 where you need a base that holds up under traffic. Choose CA-7, CA-11 or CA-16 Chips where water has to pass through instead of standing.

Order Bulk Gravel and Stone in Lomax

Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand, soil and mulch to Lomax and the surrounding parts of Henderson County. Order online by the ton or the yard, pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site.

Start with the material that fits the job.