Buy Fill Dirt in Loves Park, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Loves Park, IL for two kinds of buyers: contractors grading a site and homeowners fixing up a yard. Both usually start in the same place, with soil and fill before anything gets surfaced.

That first step is why fill dirt, topsoil and garden soil sit at the front of what we send out here. Once the grade is right, CA-6 road base goes down over it for drives and pads.

Materials for Loves Park Projects

Grading and bed prep come before surfacing on almost any job, so the soil products carry the weight of the work here. Fill dirt raises grade and builds up low spots before a base course goes over it.

Screened topsoil, dark and silty in this part of Illinois, finishes lawns and beds once the shape is right.

Garden soil is blended for raised beds and vegetable plots, where a lawn mix would pack too tight. Shredded mulch goes over beds and tree rings and holds moisture through a northern Illinois summer.

When the grade is set, the base and stone take over.

CA-6 is the Illinois base material, dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

Crusher Run describes the same fines-in stone, but CA-6 is the name to use here.

Clean washed stone is a different animal. CA-7 and 3/4" Crushed Stone (CA-11) carry no fines, so water moves through them.

They bed pipe, line French drains and sit under concrete flatwork. CA-16 Chips are the 3/8 inch version for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks.

For sand, torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand used in concrete and for leveling. Mason sand is finer and goes into brick and block mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.

Lime Screenings bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.

Decorative options round things out. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways and play areas, while River Gravel and Large River Rock handle beds, borders and dry creek beds.

RipRap is the heavy broken stone for bank protection and culvert outlets.

Ground and Conditions in Loves Park

Water is the thing to plan around in Winnebago County. Snowmelt and spring rain on still-frozen ground push water across the surface instead of soaking in, and the flat ground here holds it longer than a slope would.

The soil across the Northern Illinois till plains and Rock River country runs to loamy prairie soils over dolomite, with tight till in places and sandier ground in others. Tight till sheds water slowly.

Sandy ground drains almost too fast and needs the fines in a base to hold together.

That is where a clean stone and a base stone part ways. CA-7 and CA-11 have no fines, so they pass water and belong in a drainage trench or around a foundation drain.

CA-6 has the fines left in so it compacts into a firm surface, which is what a drive or pad needs.

Erosion shows up on the Rock River bluffs and steeper till slopes as gullies and sheet wash. RipRap armors banks, culvert outlets and pond edges where moving water scours.

The working season runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little shorter than downstate. Frozen ground stops compaction, so grading and base work wait for a thaw.

Frost action in unbound base and shallow footings is heavy in the coldest winters here, and frost depth runs about 42 inches across the northern counties. The local building department sets the figure for footings.

Delivery to Loves Park and the Surrounding Area

Ordering runs online. You pick the material, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and select a delivery date at checkout.

Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the address you give. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room for the truck to pull in and out and no overhead wires in the way.

The driver tips the pile and leaves it there.

Delivery covers Loves Park and the rest of Winnebago County, including Rockford, Machesney Park, Roscoe, Rockton and South Beloit.

Questions About Ordering in Loves Park

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Loves Park?

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 want to size the load first. A dump truck then tips the material in one pile at your Loves Park address on the delivery date you picked at checkout.

What stone should I use for drainage in Loves Park?

Use a clean washed stone with no fines. CA-7 and CA-11 are the Illinois clean gradations for French drains, foundation drains, drywells and pipe bedding, and CA-16 Chips cover tighter spots and drainage around tanks.

CA-6 is a compacted base material, so it belongs under a drive or pad rather than in a drain.

Order Fill, Soil and Stone for Loves Park

Grading, bed prep, new lawns, driveways, drainage and decorative beds all come through here, and fill dirt, topsoil and garden soil lead the way on most of them. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk material across Loves Park and Winnebago County.

Pick your material and quantity online and set a delivery date at checkout.