CA-7, Stone and Soil Delivery in Meredosia, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Meredosia, IL. If you are building a drive off sandy ground, start with CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone this part of Illinois calls road base.

The ground here is a mix of wind-blown sand on the terraces and silt and clay on the bottoms. Sand drains fast and holds almost nothing, so a base course has to be built to stay put rather than to dry out.

Materials for Meredosia Projects

Washed stone does the drainage work on most sites here. Clean stone has no fines, so water moves through it instead of sitting in it.

That matters for French drains, drywells and downspout runs, where the stone is a channel, not a floor.

CA-7 is the 1 inch clean stone Illinois yards sell for bedding under pipe and for drainage trenches. CA-11 is its 3/4 inch counterpart.

CA-16 chips are the 3/8 inch washed stone. They bed permeable pavers, drain around tanks, and top a compacted base without sealing it off.

At the coarse end sits rip rap, the heavy broken stone for bank protection, culvert outlets and pond edges. Gradations RR 3 through RR 7 cover the sizes.

Not every job is drainage. CA-6 is the dense graded base with the fines left in, for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Lime screenings bed pavers and flagstone, and torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

For beds and borders, river gravel and larger river rock give you rounded stone for dry creek beds and downspout splash areas.

Delivery to Meredosia and the Surrounding Area

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Meredosia and the rest of Morgan County, including Jacksonville, Waverly, Murrayville, Franklin and Chapin. You order online and a dump truck tips the load on site as one pile.

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout. You pick a delivery date at checkout.

Ground and Conditions in Meredosia

The sandy ground here dries and works early in the spring, and the season runs into late fall. Low bottoms along the Illinois River valley are a different story, and they stay off limits while water is up.

Sand takes water quickly and holds almost none. That means the problem on a drive is a base that washes and settles rather than one that stays wet, so depth and clean drainage stone matter more than a wet-weather fix.

Bare sand also moves in the wind and ruts where water crosses a loose drive. A finished surface and clean stone at the edges both help hold the shape.

Winters bring repeated freeze and thaw, though open sand heaves less than the clay ground on the uplands either side.

Order Stone and Soil for Your Meredosia Project

Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand, soil and decorative rock to Meredosia and the surrounding Morgan County area. Pick your material, set the quantity, and choose a delivery date at checkout to get your order on the way.