Rip Rap and Bulk Aggregates for Mount Auburn, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Mount Auburn, IL, by the ton or by the yard. Size the load on the calculator, then pick your material.

CA-6, the dense graded base this part of Illinois runs on, is where most drives and pads start. From there you move down in size to clean stone and sand.

Christian County ground is flat and slow to drain, so the size you pick matters.

Materials for Mount Auburn Projects

Slope, swale and bank work call for the coarse end of the yard. Heavy broken stone holds where water concentrates and where ground washes out.

RipRap is the heavy broken stone for bank protection, culvert outlets, pond edges and slope armoring.

#4 Crushed Stone is large clean stone for construction entrances, heavy drainage and trench bottoms.

Below that, the washed clean sizes do the bedding and drainage work on the same job.

At the fine end, CA-6 is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It builds driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding. Mason Sand is the finer clean sand for mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.

Delivery to Mount Auburn and the Surrounding Area

Order online and the load comes to your site in Mount Auburn. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator so you can size the load before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile where you want it dropped on the property.

Illinois Rock Supply serves Mount Auburn in Christian County, along with Taylorville, Pana, Edinburg, Assumption and Morrisonville. If your site sits in that part of the county, the order goes through the same way.

Ground and Conditions in Mount Auburn

Base, driveway and paver work here runs from the spring thaw into late fall. The ground is slow to dry in a wet spring and frozen solid through the winter, so the work window sets the schedule.

This is some of the flattest ground in the country, with dense clay subsoil beneath it and almost no natural fall. Water stands rather than runs after heavy rain.

Sheet erosion off bare silt loam, gullying where runoff concentrates, and stream bank scour after heavy rain are the patterns to plan around. That is why coarse stone goes on slopes and swales before anything fine is spread.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze and thaw, and frost heave shows up in gravel drives, walks and shallow slabs each spring. The local building department sets the frost figure for footings.

What stone should I use for drainage in Mount Auburn?

Use clean washed stone with no fines. CA-7 and CA-11 are the 3/4 inch to 1 inch sizes for French drains, foundation drains and downspout runs, and CA-16 chips work for tighter bedding and around tanks.

For heavy drainage, trench bottoms and construction entrances, #4 Crushed Stone is the large clean size. Keep fines-bearing material like CA-6 out of a drain, because the fines hold water instead of passing it.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the drop spot cleared and reachable, and know where you want the pile. A dump truck tips the load in one pile, so the spot you choose is where the material stays until you move it.

Order the quantity you need by the ton or the yard through the calculator on the product page, and pick your delivery date at checkout. Nothing else is needed on site.

Order Gravel and Aggregate in Mount Auburn

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and topsoil to Mount Auburn and the rest of Christian County. CA-6, rip rap, clean stone and screenings all go out by the ton or the yard.

Size your load on the calculator, pick a delivery date, and place the order online.