Bulk Gravel Delivery to New Canton, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in New Canton, IL, and the working season here runs from the spring thaw into late fall. That is a little longer than upstate, so timing a load around frozen ground matters less than timing it around mud.

CA-6, also called road base or 3/4 dense grade, is the dense graded crushed limestone this market builds on. It carries the fines, so it packs into a firm surface once it is spread and worked in.

Ground and Conditions in New Canton

Across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border, loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats. Deep loess sits over older drift on rolling uplands and dissected bluffs.

Ground that stays soft under a thin base course tells you the subgrade never dried out. The fix is more base material and a drainage path, not a thinner layer of stone.

Frost still lifts drives and walks each spring in this part of the state. Freeze and thaw is milder in the south of the region than in the north, but the cycle is real every year.

Gully and rill erosion in loess shows up on steep bluffs and ravines, and slumping appears on cut slopes. Where runoff concentrates, stone armor and clean drainage stone hold the edge.

Materials for New Canton Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the material choice decides whether the surface stays flat. The bedding layer sits on top of the compacted base and levels the pavers or slabs above it.

Lime Screenings, also called limestone screenings, are crushed limestone fines and the standard bedding layer in Illinois. Pavers and flagstone bed into them, and they also backfill around pipe.

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

Under all of that, CA-6 is the compacted base for drives, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Drainage layers take clean stone with no fines. CA-7 is washed 1 inch clean stone for bedding under pipe, French drains and concrete flatwork, and 3/4" Crushed Stone is the CA-11 size that goes alongside it.

Delivery to New Canton and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you check out and pick a delivery date.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. Plan where that pile lands and keep the path to it clear, because once it is down, that is where it stays.

New Canton sits in Pike County, and bulk loads also go out to Pittsfield, Barry, Griggsville, Pleasant Hill and Hull. Bottomland sites near the river wait out spring high water before material goes down.

Questions About Gravel and Delivery

What gravel is best for a driveway in New Canton?

CA-6, also called road base or 3/4 dense grade, is the base material for a drive here. It has the fines left in and compacts into a firm surface.

On top of a finished base, Driveway Gravel surfaces the drive. If the ground under it is soft, fix the drainage before you add stone.

How much material will my project need?

It depends on the area you are covering and how deep the material goes. Each product page has a calculator that turns your measurements into a quantity.

Once you have that number, order it by the ton or by the yard at checkout.

Order Gravel and Aggregate for Your New Canton Project

Start with the calculator on the product page for the material you need. That gives you a quantity in tons or yards, and you can pick your delivery date at checkout.

Order online and Illinois Rock Supply delivers the load to your site in New Canton.