CA-6, Sand and Gravel Delivery in Pike County, IL
Order gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Pike County, IL online. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk material by the ton or by the yard, so you pick the quantity and a dump truck tips it on site.
Start with CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone that carries the fines. It is the base most drives, parking pads and shed floors are built on in this part of Illinois.
Materials delivered in Pike County
CA-6, also called road base, is crushed limestone with the fines left in.
Use CA-6 for driveways, parking pads, garage and shed bases, and trench backfill. It packs into a firm, tight surface.
CA-6 is the material to start with when you are building up a grade.
CA-7 and CA-11 are the washed clean stones. Neither carries fines, so water moves through instead of sitting.
CA-7 is 1 inch clean stone, and 3/4" Crushed Stone covers the CA-11 size.
Both are bedding and drainage stone. Use them under pipe, in French drains and drainage trenches, and under concrete flatwork.
They bed permeable pavers, drain around tanks, and top a compacted base.
Lime Screenings are the crushed limestone fines. They bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.
Screenings are the standard bedding layer in Illinois.
Torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand sold as Washed Sand. It goes into concrete, leveling and bedding.
Mason Sand is the finer clean sand for brick and block mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.
For planting, Top Soil handles lawns, grading and bed prep. Illinois prairie topsoil is dark and silty, and it is sold screened.
Garden Soil fills raised beds and vegetable plots.
Rounded stone finishes beds and borders. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas and drainage.
River Gravel and Large River Rock build dry creek beds and splash areas. Shredded Mulch holds moisture in beds and tree rings through an Illinois summer.
Delivery across Pike County
Order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and you pick a delivery date at checkout.
A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. Have a clear, firm spot for the pile, with room for the truck to reach it and get out again.
Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk material across the county, including Pittsfield, Barry, Griggsville, Pleasant Hill, Hull, Nebo, Kinderhook, New Canton, New Salem, Baylis, Chambersburg, Pearl and Rockport.
Ground conditions across Pike County
Pike County sits in the Western Illinois loess uplands along the Mississippi border. That means deep loess over older drift, rolling uplands, dissected bluffs and steep ravines.
Loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats. Where water stands, a clean stone layer under the surface gives it somewhere to go.
Erosion follows the same pattern. Gullies and rills cut into loess on steep bluffs and ravines, and cut slopes slump.
RipRap armors banks, culvert outlets and pond edges against that movement.
Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than upstate. Bottomland sites wait out spring high water.
Frost lifts drives and walks each spring in this region. Frost depth is about 36 to 40 inches where it has been set, and the local building department sets the figure that applies to your job.
Choosing the right material
Adams County shares Pike County's ground region: the same deep loess, the same bluffs and ravines along the Mississippi, the same silty bottomland. Base and drainage choices there work the same way.
Calhoun County and Morgan County each span more than one zone. Their ground also takes in the Illinois River valley and the sand areas, where the soil drains differently than loess upland does.
On sand, water moves through quickly and a clean stone drainage layer does less work. On loess slopes, water runs off fast and gathers at the bottom, so bank and outlet protection matters more.
Order bulk aggregate in Pike County
Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand, topsoil, decorative gravel and riprap across Pike County. For building a drive, bedding pipe, setting pavers or armoring a bank, the material is ordered online and tipped on site by the ton.
Place your order and pick a delivery date.