Lime Screenings for Pathways in Tonica, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Tonica, IL, with CA-6 road base leading the list for drives and pads. The ground here is loamy prairie soil over dolomite, and it holds water after snowmelt and spring rain.

That shapes what you order and where it goes.

Ground and Conditions in Tonica

Across the Northern Illinois till plains and Rock River country, tight till and a high water table sit under the flat ground. Snowmelt and spring rain on still-frozen ground push water across the surface instead of into it.

A thin base course over that ground shows the failure quickly. The stone punches down into soft, saturated soil and the surface ruts under a truck or a trailer.

The fix is a base built thick enough to bridge the soft layer, with a clean washed stone layer where water has to move. Frozen ground stops compaction in winter, so the working season runs from the spring thaw into late fall.

Frost action is heavy in unbound base and shallow footings across the northern counties. Frost depth runs about 42 inches there, and the local building department sets the figure that applies to your permit.

Materials for Tonica Projects

Lime screenings, also called limestone screenings or stone dust, are the bedding layer for paver and flagstone paths. The crushed limestone fines pack tight and give a walkway a firm, even surface that a wheelbarrow or a mower rolls across without sinking.

For a path that needs to shed water rather than hold it, use a clean stone instead. CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch washed chips that bed permeable pavers and drain around tanks, and they top a compacted base without sealing it.

Walkway Gravel covers paths and garden walks that need a finer, walkable surface. Lime Screenings remain the standard bedding layer for pavers and flagstone in Illinois.

CA-6, also called CA6 or 3/4 dense grade, is the Illinois base material. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Where a path or a drain has to move water, order clean washed stone. CA-7 is 1 inch clean stone for bedding under pipe and drainage trenches, and 3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11, does the same work at 3/4 inch.

Sand and soil round out a path or bed project. Torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand for concrete and leveling, and mason sand is the finer clean sand for paver joints and sandboxes.

Screened topsoil handles lawns and bed prep on this dark prairie ground.

Delivery to Tonica and the Surrounding Area

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

A dump truck tips your material in one pile at the address you give. Have the spot clear and reachable, and know where the pile should land before the truck backs in.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across LaSalle County, including Ottawa, Streator, Peru, LaSalle and Mendota as well as Tonica.

Questions About Ordering

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the drop spot clear of vehicles, low branches and anything you do not want buried. The truck needs a firm, reachable approach and room to tip the load in one pile.

If a fence, gate or overhead wire limits where the bed can rise, pick a spot that clears it before the truck backs in.

What is the best base under pavers in Tonica?

CA-6 is the base under the bedding layer, because it is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in and it compacts into a firm, load-bearing course. Lime screenings go on top as the bedding layer that the pavers sit in.

Order both so the base and the bedding come from the same gradation family.

Order Your Path Material for Tonica

Start with the calculator on the product page to size your tonnage or yardage, then place the order online and pick your delivery date. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, lime screenings, washed stone, sand and soil to Tonica and LaSalle County.

Order your load when you are ready.