CA-6 and Bulk Aggregates for Tremont, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Tremont, IL, and CA-6 is the base material most local work starts from. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

On the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois, that base matters because the ground is flat and slow to shed water.

Materials for Tremont Projects

Washed stone is what a wet yard needs. Clean stone has no fines, so water moves through it instead of sitting against a foundation or a footing.

Start coarse. #4 Crushed Stone is the largest clean size.

It suits construction entrances, heavy drainage and trench bottoms.

Then the 3/4 to 1 inch sizes. CA-7 is washed clean stone for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11, does the same work in the 3/4 inch range.

For tighter work, CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks. Drain Rock covers French drains, drywells, foundation drains and downspout runs in clean washed stone.

A downspout run is the simplest version of the job. Water leaves the roof in one place, and clean stone gives it somewhere to go instead of pooling on flat ground.

Finer material finishes the rest. CA-6 is the compacted base for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Lime Screenings bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.

Sand and soil round out a project. Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Top Soil covers lawns, grading and bed prep.

Delivery to Tremont and the Surrounding Area

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

A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Illinois Rock Supply covers Tremont and the rest of Tazewell County, including Pekin, East Peoria, Groveland, Morton and Washington.

Ground and Conditions in Tremont

Plan the work around the season. Base, driveway and paver jobs run from the spring thaw into late fall, and the ground is slow to dry in a wet spring.

The Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois 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.

That is why clean stone belongs in a drainage trench and CA-6 belongs under a drive. The base carries the load; the washed stone gives water a path.

Bare silt loam also washes. Sheet erosion off exposed ground and gullying where runoff concentrates are both common, so cover a graded area once the base is down.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze and thaw, and frost heave shows up in gravel drives and walks each spring. Frost depth is set by the local building department.

Order CA-6 and Bulk Aggregate in Tremont

Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, clean stone, sand, topsoil and decorative gravel to Tremont and the surrounding Tazewell County area. Choose your material, set the quantity by the ton or yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout to get your order on the way.