Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Wheeling, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Wheeling, IL, and the first thing to settle is how much you need. Each product page has a calculator, and quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard.

CA-6, also called road base or 3/4 dense grade, is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in that most base work in this market starts from. It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Delivery to Wheeling and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the address you give.

Wheeling sits in Cook County, and delivery covers the city and the surrounding area. That includes Chicago, Cicero, Schaumburg, Evanston and Arlington Heights.

Bulk loads are heavy, so the drop point matters. A driveway or a firm gravel pad handles a truck better than soft ground, and a pile tipped on grass is harder to move later.

Materials for Wheeling Projects

Decorative work carries a lot of the landscaping here: beds, borders, dry creek beds and ground cover that has to look finished and still handle water.

River Gravel, also called river rock or washed gravel, is rounded stone for beds, borders and dry creek beds. Large River Rock is the bigger rounded stone for dry creek beds, downspout splash areas and heavier decorative work.

3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is rounded 3/8 inch washed gravel for walkways, play areas, fence post mix and drainage. Shredded Mulch covers beds and tree rings and holds moisture through an Illinois summer.

For a driveway or a patio, the base comes first. CA-6 builds the compacted base, then a clean stone sits on top where water has to move.

For a drain, clean stone is the material. CA-7, also called #57 stone or 1 inch clean stone, is washed clean stone with no fines for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains.

CA-11, the 3/4 inch clean washed stone, covers the same bedding, drainage and concrete work at a smaller size. Lime Screenings bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe, and Washed Sand is the coarse torpedo sand for concrete and leveling.

Ground and Conditions in Wheeling

Across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, the ground runs to heavy silt and clay, with clay-rich till inland. That soil sheds water rather than taking it, and flat ground gives it little fall.

Heavy summer downpours overwhelm yard grades, so a base that was not built to shed water shows it fast. Sheet wash off bare clay lots is the other side of the same problem.

Frost matters here too. Long cold winters with many freeze and thaw cycles lift drives, walks and slabs every spring and leave gravel surfaces soft until the ground drains.

Northeastern Illinois jurisdictions carry a frost depth of about 42 inches in the residential code, and the local building department sets it.

Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay.

Questions About Ordering in Wheeling

How much material will my project need?

Each product page has a calculator, and that is where to start. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, so you pick the unit that fits how you are measuring.

Have your project measurements ready before you open it. If your numbers land between two quantities, order the one you can work with.

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Wheeling?

Yes. You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck then tips the load in one pile at your address in Wheeling. Delivery covers the city and the surrounding part of Cook County, including Chicago, Cicero, Schaumburg, Evanston and Arlington Heights.

Order CA-6 and Decorative Stone for Your Wheeling Project

CA-6 is the base material this market builds on, and the decorative stone sits on top of it. Illinois Rock Supply delivers both to Wheeling and the surrounding area.

Size your load with the calculator, choose your delivery date, and place your order online.