Bulk Gravel Delivery to Craigmont, ID
For gravel and aggregate delivery in Craigmont, ID, Idaho Rock Supply keeps the ordering simple and the timing in your hands. Sticky loess mud through the wet months is the real constraint here, so most hauling and compaction work goes best from late spring through fall.
Plan your road mix delivery around that window.
Road mix is what yards in this part of Idaho call crushed base with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller. It is the base course under drives, parking pads, shop floors and shed slabs.
Ground and Conditions in Craigmont
Across the Palouse hills and the Clearwater and Snake canyons, silt loam over loess seals under rain and sheds water instead of taking it in. Long slopes push that runoff onto roads, drives and yards.
Water also perches where the loess sits on basalt.
A thin base shows the failure fast. Soft spots appear after a wet stretch, and the surface rutts where water sits on top instead of moving off.
The fix is a base that carries the load and a clean stone layer that lets water through. Screened topsoil and fill dirt handle grade, but the base course does the structural work.
Materials for Craigmont Projects
Fines and screenings do the fine work on paths and walkways here. Stone Screenings are the fines used to bed pavers and flagstone, fill joints and surface a compacted path.
They knit down tight, so a walkway holds its shape.
3/8 Chip is the small angular rock for pathways, leveling courses and topping over a compacted base. Chips are angular, so unlike Natural Pea Gravel they lock together and stay where they are put.
Walkway Gravel is sized for garden paths that need a finer, walkable surface than a drive does. For a patio, dog run or play area, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is round and uncrushed, which is why it rolls underfoot where chips do not.
3/4 Road Mix is the state base term, and the same load is ordered as 3/4 minus by size. Public works plans here call it crushed aggregate by type rather than by a class number.
Pit Run is unprocessed gravel taken straight from the pit, rock and fines mixed at whatever sizes the pit gives. It goes under road mix as sub base and as structural fill.
Delivery to Craigmont 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.
Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site.
Idaho Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone and soil across Lewis County, including Nezperce, Winchester and Reubens. Craigmont sits in Lewis County, and delivery covers the city and the surrounding area.
Have the drop spot clear before the truck arrives, with room for the bed to tip and a clear path in.
Questions About Gravel in Craigmont
What should I have ready when the truck arrives?
Clear the drop spot and leave room for a dump truck to back in and tip its bed. The load comes off in one pile, so mark where you want that pile and keep vehicles, tools and pets out of the way.
If the ground is soft from wet weather, pick a spot that will hold the truck.
What is the best base under pavers in Craigmont?
Road mix is the base course to start from, since it is crushed base with the fines left in and locks up under a roller. Over that, stone screenings bed the pavers and fill the joints.
Washed sand is also used as bedding under pavers and slabs, and it is listed against the C33 gradation.
Order Your Load for Craigmont
Start with the quantity and let the calculator on each product page help you size it. Then order online and pick your delivery date at checkout.
For bedding a walkway or building a drive base, Idaho Rock Supply has the material for the job in Craigmont.