Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Ellis, ID
If you are planning gravel and aggregate delivery in Ellis, ID, the first question is usually what to put down. Idaho Rock Supply delivers bulk material here, and road mix is the base that holds up under a drive, a parking pad or a shed slab.
Ground in this part of Central Idaho is thin and coarse over granite, so a finished surface needs a compacted base under it.
Delivery to Ellis and the Surrounding Area
You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Every product page carries a calculator for sizing the load.
Pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at your site. Ellis sits in Custer County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Challis, Mackay, Stanley, Clayton and May.
Bulk loads arrive as one tipped pile, so have the spot clear before the truck reaches you.
Materials for Ellis Projects
Decorative work is where most Ellis yards start, and the round rock is what carries it. Snake River Rock is round rock for beds, borders and dry creek beds.
Large River Rock is the bigger cobble, usually 2 inch to 10 inch, for heavier dry creek beds and swales.
For a dry creek bed that has to move snowmelt, line the channel with RipRap. It armors creek banks, culvert outlets and pond edges against spring runoff.
Ground cover is the other half of a bed. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is round and uncrushed, which suits patios, dog runs and play areas.
3/8 Chip is angular instead, so it knits together on pathways and as a topping over a compacted base.
Under all of it, 3/4 Road Mix is the base course. It is crushed base with the fines left in, and it locks up under a roller.
Contractors here also call it 3/4 minus, and public works plans name it as crushed aggregate by type.
Ground and Conditions in Ellis
Soils across the Central Idaho mountains and high valleys are thin and coarse over granite, and they weather down to sandy Stone Screenings. That ground drains fast where it is deep, which pulls water away from a base that was never compacted.
Where the soil is shallow over bedrock, meltwater crosses the surface instead of soaking in. A base course that was not built to shed that water ruts and pumps as the frost comes out.
This is the shortest working season in the state. Snow and frozen ground close out base and paver work from late fall until the ground dries in late spring, and the reliable window runs from early summer to early fall.
Spring snowmelt and rain on snow scour creek banks and mountain roads, and disturbed Stone Screenings washes out readily. RipRap on a bank or a culvert outlet holds that ground in place.
Order Road Mix and Decorative Rock for Your Ellis Project
Road mix is the base that carries a drive, a pad or a slab here, and the round rock and chips are what finish the beds and paths above it. Idaho Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone and soil across Ellis and Custer County.
Choose your material and quantity online and place your order.