Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Genesee, ID
Idaho Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Genesee, ID, and the working season sets the schedule. Sticky loess mud through the wet months is the real constraint on the Palouse hills and the Clearwater and Snake canyons side.
Hauling and compaction go best from late spring through fall. That is the window to plan a road mix base, a path build or a drainage run around.
Ground and Conditions in Genesee
Deep windblown loess covers this part of the state, in places tens of feet thick, and it sits on Columbia River basalt. Silt loam over loess seals under rain and sheds water instead of taking it in.
Long slopes push runoff onto roads, drives and yards. Water also perches where the loess meets the basalt underneath.
A thin base shows its failure fast here. The surface rutts, pumps and breaks up at the edges where water sits under it.
The fix is a compacted road mix base that carries the load and a clean drainage layer that moves water away.
Sheet and rill erosion on cropped loess slopes in this region is among the heaviest anywhere in the country, so a path or drive that sheds water cleanly lasts far longer than one that holds it.
Winters on the prairie are cold and wet with frequent freeze and thaw cycles. Frost depth is left to the local jurisdiction, so the building official sets it for footings.
Materials for Genesee Projects
Fines and screenings do the fine work on paths and walkways here. A walkable surface needs a material that knits together underfoot and stays where it is placed.
Stone Screenings, also called crusher fines or chat, are the fines used for paver and flagstone bedding, joint filling and compacted pathway surfaces. They bind up tight and give a path a firm, even top.
3/8 Chip is the other path staple. The chips are angular, so unlike Natural Pea Gravel they knit together and stay where they are put.
Use it as a leveling course and a topping over a compacted base.
Walkway Gravel covers garden paths and walkways that need a finer, walkable surface than a drive does.
Under all of it goes the base. 3/4 Road Mix is crushed base with the fines left in so it locks up under a roller, and it is what Idaho yards call road mix.
It carries the base course under driveways, parking pads, shop floors and shed slabs.
Where the ground is soft or low, Fill Dirt brings the grade up before a base course goes on top. For beds and tree rings, Shredded Mulch holds moisture through a dry Idaho summer.
Delivery to Genesee and the Surrounding Area
You order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help size the load before you check out.
Choose a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Genesee sits in Latah County, and delivery covers the surrounding area.
That includes Moscow, Troy, Potlatch, Juliaetta and Deary. Have the drop spot clear and reachable so the truck can tip without obstruction.
Questions About Aggregate in Genesee
What should I have ready when the truck arrives?
Have the drop spot clear, open and reachable so the truck can back in and tip the load. Mark nothing for the driver and expect no spreading: the load lands in one pile where the truck stops.
Keep vehicles, trailers and equipment out of the way, and make sure the ground will hold a loaded truck in wet conditions.
What is the best base under pavers in Genesee?
Road mix, sold here as 3/4 Road Mix, is the compacted base under paver work. It is crushed base with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller and carries the load.
Over that goes a bedding layer of Stone Screenings or washed concrete sand, which gives the pavers an even bed to sit on.
Order Aggregate for Your Genesee Project
Size your load on the product page calculator, then order by the ton or the yard and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips it on site in one pile.
Idaho Rock Supply delivers road mix, chips, screenings and drainage rock across Genesee and Latah County.