3/4 Minus and Bulk Aggregates for May, ID
Need gravel and aggregate delivery in May, ID? Idaho Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton and tips it on your site.
In the Central Idaho mountains and high valleys, meltwater and rain on snow move a lot of ground, and road mix is what holds a drive together through it.
Spring breakup softens and ruts gravel roads and drives as the frost comes out. The right stone underneath decides whether that water passes through or parks in your driveway.
Materials for May Projects
Water is the first problem here. Snowmelt and rain on snow come fast off steep ground, and water that has nowhere to go digs.
Clean washed stone gives it somewhere to go.
Drain Rock for French Drains and Drywells
Drain Rock is clean angular rock with no fines to clog the voids. Use it in french drains, foundation drains, drywells and septic drainfields.
Downspout runs that need to carry roof water away from a foundation take the same stone.
3/4 Inch Crushed Rock and Chips
3/4" Crushed Stone is the angular size for drive surfacing, pipe bedding and drainage. Idaho says crushed rock far more often than crushed stone here.
Chips are angular, so they knit together and stay put instead of rolling.
Base Material: Road Mix and Pit Run
3/4 Road Mix is the base course under driveways, parking pads, shop floors and shed slabs. Idaho yards call crushed base with the fines left in road mix, because it locks up under a roller.
Ask for 3/4 minus and you get the same load.
Pit Run is unprocessed gravel straight from the pit, rock and fines at whatever sizes the pit gives. Use it as sub base under road mix, as structural fill, or to fill holes and raise grade.
It is not a finished surface.
Finer Stone for Paths and Beds
3/8 Chip tops a compacted base on pathways and leveling courses. Stone Screenings bed pavers and flagstone and fill joints.
Snake River Rock and Large River Rock handle decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds. RipRap armors creek banks, culvert outlets and cut slopes against snowmelt and cloudburst runoff.
Delivery to May and the Surrounding Area
Idaho Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate to May and the surrounding area in Custer County. Order online, pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard, then choose a delivery date at checkout.
A dump truck arrives and tips the load in one pile on your site.
Coverage also reaches Challis, Mackay, Stanley, Clayton and Ellis. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.
Where your access is tight or the ground is soft, plan the delivery around the working season.
Ground and Conditions in May
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, so the reliable window runs early summer to early fall.
Time a delivery into that window.
Across the Central Idaho mountains and high valleys, soils are thin and coarse over granite that weathers down to sandy Stone Screenings. Glacial till and moraine sit around the valley heads.
Coarse ground drains fast where it is deep, but shallow soil over bedrock sends meltwater across the surface instead.
Long hard mountain winters bring deep snow and a heavy spring breakup. Frost depth reaches at least 32 inches in Blaine County, and building officials in the highest valleys use deeper figures.
The local building official sets footing depth for your project.
Disturbed Stone Screenings washes out readily once it is exposed, and burned slopes shed sediment into the drainages below them. That is the case for washed stone and riprap on any slope work you do here.
Order Bulk Aggregate for May
Idaho Rock Supply covers May, Challis, Mackay, Stanley, Clayton and Ellis with bulk delivery across Custer County. Pick your material, set the quantity, and choose a date.
Order road mix, drain rock or riprap for your May project online and have it tipped on site.