Bulk Gravel Delivery to Pierce, ID
Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Pierce, ID online from Idaho Rock Supply. Pick your material, pick your quantity by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck tips it on your site.
Start with road mix, the crushed base Idaho yards sell with the fines left in. It locks up under a roller and carries a drive, a parking pad or a shop floor.
Ground and Conditions in Pierce
Across the Palouse hills and the Clearwater and Snake canyons, deep windblown loess covers the slopes. Silt loam over that loess seals under rain and sheds water instead of taking it in.
Long slopes then push runoff onto roads, drives and yards. Water perches where the loess sits on basalt and has nowhere to go.
That is why a thin base course fails here. Water reaches the subgrade, the material pumps, and the surface breaks up at the edges.
The fix is a base that drains and a grade that moves water away. Road mix placed over pit run gives you both, with the fines in the mix locking the load together.
Sticky loess mud through the wet months is the real constraint on hauling and compaction. Late spring through fall is the working window.
Cold, wet winters bring frequent freeze and thaw cycles on the prairie. No published frost depth was found for Clearwater County, and Idaho code leaves the frost line to the local jurisdiction, so the building official sets it.
Materials for Pierce Projects
Bedding under pavers and flatwork decides how the finished surface sits. Get the bedding right and the pavers stay level through freeze and thaw.
Washed concrete sand is the standard bedding under pavers and slabs.
Stone screenings, also called crusher fines or chat, bed flagstone and fill paver joints. They compact to a firm, even surface that holds a joint line.
Road mix is the base course under all of it. A contractor ordering 3/4 minus and a homeowner ordering road mix are asking for the same load.
On public works plans in Idaho, base material is called out as crushed aggregate by type rather than by a class number. That is how it is specified, not a grade the material carries.
Drain rock is clean angular rock for french drains, foundation drains, drywells and downspout runs. Idaho sells it in 3/4 inch, 1 1/2 inch and 2 inch.
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.
Delivery to Pierce and the Surrounding Area
Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, whichever you prefer. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before you check out.
Pick your delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile on your site.
Pierce sits in Clearwater County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Orofino, Weippe, Ahsahka and Lenore.
Long rural approaches are common here, so think about where the pile lands before the truck arrives. Have the base area cleared and the access open.
Order Road Mix and Bedding Material for Pierce
Size your load with the calculator on each product page, then choose a delivery date at checkout. Idaho Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, road mix, sand and stone across Pierce and Clearwater County.
Place your order online and a truck will tip it on your site.