Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Balaton, MN

If you are planning gravel and aggregate delivery in Balaton, MN, the job usually starts with what is under the material. Minnesota Rock Supply sells bulk Class 5, crushed stone, sand and soil, ordered online and tipped on site.

This part of Lyon County sits on tight prairie till, so a lot of the work here is grading, filling and bed prep before anything gets surfaced.

Materials for Balaton Projects

Grading and bed prep come first on most lots, and that means soil and fill. Black dirt is what Minnesota calls topsoil, and it is what lawns, sod beds and planting beds are built on.

It is normally bought screened or pulverized so it spreads clean.

Garden soil is a screened black dirt blended with compost, and it is what raised beds and planting areas take. Garden Soil holds moisture through a dry Minnesota summer better than straight black dirt.

Fill dirt is the bulk material for raising grade and backfilling before a base course goes down.

Order Fill Dirt when you need volume under a pad or a low corner of the lot.

Once grade is set, Class 5 is the base course for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base. It is the standard Minnesota base.

Class 5 keeps its fines, so it binds and compacts.

For a tighter crushed surface over a compacted base, Class 2 is the 3/4 inch minus surfacing class, sold as granite, buff limestone or red limestone depending on the quarry. Driveway Gravel also covers topping an existing drive.

Washed stone has the fines taken out. Clear rock is the Minnesota way of saying washed, and it is what drainage beds, trench backfill and construction entrances take.

3/4 Clear Rock is the common size, and drain rock at about 1 1/2 inch clear is what French drains and drywells take.

Sand and decorative stone round out a lot. Mason Sand beds brick and block work and fills paver joints.

Washed Sand is the bedding and levelling sand under slabs and pavers. Minnesota River Rock is round washed stone for decorative beds and dry creek beds.

Ground and Conditions in Balaton

Across the Southern and western prairie till, the ground is tight. Gray, calcareous till sits under deep black prairie soil, loamy to clayey and carrying shale brought down from the Dakotas.

Water does not move through it quickly.

There is also very little fall across this part of the state, so rain and snowmelt drain slowly. The thaw and early summer thunderstorms are when yards and drives are at their worst.

That is the reasoning behind a drainage layer. Clear rock and drain rock let water reach a drain instead of sitting against a foundation or under a slab.

Clean washed rock is also what goes under basement slabs and around footing drains, including the gas-permeable layer beneath the passive radon system Minnesota requires in new homes.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw, and heaving is worst on tight, shale-rich till where water cannot drain away before it freezes. The Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets 42 inches for its Zone II counties, and Lyon County sits in that zone.

Erosion follows heavy summer storms on bare cropland and graded lots, as sheet, rill and gully cutting. Riprap is the armouring material for culvert outlets and slopes that take runoff.

The working season here is long by Minnesota standards, from the thaw into late autumn, though spring load limits go up on South and Central zone roads in early March and come off in April.

Delivery to Balaton and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped in one pile on site. Have the drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives, and keep the pile where you want to work from.

Ordering is online. Pick your material, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Each product page has a calculator if you need to size the load.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers across Lyon County, including Marshall, Tracy, Minneota, Cottonwood and Lynd, as well as Balaton itself.

Order Gravel, Soil and Stone for Your Balaton Project

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers Class 5, driveway gravel, clear rock, drain rock, sand, black dirt, garden soil and fill for grading and bed prep in Balaton and the surrounding Lyon County area. Size your load on the product page, choose a delivery date, and place your order online.