3/8 Inch Crushed Stone for Patios in Cedar, MN

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Cedar, MN the easy way: online, by the ton or the yard. Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk material across Anoka County.

Start with Class 5 for a compacted base, then bed your pavers and flagstone over it. Ground here shifts between sandy and slow-draining, so the bedding layer matters.

Ground and Conditions in Cedar

A paver patio fails at the bedding layer, not at the top. Set bedding too thin over a soft subgrade and the first spring thaw moves every stone with it.

Across the Twin Cities metro, the ground runs from sandy plains to heavy till inside one short drive. Sand takes water fast; till holds it under the surface.

Freeze-thaw repeats all winter, and heaving shows up where water sits under a thin base. Build the base for the moisture the subgrade actually holds.

The working season here is the longest in the state, running from spring thaw into late autumn. Metro zone load limits go up in early March and come off in mid-April.

Materials for Cedar Projects

Bedding is where a patio in Cedar is won or lost. Granite fines, also called screenings, give you a tight, compacting bed under pavers and flagstone.

They come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St. Cloud belt.

Order Granite Fines for that layer, and for garden paths that need to firm up underfoot.

Under the bedding goes the base. Class 5, also called Class 5 gravel or Cl 5, is the standard Minnesota base course.

It carries driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base. Order Class 5 as the structural lift beneath a patio, walk or pad.

Where you want a tighter crushed surface with fines still in it, Class 2 is the Minnesota surfacing class. Yards sell it as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone.

Use Driveway Gravel to surface a drive or finish over a compacted base.

Washed stone with the fines taken out handles water. Clear rock is the Minnesota way of saying washed.

For a drainage bed or trench backfill, use 3/4 Clear Rock.

For pipes and tight spots, Drainage Rock is usually a 1 1/2 inch clear rock. It suits French drains, drywells, footing drains and downspout runs.

Delivery to Cedar and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you check out.

Pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile on site. That works for a paver base, a bedding layer or a full patio build.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers to Cedar and the rest of Anoka County, including Andover, Anoka, St. Francis, Circle Pines and Bethel.

Questions Cedar Buyers Ask

What gravel is best for a driveway in Cedar?

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course for a drive. Top it with Class 2 granite or limestone where you want a tighter 3/4 inch crushed surface with fines still in it.

If you want the fines left in a single crushed rock, crusher run does that job too.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load for your base, bedding or drainage layer before you check out.

Pick your delivery date at checkout and the truck tips it on site.

Size Your Load and Order for Cedar

Work out the tonnage on the product page, then order it for delivery in Cedar. Class 5, granite fines, clear rock and the rest of the yard go out by the ton or the yard.

Place your order online and pick a delivery date. Minnesota Rock Supply tips the load on site in one pile.