Large River Rock and Bulk Aggregates for Easton, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Easton, MN to your site, ordered online and tipped where the truck can reach. Class 5 is the base this ground is built on, and the surrounding Southern and western prairie till tells you why.

Size the load with the calculator on each product page, then pick your material.

Materials for Easton Projects

Slope, swale and bank work on this ground takes coarse stone, because the tight till sheds water slowly and the thaw sends it all at once. Start at the heavy end and work down.

Riprap is the shoreline and bank answer. On a graded lot, it holds a swale or an outlet where bare soil would cut.

Large river rock does the same job at a lighter weight, and it beds a dry creek where you want the drainage to read as part of the yard.

Railroad ballast is the coarsest of the group, a Crushed Stone for hard standing and severe drainage. It is not a surface you walk on in thin shoes.

Drainage rock is usually a 1 1/2 inch clear rock here, and it carries water away from footings and downspouts. Clear rock means washed with the fines taken out, as against Class 5, which keeps them.

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course. It goes down under drives, pads and garage slabs, and it compacts and binds.

Above that base. Yards sell it as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone, and it finishes a drive or beds pavers.

For a finer surface, Driveway Gravel tops an existing drive or finishes over a compacted base. Granite Fines bed pavers, flagstone and patio stone, and they compact into garden paths.

Sand and soil round out a project. Washed Sand beds and levels under slabs and pavers, and Top Soil, which Minnesota calls black dirt, takes a lawn or a planting bed.

Delivery to Easton and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load on your site in one pile.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers across Easton and Faribault County, including Blue Earth, Wells, Winnebago, Kiester and Minnesota Lake. If your site is on one of those roads, it is covered.

Bulk loads are heavy, so the truck needs a firm approach and room to tip. Soft ground after a thaw or a storm is the usual reason a site is hard to reach.

Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you order. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard.

Ground and Conditions in Easton

This part of the state works a long season, from the thaw into late autumn. Spring load limits go up on South and Central zone roads in early March and come off in April, which is when a delivery date is worth planning around.

The ground is gray, calcareous Des Moines lobe till, loamy to clayey and carrying shale brought down from the Dakotas. Deep black prairie soil sits over it, with a hummocky pothole surface across much of the Southern and western prairie till.

Tight till and almost no fall drain slowly. Water sits until it is drained or evaporates, and the thaw plus early summer thunderstorms are when yards and drives are worst.

That is the case for coarse stone on any slope or swale, and for clear rock around a footing drain. Water that cannot move through the till has to move along a stone layer instead.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw, and heaving is worst on the tight, shale-rich till where water cannot drain away before it freezes. The Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets 3 feet 6 inches for its Zone II counties.

Bare cropland and graded lots also take sheet, rill and gully erosion after heavy summer storms. Riprap and large river rock on an outlet or a bank slow that cutting down.

Questions About Stone and Delivery in Easton

What stone should I use for drainage in Easton?

For a French drain, drywell, footing drain or downspout run, use Drainage Rock, usually a 1 1/2 inch clear rock. For a drainage bed or a construction entrance, 3/4 Clear Rock works.

Both are washed with the fines taken out, so water moves through them. Class 5 keeps its fines and binds instead, which is what you want under a drive or a pad.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

A firm, clear approach and enough room for the truck to tip the load in one pile. Bulk loads are heavy, and soft ground after a thaw or a storm is the usual reason a site is hard to reach.

Have your quantity settled and your delivery date picked at checkout before the truck rolls.

Order Gravel and Stone for Easton

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Easton and the rest of Faribault County, from Blue Earth to Minnesota Lake. Class 5, riprap, clear rock and river rock are all ordered online by the ton or the yard.

Size your load with the calculator on the product page, pick a delivery date at checkout, and place your order.