Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Foley, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Foley, MN for two kinds of buyers: contractors building patios and flatwork, and homeowners finishing a yard around them. Both usually start with Class 5, the Minnesota base course sold by that name at yards across the state.

Foley sits on the Central Minnesota moraine and granite belt, where loam over till covers most of the farmed ground. That ground moves when it is wet, so what goes under a patio matters as much as what shows.

Ground and Conditions in Foley

A patio fails from underneath before it fails on top. On loam over till, water moves slowly, and the thaw leaves low spots soft while the ground around them firms up.

A thin base over that subgrade shows the result as rocking corners, sunken joints, and pavers that no longer sit level. The fix is a base that carries load across the whole slab area instead of resting on a few high points.

Excavating to a consistent depth and bringing in a graded base gives the pavers one firm plane to sit on. Class 5 binds and compacts under a plate, which is why it works as that base layer here.

Spring load limits go up on Central zone roads in March and come off in late April or early May, so heavy material moves more freely from the thaw into late autumn.

Materials for Foley Projects

Bedding and base material under pavers and flatwork is where most patio projects spend their bulk tonnage. The layers below the surface decide whether the finished patio stays flat.

Class 5 is the standard Minnesota base course. It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and the compacted base beneath a patio.

Granite Fines, also called screenings, bed pavers, flagstone and patio stone. The Crushed Stone quarried in the St.

Cloud belt screens to a fine, compactable material that levels a setting bed.

Driveway Gravel covers Class 2. Yards sell it as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone depending on the quarry.

Washed Sand, also sold as concrete sand, beds and levels under slabs and pavers. Mason Sand is the finer option for brick and block work, paver joints and sandboxes.

Delivery to Foley and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help size the load before you check out.

A dump truck tips the material in one pile at the delivery address. Foley is in Benton County, and delivery also covers Sauk Rapids, Rice and Oak Park.

Pick your delivery date at checkout. Bulk loads go on driveways, pads and open ground, so it helps to have the drop area clear before the truck arrives.

Order Gravel and Aggregate for Your Foley Project

Size your load with the calculator on the product page, pick a quantity by the ton or yard, and choose your delivery date at checkout. Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk Class 5, gravel, stone and topsoil across Foley and Benton County.

Place your order online and a truck will tip it on site.