Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Hanover, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Hanover, MN, and the timing matters. Base, drive and paver work runs from the thaw into late autumn, and spring load limits go up on Central zone roads in March and come off in late April or early May.

Plan the load around that window. Class 5 is the base course most of that work starts from here, and the ground it goes on is loam over till on the farmed ground between the lakes.

Ground and Conditions in Hanover

This part of the state sits on the Central Minnesota moraine and granite belt. Till holds water, and the ground is pocked with lakes, sloughs and closed basins, so low spots pond through the thaw while sand and gravel terraces along the river valleys drain freely.

That is where a thin base fails. A drive built thin over a wet subgrade heaves through repeated freeze-thaw, and the surface breaks up before the material has done any work.

The fix is a compacted Class 5 course over ground that drains, with the water given somewhere to go. Base, drive and paver work runs from the thaw into late autumn, so the ground is usually workable when the load lands.

Materials for Hanover Projects

Paths and walkways are where the finer material earns its place. Granite fines, also sold as screenings or stone screenings, bed pavers, flagstone and patio work, and they compact into garden paths that stay walkable.

Minnesota granite fines come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St. Cloud belt.

Walkway gravel covers the same ground at a coarser size, for paths that need a surface that binds underfoot. Both sit on top of a base that has already been built and compacted.

Class 5 is the standard base course. It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base, and it carries the fines that let it bind and compact.

Class 2 is the surfacing class in the same spec, a 3/4 inch crushed aggregate with fines. Yards sell it as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone, and it finishes a drive or beds pavers where a tighter crushed stone is wanted.

For anything that has to drain, clear rock is the Minnesota way of saying washed with the fines taken out. 3/4 Clear Rock fills drainage beds and trench backfill, and the same clean washed stone works as foundation rock under basement slabs and footing drains.

Round stone finishes the planting side. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel, also called pea rock, suits walkways, play areas and drainage, and Minnesota River Rock covers decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds.

Delivery to Hanover and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and it is the place to size the load before checkout.

A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Have the spot clear and reachable, with nothing overhead and room for the truck to pull away.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers across Wright County, including St. Michael, Buffalo, Monticello, Albertville and Delano.

Pick your delivery date at checkout.

Order Your Path and Driveway Materials

Start with the calculator on the product page to size your load by the ton or the yard, then choose a delivery date at checkout. Minnesota Rock Supply delivers Class 5, granite fines and the rest of the order across Hanover and Wright County.

Place your order online when you are ready.