Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Hines, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Hines, MN, and the material names you already use: Class 5, Class 2, clear rock, black dirt, granite fines. The ground here is sandy loam over gravel around the lakes, with peat and muck in the low spots.

That mix decides what you order. Sand drains fast and muck holds water, so the material under a paver patio or a slab has to match the ground it sits on.

Materials for Hines Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where most of this order list points. You set pavers on a bed that holds its shape, and you build the base beneath that bed out of a material that binds.

Get the layers right and the surface stays flat.

Start with Class 5. It is graded from fines up through coarse rock, so it locks together under a drive, a parking pad or a shed base.

Order it from our Class 5 page.

Class 2 is the surfacing class in the same spec, a tighter 3/4 inch crushed aggregate with fines. Minnesota yards sell it as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone.

Use it to surface a drive or bed a paver patio over a compacted base, available as driveway gravel.

Granite fines, also called screenings or stone screenings, are the bedding itself. They come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St.

Cloud belt, and they pack into a firm, level bed under flagstone and pavers. Order granite fines for that layer.

Washed sand, sold as concrete sand, beds and levels under slabs and pavers where you want a consistent surface. Washed sand is the sand to ask for when you are setting flatwork.

For paths and gaps, walkway gravel gives a finer, compacting surface. Walkway gravel suits garden paths and the walk between the patio and the door.

Ground and Conditions in Hines

This is moraine and outwash country, and the two ground types behave nothing alike. Outwash sand takes water fast.

The moraine till between the lakes does not, and low ground near a lake or wetland can sit close under the water table.

That shows up first in a thin base. A paver patio laid on too little base over wet till will move at the edges, because water has nowhere to go and the surface follows the ground.

A thicker compacted base over a drainage layer is the fix, not a heavier paver.

Snowmelt moves the most water of the year here. Add deep frost every winter, worst where sand sits over tight till, and the base is what carries the patio through the freeze and the thaw.

Base, drive and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late autumn. Spring load limits go up on North and North-Central zone roads from March into May, and frozen ground stops compaction through the winter.

Delivery to Hines and the Surrounding Area

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

Pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material on site in one pile.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers across Beltrami County, including Bemidji, Blackduck, Kelliher, Tenstrike and Solway. Hines sits in Beltrami County, and the same bulk delivery applies to a site in town or out on a lake road.

Questions About Ordering in Hines

What gravel is best for a driveway in Hines?

Class 5 is the standard Minnesota base course, and it is the right call for the base of a drive here. It is graded with fines, so it binds and compacts over sandy loam or till.

Finish with Class 2, a 3/4 inch crushed surfacing aggregate, for a tighter driving surface.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and the calculator on each product page helps you size the load. Have your project area and the depth of the layer ready when you use it.

Then choose your quantity and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Order Your Patio and Driveway Material in Hines

Settle the quantity first, then the material. Use the calculator on the product page, order Class 5, Class 2, granite fines or washed sand by the ton or yard, and choose a delivery date at checkout.

Minnesota Rock Supply tips your load in Hines and the surrounding Beltrami County area, so start your order online when you are ready.