Landscaping Material Delivered in Kensington, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Kensington, MN, and the ground here asks for a real base. Across this part of the state, sandy loam sits over gravel in places and tight moraine till sits in others, so a drive or pad built on a thin layer will move.

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course that goes under the work.

Everything is ordered online and tipped on site by dump truck. You pick the material, the quantity by the ton or the yard, and a delivery date at checkout.

Delivery to Kensington and the Surrounding Area

Ordering happens online from start to finish. You choose a material, set a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Each product page has a calculator if you want help sizing the load.

The truck tips your material in one pile at the address you give. Nothing is spread or placed, so plan where you want that pile to land before the truck arrives.

Kensington sits in Douglas County, and delivery covers the city and the surrounding area, including Alexandria, Osakis, Evansville, Brandon and Carlos.

Materials for Kensington Projects

Decorative rock does a lot of the finish work around Kensington, and it starts with beds, borders and ground cover. Minnesota River Rock is round washed stone for bed cover, dry creek beds and rock mulch along a foundation.

Large River Rock is the heavier version for dry creek beds and light slope protection.

For a driveway, start with the base and work up. Class 5 is the standard Minnesota base course, and it belongs under a drive, a parking pad, a shed floor or a garage slab.

Finish over it with Driveway Gravel, which is a 3/4 inch crushed surfacing class in Minnesota and comes as granite, buff limestone or red limestone depending on the quarry.

For a patio or a path, the bedding matters as much as the surface. Granite Fines bed pavers, flagstone and patio stone, and they compact into garden paths.

Walkway Gravel gives a finer, walkable surface for paths and walkways.

For a drain, use clean stone with the fines taken out. Drainage Rock is usually a 1 1/2 inch clear rock here, for French drains, drywells, footing drains and downspout runs.

3/4 Clear Rock is the washed stone for drainage beds, construction entrances and trench backfill, and it is also the clean rock that goes under a basement slab and around footing drains.

Ground and Conditions in Kensington

This is North central lakes, moraine and outwash country. The outwash plains take water fast, but the moraine till between the lakes does not, and low ground near a lake or wetland sits close under the water table.

That mix is what makes an under-built base fail. Sand over tight till, or sand over a high water table, gives meltwater nowhere to go, and deep frost every winter works on whatever is under the surface.

A base that is too thin moves with it.

Snowmelt moves the most water of the year, and it arrives while the ground is still coming out of frost. 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.

Lakeshore work here faces wind, wave and boat wake, with bank cutting on the spring rise. RipRap armours a shoreline, culvert outlet or slope against ice and runoff.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Bring your project measurements and the depth you plan to build to, and the calculator gives you a quantity to order.

If you would rather work it out another way, order by the ton or yard directly.

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Kensington?

Yes. Every bulk material on the site is ordered by the ton or by the yard, and Minnesota Rock Supply delivers to Kensington and the surrounding Douglas County area.

You choose the quantity and a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load in one pile at your address.

Order Class 5 and Decorative Rock for Kensington

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course that carries a drive, a pad or a slab here, and decorative rock finishes the beds, borders and dry creek beds around it. Choose your material, set the quantity by the ton or the yard, and pick a delivery date online.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate to Kensington and Douglas County.