Class 5, Sand and Gravel Delivery in Marshall County, MN
Minnesota Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Marshall County, MN to homeowners, farmers and contractors. Class 5 is the base most drives and pads here start from.
The ground across the Red River Valley and the northern lake plain settles into deep silt and clay, so what you put on top carries the load. Order online by the ton or the yard and a truck tips the material on site.
Materials delivered in Marshall County
Class 5, also called Class 5 gravel or Cl 5, is the standard Minnesota base course.
Use it for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and road base. County highway departments and cities write their own standards against the same class numbers, so the term travels well in this part of the state.
Class 2 is the surfacing class in the same spec, a 3/4 inch crushed aggregate with fines. It goes on drive surfacing and under pavers where you want a tighter crushed rock.
Around Marshall County it is sold as Class 2 granite or as buff or red limestone. The other materials below cover the rest of the work, from drainage to lawns.
Delivery across Marshall County
Every order is placed online. You choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load.
Pick your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at the address. That covers Warren, Argyle, Stephen, Newfolden, Oslo, Grygla, Alvarado, Middle River, Viking, Strandquist and Gatzke.
Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives. Bulk loads are heavy, so a firm, open approach keeps the delivery simple.
Ground conditions across Marshall County
Across the Red River Valley and the northern lake plain, the flat bed of glacial Lake Agassiz left deep silt and clay settled out in still water. Sandy beach ridges mark the old shorelines.
That lake clay is weak, frost susceptible and a poor aggregate source. The beach ridges and river terraces are where usable sand and gravel sit.
There is almost no fall across the lake plain, and a tight clay or peat subgrade sits underneath. Meltwater and rain stay where they land, so a drive that holds water shows it fast.
A thin base over clay is the failure to watch for. Class 5 or Class 2 over a properly prepared subgrade is how a drive or pad holds up through the spring thaw.
Spring load limits go up on North zone roads from late March into May, and frost drives deep into clay that holds water. Base, drive and paver work waits for the thaw and for the clay to dry out.
Choosing the right material
Roseau County shares this ground: the same flat lake plain of deep silt and clay, the same weak, frost susceptible sediment, and the same beach ridges and river terraces holding the usable sand and gravel. The base choice there follows the same reasoning as here.
Polk County spans more than one ground region, reaching into north central lakes, moraine and outwash country, so part of it sits on coarser, better drained ground than the lake plain. Beltrami County reaches into that same moraine and outwash country as well.
Where the ground is sandier and better drained, a base course still needs its fines to bind and compact, so Class 5 remains the starting point. Drainage work calls for clear rock, which is washed with the fines taken out.
On the lake plain side, water sits instead of soaking away, so drainage matters as much as base depth. Use Drainage Rock for French drains and footing drains, and 3/4 Clear Rock under slabs and around footings.
For lawns and beds, Top Soil is the black dirt this region expects. RipRap handles bank and culvert outlet protection where spring runoff scours.
Order Class 5 and washed stone for Marshall County
Start with the quantity you need by the ton or the yard, and use the calculator on the product page to size the load. Class 5, clear rock, granite fines and black dirt all deliver across Marshall County.
Place your order online and a truck brings it to your site.