3/8 Inch Crushed Stone for Patios in Northfield, MN

For gravel and aggregate delivery in Northfield, MN, Minnesota Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton and the yard. Class 5 is the base most drives and pads here start from, and the spring thaw is when a soft yard shows it.

The working season runs long in this part of the state, so you can plan a paver patio or a shed pad well into autumn.

Ground and Conditions in Northfield

The ground across the Southern and western prairie till side is loamy to clayey and slow to drain. Water sits where it cannot move, and it is still there when the freeze arrives.

A paver patio or a walkway laid on a thin base fails at the edges first. The bedding shifts, the joints open, and the surface rocks underfoot.

The correction is a compacted base that spreads the load and a clean drainage layer under it. Order that base course first, then bed the pavers on top of it.

Spring is when this ground is worst. Thaw water has nowhere to go, and any load rolled onto a saturated base pushes it out of shape.

The Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets a frost depth of 3 feet 6 inches for its Zone II counties. That is a footing figure, not a target for a gravel base.

Plan the heaviest deliveries for the working season and let the ground dry before you build on it.

Materials for Northfield Projects

Bedding is the material that decides how a paver or flagstone surface sits and stays. Start with the base under it, then pick the bed.

Class 5 is the standard Minnesota base course. It carries the fines that let it bind and compact, so it holds a drive, a parking pad, or the base under a patio.

Granite Fines are the bedding for pavers, flagstone and patio stone. Minnesota granite fines come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St.

Cloud belt, and they compact to a firm, level bed.

Washed Sand, also sold as concrete sand, is used for bedding and levelling under slabs and pavers. Mason Sand goes into paver joints and brick and block work.

3/8" Crushed Stone sits at the fine end of the crushed sizes, for fine drainage, pipe bedding, and a thin topping over a compacted base. Driveway Gravel finishes over a compacted base on a drive or a shared walk.

Delivery to Northfield and the Surrounding Area

Order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile at your site.

Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you order. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard.

Northfield sits in Rice County, and delivery covers the city and the surrounding area, including Faribault, Lonsdale, Webster, Dundas and Morristown.

Have the pile location clear before the truck arrives. The load is tipped where the truck can reach, and that spot should be off the finished grade.

Order Your Base and Bedding Material

Use the calculator on the product page to size your load, then order by the ton or the yard and pick a delivery date. Minnesota Rock Supply delivers Class 5, granite fines, sand and stone across Northfield and Rice County.

Place your order online when your quantities are set.