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

If you are bedding a paver patio or a flatwork slab, you need gravel and aggregate delivery in Odessa, MN that starts with a base that will not pump or shift under the plate. Minnesota Rock Supply sells Class 5, the Minnesota base course, along with the sand and fine stone that go over it.

Odessa sits on Big Stone County ground in the Southern and western prairie till, where the subsoil runs loamy to clayey and holds water. That ground decides what goes under your patio before the pavers ever arrive.

Ground and Conditions in Odessa

On the prairie till side, the subsoil is tight and drains slowly. Water that gets into an open excavation sits there instead of leaving, and a thin base over that ground shows it fast.

What you see is rutting and rocking pavers after a spring thaw or a heavy summer storm. The base punches down into the soft spots and the surface follows it.

The answer is a base course with the right gradation and enough fines to bind, placed over ground that has been shaped so water has somewhere to go. Class 5 is that course in Minnesota, and it is what the yards here sell for drives, pads and patio bases.

Frost heaving is worst on this tight, shale-rich till where water cannot drain away before it freezes. The Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets 42 inches for its Zone II counties, a footing depth rather than a base depth.

The working season runs from the thaw into late autumn, which is long by Minnesota standards. Spring load limits go up on South and Central zone roads in early March and come off in April, so plan heavy deliveries around that window.

Materials for Odessa Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the material choice shows up first. Class 5 carries the load below, and a finer stone or sand beds the pavers on top of it.

Class 5 is the standard Minnesota base course. It goes down under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base, and it compacts into a firm working surface.

Granite Fines, also called screenings or stone screenings, bed pavers, flagstone and patio stone. Minnesota granite fines come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St.

Cloud belt, and they compact into a smooth setting bed.

Washed Sand, sold as concrete sand, is the bedding and levelling sand under slabs and pavers. Mason Sand handles brick and block work, paver joints and sandboxes.

3/8" Crushed Stone is a fine chip for pipe bedding and a thin topping over a compacted base. It is sold as granite chips or as a red or buff limestone chip depending on the quarry.

For a drainage run beside the patio, Drainage Rock is a 1 1/2 inch clear rock for French drains, drywells and downspout runs. Clear rock is washed with the fines taken out, unlike Class 5, which keeps them.

Delivery to Odessa and the Surrounding Area

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

Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before you order. Bulk delivery covers Odessa and the rest of Big Stone County, including Ortonville, Graceville, Clinton, Beardsley and Correll.

Order Class 5 and Bedding Material for Your Odessa Project

Size your patio base, bedding sand and drainage stone with the calculator, then place the order online. Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and topsoil across Odessa and Big Stone County.

Order your load and a truck will tip it on site.