Bulk Material Delivery in Reading, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Reading, MN. Start with Class 5 for a drive, a pad or a shed base.

This corner of Nobles County sits on tight prairie till that sheds water slowly, so the ground here decides what you order.

Snowmelt and summer storms both find the low spots. Coarse, clean stone moves that water away.

Materials for Reading Projects

Slope, swale and bank work calls for coarse stone. It stays put, drains fast and holds a grade against runoff.

Finer material comes after, once the water has somewhere to go.

RipRap is the heavy answer for shorelines, culvert outlets and steep banks.

Large River Rock suits dry creek beds and lighter slope work. It is round, so it moves water rather than locking into a bank.

Drainage Rock is the 1 1/2 inch clear rock for French drains, drywells and footing drains. Clear rock means washed, with the fines taken out, so water passes instead of pooling.

3/4 Clear Rock covers trench backfill, drive surfacing and construction entrances. It also acts as foundation rock under basement slabs and around footing drains.

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course. It keeps its fines, binds under a plate and carries a driveway, parking pad or garage base.

Top Soil, sold here as black dirt, finishes lawns and planting beds after the stone work is done.

Delivery to Reading and the Surrounding Area

Order online and set a delivery date at checkout. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load.

A dump truck tips the material in one pile at the address you give. Plan where that pile should land before the truck arrives.

Delivery covers Reading and the rest of Nobles County, including Worthington, Adrian, Brewster, Ellsworth and Round Lake.

Ground and Conditions in Reading

The working season here runs long by Minnesota standards, from the thaw into late autumn. Spring load limits go up on South and Central zone roads in early March and come off in April, so early spring orders move on that schedule.

The ground is gray, calcareous Des Moines lobe till, loamy to clayey and carrying shale from the Dakotas, under deep black prairie soil. Tight till and almost no fall drain slowly.

That slow drainage is why clean, open stone matters on this side of the state. Water that cannot soak away has to be carried, and washed rock does that where a fines-bearing material will not.

Heaving is worst on the tight, shale-rich till where water sits before it freezes. The Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets 3 feet 6 inches for its Zone II counties, and that figure is a footing depth set by the building official.

Order Bulk Stone for Reading

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone and soil across Reading and Nobles County. Match the stone to the job, size the load, and pick your delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online and the truck brings it to your site.