What is the difference between crushed stone and Natural Pea Gravel?

Crushed stone is angular rock broken from quarry rock, and it locks together under a load. Natural Pea Gravel, also called pea rock, is small rounded washed stone. Use crushed stone for base and drainage work, and rounded Natural Pea Gravel for walkways, play areas and exposed aggregate.

Should I order material by the ton or by the yard?

Both work. Minnesota Rock Supply takes orders by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load. Pick the unit you already work in, and the truck arrives with that quantity.

Which stone is best for drainage in Yellow Medicine County?

Clean, washed stone drains, because the fines are taken out. Use 3/4 clear rock for drainage beds and trench backfill, and 1 1/2 inch drainage rock for French drains, drywells and footing drains. On the tight prairie till here, that open stone is what lets water move.

Yellow Medicine County Class 5 and Gravel Delivery, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Yellow Medicine County, MN. Start with Class 5, the standard Minnesota base course, when a drive, pad or road base has to hold up.

Water is the reason. Tight till under deep black prairie soil drains slowly, and a base that will not shed water will not last.

Order online, size the load by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck tips it on site.

Ground Conditions Across Yellow Medicine County

Ground across the Southern and western prairie till side is loamy to clayey and carries shale. Water moves through it slowly.

Drives and pads are worst at the thaw and after early summer storms.

Plan the base course around drainage first and compaction second. A clean, open stone under a compacted layer gives water somewhere to go.

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.

That matters for timing. A heavy delivery on a soft road can wait until the limits come off.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw, and heaving shows up where water cannot drain away before it freezes. The Minnesota Residential Code footing table sets 3 feet 6 inches (42 inches) for its Zone II counties.

That figure is a footing depth set by the building official. It is not a depth to dig or build a gravel base to.

Bare cropland and graded lots across the prairie till lose soil to sheet, rill and gully erosion after heavy summer storms. Slopes and outlets need coarse stone to hold them.

Name Granite Falls, Canby, Clarkfield, Wood Lake, Hanley Falls, Echo and Porter as areas covered by delivery.

Materials Delivered in Yellow Medicine County

It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base.

Class 2 is the surfacing class in the same spec, a 3/4 inch crushed aggregate with fines. Yards sell it as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone.

Sand, soil and mulch round out a job. Mason Sand handles brick and block work, paver joints and sandboxes.

Washed Sand beds and levels under slabs and pavers.

Top Soil, sold here as black dirt, covers lawns, sod beds and planting beds. Fill Dirt raises grade and backfills before a Class 5 course goes down.

Choosing the Right Material

Lyon County and Redwood County sit on the same Southern and western prairie till as Yellow Medicine County. Renville County does too, on the Mid-Minnesota side.

The ground is the same across all of them, so the base and drainage reasoning carries over unchanged.

Pick by size and by what the stone has to do. Fines-bearing material binds and compacts.

Clean, washed stone drains.

Class 5 keeps its fines, so it compacts into a base for drives, pads and road base.
Class 2, sold as granite or limestone, surfaces a drive where a tighter 3/4 inch crushed aggregate is wanted.
3/4 clear rock and drainage rock are washed clean for drainage beds, footing drains and trench backfill.
Riprap is coarse enough to armour a slope or a culvert outlet against ice, wave and runoff.
Granite fines, Natural Pea Gravel and mason sand take the finer work: bedding, paths, joints and play areas.

For a drive or a pad, Class 5 is the base and a surfacing class goes over it. For wet ground, put clean, open stone where water collects.

Match the material to the job and to what the site does with water.

Delivery Across Yellow Medicine County

Minnesota Rock Supply covers Yellow Medicine County, from Granite Falls and Canby to Clarkfield, Wood Lake, Hanley Falls, Echo and Porter. Order online when the site is ready.

Choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and use the calculator on each product page to size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck arrives and tips the load in one pile on site.

Order Class 5, Stone and Sand for Yellow Medicine County

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers gravel, stone, sand, soil and mulch across Yellow Medicine County, from Granite Falls and Canby to Porter. Class 5, Class 2, clear rock, riprap and granite fines are all ordered online.

Size the load by the ton or the yard, pick a delivery date at checkout, and place the order when the site is ready.

Bulk Aggregate Delivery Across Yellow Medicine County, MN