SB-2 Base, Sand and Gravel Delivery in Ashley County, AR

If you are building a driveway, setting a parking pad or running drainage on sandy ground, Arkansas Rock Supply delivers gravel, stone and aggregate in Ashley County, AR. Start with SB-2 base, the dense graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone that locks up under a roller.

This is the West Gulf Coastal Plain, where sandy topsoil sits over dense clay subsoil. Water soaks in, perches, then moves sideways, so a base that holds its shape matters more than one that looks smooth on delivery day.

Materials Delivered in Ashley County

SB-2 base, also called SB2 or base stone, is the standard Arkansas base material. It is a dense graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts instead of shifting.

Class 7 is the 1 1/2 inch dense grading sold as SB-2, and Class 8 is the 1 inch version.

Section 302 covers select material used as a foundation course underneath.

Cities and counties write Class 7 into their own street, sidewalk and parking standards. When you are working to a written spec, ask for SB-2 Base by that name and it will line up with the standard.

Use SB-2 for driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads and pipe bedding. It goes down as a compacted base under almost anything else on this list.

Around those you have RipRap for bank and slope armoring on creeks and bayous, and Driveway Gravel for surfacing an existing drive or topping a compacted base.

Natural Pea Gravel, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel, suits walkways, play areas and dog runs. It usually arrives brown or beige, rounded and washed out of river gravel deposits.

Mason Sand is the sand for brick, block and stone work, paver joints and play sand.

Delivery across Ashley County

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 site in one pile.

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

Delivery covers Crossett, Hamburg, Portland, Wilmot, Montrose, Fountain Hill and Parkdale. If your property sits on a county road, plan for where the pile will land, because the truck tips and leaves.

Ground conditions across Ashley County

Across the West Gulf Coastal Plain, deep acid sandy loam and sandy clay sit over unconsolidated sand, gravel, clay, chalk and marl. Sandy pine uplands cover most of it, with heavy dark prairie clay on the chalk and marl belt.

That sandy topsoil sits on a dense clay subsoil, so water soaks in, perches and then runs sideways. Flat ground and slow bayous keep the water table high for days after heavy rain.

A thin base shows that first. It pumps, ruts and loses its grade where the subsoil stays wet underneath.

The fix is a base built thick enough and open enough to carry the load above that clay.

Bare sand cuts and gullies quickly under intense Gulf rainfall. Thunderstorm runoff scours drive shoulders and pipe outlets, so armoring at outlets and along slopes earns its place.

Work runs all year here. Winter and spring rain on sandy clay is the limit, and a long wet spell keeps hauling ground soft.

Freezes are short and shallow across south Arkansas, so wet ground, not frost, is the reason a base needs proper depth. No statewide frost figure is published, and each jurisdiction sets its own frost line for exterior footings.

Choosing the right material

Chicot County sits on the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, which is deep alluvial silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay. That is the buckshot and gumbo ground the Delta is known for, laid down by the big rivers, with sandier natural levee ridges and older terraces.

That ground differs from Ashley County's sandy loam over clay. Heavy alluvial clay holds water instead of letting it perch and run sideways, so drainage stone and a base that sheds water matter more there than they do here.

Union County and Drew County share Ashley County's ground region, the West Gulf Coastal Plain. The ground is the same sandy loam and sandy clay over unconsolidated material, so the base and drainage choices carry over.

Order SB-2 base and aggregate for your Ashley County job

Start with the quantity. Each product page has a calculator, and you order by the ton or by the yard, so you can size the load before checkout.

Then pick your delivery date and a truck tips it on site.

For building a driveway, bedding a pipe or armoring a bank, Arkansas Rock Supply delivers SB-2 base, washed stone, sand and soil across Ashley County. Place your order online when you are ready.