Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Biscoe, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Biscoe, AR. This is Delta ground, and the working season here is set by water rather than by cold.

Wet winter and spring ground is the real constraint.

Base work goes best in the midsummer dry spell, when the clay shrinks and cracks. Order SB-2 base and washed stone online and a truck tips it on site.

Ground and Conditions in Biscoe

Across the Mississippi Alluvial Plain the ground runs to deep alluvial silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay. The locals call it buckshot and gumbo.

It barely takes water.

Rain stands where it falls, and field ditches and bayous drain slowly. On flat ground with a high water table, that water has nowhere to go.

A thin base fails here by pumping. The clay under it stays saturated, the stone works down into the mud, and the surface rutting starts at the edges.

The fix is a base course thick enough to bridge that soft layer and a drainage layer that moves water off it. SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas material for that job: a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in so it locks up under a roller.

Winters are short and mild, so frost is not the winter problem. Saturated clay is.

A loaded truck will rut a drive deeply with no frost involved at all.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Bare cropland silt sheets off, ditch and bayou banks slough, and river banks cave where the current works at them.

Materials for Biscoe Projects

Fines and screenings do the fine work on this ground. Screenings, also called limestone fines or crusher fines, are the Arkansas trade name for the fine material left after crushing.

They bed pavers, flagstone and brick, fill the joints, and leave a tight walking surface that stays put underfoot. For garden paths, side yards and walkways, Screenings give you a surface finer than a drive needs.

Where a path carries a wheelbarrow or a mower, put a compacted base under the fines. SB-2 Base is that base, and it is the same material Arkansas cities and engineers write into their street, sidewalk and parking standards as Class 7 base or Class 7 aggregate base course.

Use the Class 7 name when you are working to a written spec. Use SB-2 when you are ordering.

Crusher run covers the same ground where a finer dense-graded material that binds and compacts is wanted.

Water is the other half of the job. #57 Limestone is a washed stone with no fines, used for French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, and a clean top over a compacted base.

3/4" Crushed Stone does the same work in a smaller washed size, and both belong in drainage beds and construction entrances.

For a walkable surface with no binder at all, Walkway Gravel and 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suit paths, dog runs and play areas. Natural Pea Gravel arrives rounded and washed out of river deposits, in brown or beige.

Decorative work follows the same rounded stone. Arkansas River Rock covers beds, borders and dry creek beds, and Large River Rock takes the heavier decorative work and light bank protection.

Delivery to Biscoe and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick 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.

Bulk delivery means a dump truck tips the material in one pile on your site. Have the spot clear and reachable, and know where you want that pile to land.

Biscoe sits in Prairie County, and delivery covers the county and the towns around it, including Hazen, Des Arc and De Valls Bluff.

Questions About Base and Delivery in Biscoe

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the drop spot clear of vehicles, trailers and low limbs, and make sure the truck can reach it and get back out. Soft ground is the usual problem in this part of the state, so pick a firm approach if the ground is wet.

The truck tips the load in one pile, so decide where you want that pile before it backs in.

What is the best base under pavers in Biscoe?

SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas base for paver work, a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in so it compacts and locks up. It is specified locally as Class 7 base when a written standard applies.

On this clay, a compacted base course keeps the pavers from settling into soft ground. Screenings bed the pavers on top of it.

Order Base, Fines and Washed Stone for Biscoe

Size your load by the ton or the yard with the calculator on each product page, then pick a delivery date at checkout. For bedding a path in screenings or building a drive on SB-2 base, order online and a truck tips it on site in Biscoe.