Rip Rap and Bulk Aggregates for Blytheville, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Blytheville, AR, from SB-2 base for a drive or pad to washed stone for drainage. The ground here is heavy Delta clay, and clay barely takes water.

That one fact shapes how a base goes down, how deep it needs to be, and where the water has to go once it leaves the roof or the ditch.

Materials for Blytheville Projects

Water is the thing to plan around on flat Delta ground. A high water table and slow field ditches mean water stands where it falls, so coarse stone that moves water and holds a bank does real work here.

Rip rap is the heaviest answer for that. It armors a ditch bank, a culvert outlet or a pond edge, and it is usually broken sandstone, limestone or syenite.

Large river rock is the rounded option for the same kind of job. It suits a dry creek bed or a splash pad where a softer stone is wanted.

Below that, washed stone keeps the water moving. #57 Limestone drains a French drain, a foundation drain or a downspout run, and it also acts as a clean top over a compacted base.

3/4" Crushed Stone does the same work in a slightly smaller washed size, and it holds up as a construction entrance or a drive surface.

Then come the materials that lock up. SB-2 Base is a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts under a roller.

When a written standard is involved, the same material is specified as Class 7 base.

Screenings are the fine end of the range. They bed pavers, flagstone and brick, fill the joints, and leave a tight walking surface.

Delivery to Blytheville and the Surrounding Area

You 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 if you want to size the load before you order.

A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile, so it helps to have the spot clear before the truck arrives.

Blytheville sits in Mississippi County, and delivery covers the city and the surrounding area, including Osceola, Manila, Leachville, Wilson and Luxora.

Ground and Conditions in Blytheville

Work runs all year here, but the wet winter and spring ground is the real constraint. On this clay, a loaded truck will rut a drive deeply with no frost involved at all.

The other window is the opposite one. The midsummer dry spell shrinks and cracks the clay, and that is the best time to put down base.

So the timing question comes before the material question. If you are building a pad up out of wet ground, Fill Dirt goes in first to raise the grade, and the base course follows on top of that.

Across the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, sheet erosion off bare ground and bank sloughing along ditches are the two failures that show up. Coarse stone at the outlet and along the bank is the practical answer to both.

Questions About Stone and Delivery in Blytheville

What stone should I use for drainage in Blytheville?

It depends on the job. #57 limestone and 3/4 inch clean limestone are washed sizes with no fines, so water passes straight through them for a French drain, foundation drain or downspout run.

For a ditch bank, culvert outlet or pond edge, rip rap is the coarse angular stone that holds against moving water.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

A clear, reachable spot for the pile, and enough room for the truck to get in and out. The load is tipped in one pile, so the placement is worth thinking about before the truck shows up.

Have the area where the material is going cleared and marked out ahead of time.

Order Gravel and Aggregate Delivery in Blytheville

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, crushed stone, sand, topsoil and fill across Blytheville and the rest of Mississippi County. Choose your material, set the quantity by the ton or the yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout.

Your order arrives on site as a tipped pile, ready for you to work from.