Rip Rap and Bulk Aggregates for Brickeys, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Brickeys, AR, and the ground here writes the order. Flat Delta ground, clay that barely takes water, and ditch banks that slough after a wet spell all point to the same answer: coarse, open stone.

Start with SB-2 base for pads and drives, then step up to rip rap where bank and slope protection is the job.

Materials for Brickeys Projects

Water is the driver in Lee County. Rain stands where it falls, ditches drain slowly, and bare banks move.

Coarse stone is what holds a slope, lines a swale, or checks a ditch before the next storm.

Start at the top of the size range. RipRap is broken sandstone or limestone for bank and slope armoring, culvert outlets and ditch checks.

It is what you set against moving water.

Step down and you get the drainage sizes. #4 Crushed Stone is a large angular stone for heavy drainage, trench bottoms and stabilizing soft ground.

#57 Limestone is the washed workhorse: French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, a clean top over a compacted base.

Then the base and surface materials. SB-2 Base, also called Class 7 base when a written spec is involved, is the dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone that locks up under a roller.

Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base.

Finish with the fines. Screenings bed pavers, flagstone and brick, fill joints, and give a tight walking surface.

Delivery to Brickeys and the Surrounding Area

Order online and a dump truck tips your material on site. You choose the quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load first.

Pick your delivery date at checkout. The truck leaves the load in one pile, so have the spot clear and reachable before it arrives.

Brickeys sits in Lee County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Marianna and Moro.

Ground and Conditions in Brickeys

Work runs all year here. The real constraint is wet winter and spring ground, when saturated clay ruts under a loaded truck with no frost involved at all.

The better window is the midsummer dry spell, when the clay shrinks and cracks and a base goes down on firm ground.

Across the Mississippi Alluvial Plain the soil runs to deep alluvial silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay, with sandier ridges here and there. Water sits on that ground and drains slowly, so a pad or drive needs a base course that sheds water rather than traps it.

Erosion follows the same pattern: sheet erosion off bare ground, ditch and bank sloughing, and caving along river banks. That is why rip rap and #4 stone belong on the banks and swales, and why a fines-bearing base stays where it is placed.

Order a quantity by the ton or the yard, and let the calculator on the product page do the sizing.

Questions from Brickeys Buyers

What stone should I use for drainage in Brickeys?

Use washed, open-graded stone. #57 Limestone suits French drains, foundation drains and pipe runs, and #4 Crushed Stone handles heavy drainage and trench bottoms.

For bank and ditch protection where water moves fast, use RipRap. Keep fines out of a drainage layer, because a fines-bearing material holds water instead of passing it.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the drop spot clear, reachable and firm enough for a loaded truck. The driver tips the load in one pile and takes no instruction, so choose the spot before the truck shows up.

Mark anything you do not want covered, and keep the approach open on the delivery date you picked at checkout.

Order Rip Rap and Aggregate for Your Brickeys Site

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers rip rap, SB-2 base, drainage stone, sand and topsoil across Brickeys and Lee County. Choose your material, size the load by the ton or the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online and the truck will tip it on site.