Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Charlotte, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Charlotte, AR. Water here leaves through the rock, not across it.

Sinkholes and fractured limestone take runoff underground fast.

SB-2 base is the dense-graded crushed stone that holds up on ground like that. Order it by the ton and a truck tips it on your site.

Delivery to Charlotte and the Surrounding Area

Order online. Pick your material, then choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard.

Each product page has a calculator if you need to size the load.

Choose a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck brings the material to your site in Charlotte, in Independence County. The truck tips the load in one pile.

Delivery covers this city and the rest of the county, including Batesville, Newark, Desha, Sulphur Rock and Oil Trough.

Materials for Charlotte Projects

Raising grade is the job that starts most pads here. Low ground and a wet hollow need fill before anything else goes down.

Fill Dirt builds a pad up out of the wet. Bring the grade to where you want it, then cap it with a base course that compacts.

SB-2 Base is that cap. It is a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller.

Engineers and city standards often write the same material as Class 7 base. Use that name when you are working to a written spec.

For a driveway, start with SB-2 base and top it with Driveway Gravel on rural and county-road properties. For a patio, bed the pavers on Screenings, the Arkansas trade name for crusher fines.

Screenings also fill joints and give a tight walking surface.

For drainage, #57 Limestone is the washed size for French drains, foundation drains and pipe bedding. It also works as a clean top over a compacted base.

RipRap armors banks and slopes on creeks and culvert outlets.

Sand and soil round out a job. Washed Sand beds and levels under slabs and pools.

Top Soil covers lawns and bed prep over cherty upland ground, and buyers here usually want it screened.

Ground and Conditions in Charlotte

The ground across the Ozark Plateaus is cherty, acid clay loam over limestone and dolostone. Chert gravel runs right through the profile, and rock or rubble sits close to the surface on side slopes.

That shallow rock is good news for a pad and bad news for a shallow one. An under-built base on this ground pumps and shifts once the clay fills with water.

Water is the other half of it. This is karst country, so sinkholes, springs and losing streams sit under the plateau tops.

Runoff goes underground fast, while the clay filling the joints holds water at the surface after a long rain.

Steep hollow slopes and flashy streams scour drive shoulders, culvert outlets and creek banks when spring rain comes hard. RipRap and clean washed stone at those points take the energy out of the water.

Base, drive and patio work runs almost all year here. Winter cold snaps and a wet spring are the interruptions.

The late-summer dry spell is the easiest time to get real compaction.

Freezes come in runs from December into February, and shallow freeze-thaw lifts loose gravel and heaves unbound surfaces before spring. Ice storms cause more trouble than deep frost.

No statewide frost figure is published, and each jurisdiction sets its own frost line, so confirm the local figure before footings go in.

Questions About Ordering in Charlotte

What is the best base under pavers in Charlotte?

SB-2 base is the standard choice under a paver patio here. It is a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts into a firm platform.

Bed the pavers themselves on screenings, the local name for crusher fines. Screenings give you a fine, level surface and fill the joints once the pavers are set.

Do you supply contractors working in Charlotte?

Yes. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk material to job sites in Charlotte and across Independence County, including Batesville, Newark, Desha, Sulphur Rock and Oil Trough.

Contractors order online the same way a homeowner does: pick the material, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and select a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load on site.

Order SB-2 Base in Charlotte

SB-2 base is the material that carries a driveway, a parking pad or a building pad in Charlotte. It is crushed stone with the fines left in, so it locks up and holds under load.

Order it online by the ton or by the yard, pick your delivery date, and let the truck tip it on your site.