Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Fox, AR

If you are planning a gravel and aggregate delivery in Fox, AR, the job usually starts with a path, a walkway or the base under one. Arkansas Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton or the yard and delivers it to your site in Stone County.

Most of those jobs begin with SB-2 base, the dense graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone this part of Arkansas builds pads and drives on.

Ground and Conditions in Fox

The Ozark Plateaus ground here 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 means a thin base fails early. There is not enough fines to bind the stone together under a load, so the surface ravels and the walk or drive loses its shape.

Water makes it worse. This is karst country, where sinkholes, fractured limestone and losing streams take runoff underground fast.

The residual clay filling the joints still holds water at the surface after a long rain.

Steep hollow slopes and flashy Ozark streams add to the problem. Heavy spring rain scours drive shoulders, culvert outlets and creek banks.

A proper compacted base is what keeps a surface together through that.

Base, drive and patio work runs almost all year here. Winter cold snaps and a wet spring are the interruptions, and the late summer dry spell is the easiest time to get real compaction.

Freezes come in runs from December into February in the coldest corner of Arkansas. Shallow freeze and thaw lifts loose gravel and heaves unbound surfaces before spring, and ice storms are a bigger nuisance than deep frost.

No statewide frost depth is published. The Arkansas residential code has each jurisdiction set the frost line and requires exterior footings at least 12 inches below undisturbed ground, so confirm the local figure before footings go in.

Materials for Fox Projects

Fines and screenings do the detail work on paths and walkways. Screenings, also called limestone fines, stone screenings or crusher fines, are the Arkansas trade name for crusher fines that bed pavers and flagstone and fill the joints between them.

Screenings give you a tight walking surface that locks up once it is wetted and packed. That is why they sit under brick, paver and flagstone walks, and why they work as a finished surface on a garden path where a coarser stone would be awkward underfoot.

Under all of it goes SB-2 Base, the dense graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in so it locks up under a roller. It carries driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads and pipe bedding.

When a written standard calls for Class 7 base, that is the same material under the name engineers write into street and sidewalk specs.

On top of a compacted base, Walkway Gravel finishes garden paths, side yards and walks that need a finer, walkable surface than a drive does.

For the rounded look, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas, dog runs and drainage, and Arkansas yards usually get it brown or beige, washed out of river gravel deposits.

Arkansas River Rock, which suppliers here also call river gravel or creek gravel, goes in decorative beds, borders, dry creek beds and splash pads.

Where a path has to stay dry, #57 Limestone is the workhorse washed size for French drains, foundation and pipe drainage and a clean top over a compacted base.

Delivery to Fox and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to size the load, so take your measurements before you order.

At checkout you pick a delivery date. A dump truck then tips the load in one pile at your site in Fox, Stone County, or at an address nearby in Mountain View, Pleasant Grove, Fifty-Six, Timbo or Marcella.

The truck tips the pile where it can reach. Have the spot clear and firm, and enough room for the truck to get in and back out without trouble.

Order Your Load for Fox

Start with the calculator on the product page and settle your quantities before you order. Choose a delivery date at checkout, and a truck will tip SB-2 base, screenings or washed stone at your Fox site.

Place your order online when your numbers are ready.