Fill and Base Material Delivered in Huntsville, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Huntsville, AR, and the ground here shapes every load. Across the Boston Mountains, soils run stony and thin on the ridges, and only the foot of a slope carries real depth.

That is why so much work around Huntsville starts with fill dirt and SB-2 base: you build the grade up first, then put a base on it that will hold.

Delivery to Huntsville and the Surrounding Area

You order online, pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and choose a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you commit.

A dump truck then tips the material on your site in one pile.

Huntsville sits in Madison County, and delivery covers the surrounding communities as well, including Wesley, Kingston, St. Paul, Hindsville and Combs.

Rural and county-road properties are part of the normal run, so a long gravel drive is not a problem.

Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives. The load lands where the truck can tip it, so a driveway that is soft or blocked will change what is possible that day.

Materials for Huntsville Projects

Raising grade and building pads is the work that comes first on a sloped Boston Mountains lot, and fill dirt is what does it. Fill dirt is bulk fill for raising low ground and building a pad up out of the wet before a base course goes on.

On a bench cut into a hillside, that step decides how the rest of the job goes.

Once the pad is up, SB-2 Base is the standard Arkansas base material. It is a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller.

Contractors working to a written standard will see the same material specified as Class 7 base.

For a driveway, Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base. Crusher Run is the finer dense-graded option where a material that binds and compacts is wanted.

For a patio or a walkway, Screenings bed pavers, flagstone and brick and fill the joints. Screenings are the Arkansas trade name for crusher fines, and they leave a tight walking surface.

Walkway Gravel covers garden paths and side yards that need a finer surface than a drive.

For a drain, #57 Limestone is the washed size for French drains, foundation and pipe drainage. 3/4" Crushed Stone is a clean stone with no fines, used in drainage beds and construction entrances.

Ground and Conditions in Huntsville

Across the Boston Mountains, the soil is stony, acid silt loam and clay over flat-lying sandstone and shale. Rock benches and ledges show through on the slopes, and loose colluvium sits on the steep ground.

Ridge soils are thin, so an under-built base has little to sit on.

Water is the other half of it. Shale beds perch water above the rock, so slopes stay wet and slick while the sandstone above sheds rain straight down the hollow.

A steep gravel drive takes water arriving from uphill, not just the rain that falls on it.

Slope length and gradient drive the erosion. Runoff on a steep hollow drive cuts ruts and carries surfacing to the bottom, and saturated shale slopes slump after long rain.

Depth and drainage are what keep a drive in place through that.

Timing matters too. Winter ice and mud on steep drives set the limits, and grading and compaction go best from late spring through fall once the slopes have dried out.

Cold by Arkansas standards, these slopes hold ice storms and repeated freeze-thaw on shaded north-facing ground.

No statewide frost depth figure 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 ask the county or city building official for the local number.

Order Fill and SB-2 Base for Your Huntsville Project

On a Boston Mountains slope, the grade comes first and the base goes on top of it. Fill dirt raises the pad, and SB-2 base gives you the dense-graded material that locks up under a roller.

Order online from Arkansas Rock Supply, size the load on the product page, and pick your delivery date at checkout.