3/4 Inch Clean Limestone, Stone and Soil Delivery in McRae, AR

If you are pricing gravel and aggregate delivery in McRae, AR, the first question is usually what the ground will do with water. Arkansas Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton, and on Delta ground the answer starts with SB-2 base and a washed stone layer above it.

This part of White County sits on deep alluvial silt loam and heavy clay that barely takes water. Rain stands where it falls, so drainage decides how a drive or pad performs.

Materials for McRae Projects

Washer stone, French drains, drywells and downspout runs all come down to one thing: water needs somewhere to go. In heavy clay it will not soak away, so you build it a path out.

Washed stone carries that water because it has no fines to pack tight and block flow. Order it by the size that fits the trench, the pipe or the bed you are working on.

Washed stone for drainage

• #57 Limestone is the workhorse washed size in Arkansas. It suits French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, concrete aggregate and a clean top over a compacted base.
• 3/4" Crushed Stone is a washed stone with no fines, used in drainage beds, construction entrances and drive surfacing.
• Drain Rock, also called filter rock, is sized for French drains, drywells, foundation drains and downspout runs.
• #4 Crushed Stone is a large angular stone for heavy drainage, trench bottoms and stabilizing soft ground.

Base and bedding

Below the washed layer, a drive, parking pad or shed pad needs a base that locks up and stays put. SB-2 Base is the standard Arkansas choice: a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in.

When a written standard governs the job, the same material is specified as Class 7 base or Class 7 aggregate base course. Crusher run and Class 8 base do the same work in a tighter size.

For paver, flagstone and brick bedding, Screenings are the Arkansas trade name for crusher fines, and they also fill joints and give a tight walking surface.

Surfaces, sand and soil

Above the base, the surface choice follows the traffic. Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base on rural and county-road property.

Walkway Gravel gives garden paths and side yards a finer, walkable surface than a drive takes. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas, dog runs and drainage.

For decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds, Arkansas River Rock is what suppliers here call river gravel or creek gravel. Large River Rock handles heavier decorative work and light bank protection.

Sand comes out of the Arkansas and White river operations. Washed Sand beds and levels under slabs and pools, and Mason Sand serves brick, block and stone work, paver joints and play sand.

For lawns and bed prep over this ground, Top Soil is usually wanted screened. Garden Soil fills raised beds and planting areas, and Fill Dirt raises low ground before a base course goes on.

Delivery to McRae and the Surrounding Area

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

A dump truck then tips the load on your site in one pile. Plan where that pile lands before the truck arrives, because the driver tips it and moves on.

McRae sits in White County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Searcy, Beebe, Bald Knob, Judsonia and Kensett. If your site is on a county road, a farm lane or a lot inside town, the same online order covers it.

Ground and Conditions in McRae

Work runs all year here, but the working season has a shape. Wet winter and spring ground is the real constraint, and a loaded truck will rut a drive deeply with no frost involved at all.

The midsummer dry spell that shrinks and cracks the clay is the best window for base work. That is when a compacted base goes in cleanly and stays where it is put.

The ground itself is deep alluvial silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay, the buckshot and gumbo the Delta is known for. Flat ground and a high water table mean rain stands where it falls and field ditches and bayous drain slowly.

That is why a fines-bearing base and a washed drainage layer work as a pair. The base carries the load and the washed stone above or beside it moves water away from the clay.

Erosion follows the same pattern: sheet erosion off bare ground, ditch and bayou bank sloughing, and caving along river banks. Rip rap armors banks, slopes, culvert outlets and ditch checks where a rounded stone will not hold.

Order Bulk Gravel and Aggregate in McRae

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers SB-2 base, washed stone, sand, soil and decorative rock across McRae and White County, ordered online by the ton or the yard with a delivery date you choose at checkout. Pick your material and place the order when you are ready.