Bulk Gravel Delivery to Pickens, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Pickens, AR to driveways, pads and garden paths. SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas base, a dense graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in.

This is Delta ground: deep silt loam and heavy clay that holds water after a rain. The material you put down has to account for that.

Ground and Conditions in Pickens

The soil across the Mississippi Alluvial Plain runs to deep alluvial silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay. The Delta clay barely takes water, so rain stands where it falls and drains slowly.

On a drive or a shed pad, a thin base shows the failure first. The stone works into the soft clay, ruts appear, and the surface pumps when it is wet.

The fix is a proper depth of dense graded base that locks up under a roller and bridges the soft ground. SB-2 base is that material, and Class 7 base is the same stone under the name engineers write into street and parking standards.

Work runs all year here. Wet winter and spring ground is the real constraint, and the midsummer dry spell that cracks the clay is the best window for base work.

Winters are short and mild, but frost is not the issue. Saturated clay will rut a drive under a loaded truck with no frost involved at all.

Materials for Pickens Projects

Fines and screenings do the fine work on this kind of ground. Screenings, also called limestone fines or crusher fines, bed pavers, flagstone and brick, fill the joints, and leave a tight walking surface.

Order Screenings for a path you want to stay firm underfoot.

For the path surface itself, Walkway Gravel is sized for garden paths, side yards and walkways that need a finer, walkable finish than a drive. Rounded Arkansas river gravel suits decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds just as well.

Under pavers, a compacted base comes first. SB-2 Base gives you the dense graded layer, and screenings go over it to bed the stone.

Where you are working to a written spec, the same material is called Class 7 base.

Drainage is the other half of the job on flat, heavy ground. #57 Limestone is the washed size for French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, and a clean top over a compacted base.

For lawns and beds, screened Top Soil covers grading and bed prep over Delta clay. Shredded Mulch holds moisture through the summer and keeps bare soil from washing in a thunderstorm.

Delivery to Pickens and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. If you are unsure how much you need, each product page has a calculator to size the load.

A dump truck then tips your material on site in Pickens, in Desha County. The same coverage reaches Dumas, McGehee, Watson and Tillar.

Questions About Ordering in Pickens

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck gets there. The driver tips the load in one pile and does not spread it, so pick a spot you can work from with a machine or a shovel.

Keep gates wide enough for a dump truck and move vehicles out of the way.

What is the best base under pavers in Pickens?

SB-2 base is the dense graded material for the compacted layer under pavers here. It is 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller.

Screenings then go over it to bed and level the pavers, with more fines swept into the joints.

Order Gravel and Aggregate for Your Pickens Project

Start with the calculator on the product page to size your load in tons or yards, then order online and choose your delivery date. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers SB-2 base, screenings, washed stone and soil across Pickens and Desha County.

Place your order when you know the quantity you need.