SB-2 Base, Sand and Gravel Delivery in Poinsett County, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Poinsett County, AR. Work runs all year here, and wet winter and spring ground is the real constraint.

The midsummer dry spell that shrinks and cracks the clay is the best window for base work. Plan your load around that, and start with SB-2 base.

Materials delivered in Poinsett County

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.

Table 303-1 sets the aggregate base course gradings as Class 1 through Class 8, and cities and counties write those classes into their own street, sidewalk and parking standards.

Class 7 base is the same material under the name engineers use. Ask for it when you are working to a written spec.

It goes into driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads and pipe bedding.

Delivery across Poinsett County

You order online. Pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard, then choose a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips the load on site as one pile.

Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Coverage includes Trumann, Harrisburg, Marked Tree, Lepanto, Weiner, Tyronza and Fisher.

Ground conditions across Poinsett County

This county spans two ground zones. Trumann, Marked Tree, Lepanto and Weiner sit in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

Harrisburg sits on Crowley's Ridge.

In the Delta, the ground is deep alluvial silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay, the buckshot and gumbo the Delta is known for. Flat ground, a high water table and clay that barely takes water mean rain stands where it falls.

In the Delta, backwater from the Mississippi, White, Cache and St. Francis rivers can hold water for days.

Sheet erosion off bare cropland, ditch and bayou bank sloughing and river bank caving all follow.

On Crowley's Ridge, the ground is deep wind-blown loess, up to about 50 feet of it, over Tertiary sand, gravel and clay. The loess is fertile and well drained and cuts cleanly, but it slumps and gullies wherever it is left bare.

On the ridge, water runs off rather than standing. Loess takes rain readily until it saturates, then sheds it down steep road cuts and hollows.

Ridge towns armor cuts, ditches and outlets for that reason.

That is why wet ground, not frost, is the Arkansas reason for a proper base depth. A loaded truck will rut a drive deeply through the winter clay with no frost involved.

Choosing the right material

Crittenden County and Mississippi County lie in the same Mississippi Alluvial Plain ground as the Delta part of Poinsett County. The soil is the same deep silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay, so the base and drainage choice works the same way.

Craighead County spans both the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and Crowley's Ridge, so it carries both ground types found here. The ridge loess drains and cuts cleanly, while the Delta clay holds water.

Where the ground is heavy Delta clay, SB-2 base gives you a compacted surface that stands up to wet winters. Where a slope or a bank sheds water fast, rip rap and clean washed stone handle it.

Order SB-2 base and aggregate for Poinsett County

Start with the quantity. Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load and order by the ton or by the yard.

Then pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site.

Order SB-2 base, washed stone, sand or fill for your next project in Poinsett County.