What is the difference between crushed stone and Natural Pea Gravel?

Crushed stone is angular and mechanically broken, so it locks together under a roller. SB-2 base, #57 limestone and 3/4 inch clean are all crushed stone. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded and washed out of river deposits. It stays loose, so it suits walkways, play areas and dog runs where a firm interlocking surface is not wanted.

Should I order material by the ton or by the yard?

Both work and both are offered. Tons are the usual way to buy crushed stone and washed sizes, and yards come up often for sand, soil and mulch. Each product page has a calculator to size the load. Pick the unit you are working in and order that quantity.

Which stone is best for drainage in Pulaski County?

In the fall line ground around Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood and Jacksonville, tight clay holds water and runoff concentrates fast. Washed sizes handle it. #57 limestone and 3/4 inch clean have no fines, so water moves through them, and they suit French drains and foundation drainage.

Pulaski County, AR Aggregate and Rock Delivery

Order gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Pulaski County, AR from Arkansas Rock Supply. Water is the whole story here: tight clay subsoils hold it, flat terraces hold it, and runoff off the foothills concentrates where the slope flattens out.

SB-2 base answers most of that. It is the dense graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, and it locks up under a roller.

Materials Delivered in Pulaski County

Start with the coarsest stone and work down to the fines. Each size does a different job on a Pulaski County lot.

SB-2 Base and Class 7 Base

SB-2 base, also written SB2, 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.

Class 7 base is the same material under the name cities and engineers write into street, sidewalk and parking standards. Reach for that name when you are working to a written spec.

Class 7 is the 1 1/2 inch dense grading, and Class 8 is the 1 inch version.

Order SB-2 Base for driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads, and pipe bedding.

Ground Conditions Across Pulaski County

Work runs all year here. Winter rain and midsummer heat set the limits, not frozen ground.

Across the Central Arkansas fall line, tight clay subsoils and flat terraces hold water. Runoff coming off the foothills concentrates where the slope flattens out.

Ground around Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood and Jacksonville that has been built up sheds a lot of water onto small lots. Plan drainage before you plan a surface.

In the Delta part of the county around Scott, the ground is deep alluvial silt loam and heavy clay. Rain stands where it falls, and ditches and bayous drain slowly.

Wet winter and spring ground is the real constraint there. The midsummer dry spell that shrinks and cracks the clay is the best window for base work.

Erosion follows the same split. Flashy urban runoff scours channels and cuts bare clay slopes on new lots, so arm the banks and cover bare ground.

Off the uplands, sheet erosion moves bare cropland silt and ditch banks slough. Rip rap and clean stone hold those edges where rounded material is wanted.

No statewide frost figure is published. The Arkansas residential code has each jurisdiction set the frost line, and wet clay rather than frost is the winter problem.

Delivery Across Pulaski County

Order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Bulk aggregate arrives by dump truck and the load tips in one pile on site.

Coverage runs across the county, including Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, Jacksonville, Maumelle, Roland, Hensley and Scott. Rural and county-road properties are part of the same run.

Order by the ton or by the yard and size the load with the calculator on each product page. Quantities are ordered that way for every material.

Fill dirt raises low ground and builds a pad up out of the wet before a base course goes on. That is the usual first step on soft Delta ground.

Choosing the Right Material

Pulaski County spans two ground regions. The fall line ground is mixed, with gravelly rocky clay loam and syenite outcrops giving way to deep river silt and clay.

The Delta ground around Scott is deep alluvial silt loam and heavy clay, the buckshot and gumbo the Delta is known for.

Jefferson County sits on that same Delta ground. Deep alluvial silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay, with sandier natural levee ridges and older terraces.

Grant County is different ground. Deep, acid sandy loam and sandy clay over unconsolidated sand, gravel, clay, chalk and marl, with sandy pine uplands over most of it.

That sandy ground drains more freely than the clay here, so a drainage layer matters less and a compacted base matters more.

Perry County spans the Ouachita Mountains and the Arkansas River Valley, so the ground changes within the county rather than sitting on one formation.

Where the ground is heavy clay, drainage is the choice that decides the job. Where it is sandy, base thickness is the one that matters.

Order Gravel and Stone in Pulaski County

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers SB-2 base, washed stone, sand and soil across Pulaski County, from Little Rock and North Little Rock to Scott.

Order online, size the load by the ton or the yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout. Place the order and a truck brings it to your site.

Pulaski County, AR Gravel and Landscape Rock Delivery