Order SB-2 Base and Crushed Stone in Van Buren County, AR
If you are building a driveway, setting a parking pad, or running drainage on a slope, you need gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Van Buren County, AR. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk material across the county.
Start with SB-2 base if you are building a drive or a pad. It is the dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, and it locks up under a roller.
On this ground, that matters.
Materials delivered in Van Buren County
SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas base material, also written SB2 or base stone. It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads, and pipe bedding.
Table 303-1 sets the aggregate base course gradings as Class 1 through Class 8, and Class 7 is the 1 1/2 inch dense grading sold as SB-2.
Class 7 base is the same material under the name Arkansas cities and engineers write into street, sidewalk and parking standards. Use that name when you are working to a written spec.
Class 8 base is the 1 inch version for the same uses in a tighter size.
Choosing the right material
Van Buren County sits on Boston Mountains ground: stony, acid silt loam and clay over flat-lying sandstone and shale. Ridge soils are thin, and only the foot of a slope carries any depth.
Faulkner County and Conway County sit in the Arkansas River Valley, on deep silt loam and clay over river bottoms and terraces. That ground is deeper and holds water differently from the thin mountain soil here.
On deep valley soil, drainage is the question, and a washed stone like #57 Limestone or Drain Rock carries water away from a footing or a downspout run.
Pope County spans the Arkansas River Valley and the Boston Mountains, so its ground runs from deep valley soil up into the same thin mountain ground you build on here.
On thin mountain soil over shale, the base has to spread the load because there is little depth to work with. That is where SB-2 Base and Crusher Run come in.
For a walking surface, Walkway Gravel and 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel give a finer finish than a drive needs. For a drive that already has a compacted base, Driveway Gravel tops it.
Ground conditions across Van Buren County
A thin base over this ground shows its failure fast. Shale beds perch water above the rock, so slopes stay wet and slick, and 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. Runoff on steep hollow drives cuts ruts and carries surfacing to the bottom.
Saturated shale slopes slump after long rain, so slope length and gradient drive the erosion here. Bank and slope armoring with RipRap protects a culvert outlet or a ditch check.
Winter ice and mud on steep drives set the limits on the working season. Grading and compaction go best from late spring through fall, once the slopes have dried out.
Frost is cold by Arkansas standards, with ice storms and repeated freeze-thaw on shaded slopes and drives. No statewide frost depth is published; each jurisdiction sets the frost line, and exterior footings sit at least 12 inches below undisturbed ground.
Ask the county or city building official for the local number.
Delivery across Van Buren County
You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load on site.
Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Delivery covers Clinton, Fairfield Bay, Dennard, Shirley, Bee Branch and Scotland.
Order your load for Van Buren County
Size the job on the calculator on each product page, then order your material by the ton or by the yard. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers SB-2 base, washed stone, sand and soil across Van Buren County.
Pick your delivery date at checkout and we will get your load out to the site.