Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Cass County, IN

Indiana Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Cass County, IN. Our main line here is #53 stone, the dense graded base that packs hard under drives, pads and slabs. We also stock #73 stone, driveway stone, sand, topsoil and rip rap.

This is flat to gently rolling glacial till country, so a lot of the work is about water. Late winter and spring rain sits on heavy clay with nowhere to go, and that is when thin bases start to fail.

Materials Delivered in Cass County

Start with #53 stone. It is a dense graded crushed limestone with fines, and Indiana specifies it as compacted aggregate No. Those fines are what let it lock up and stay put. Order it for driveways, parking pads, shed bases and the base under pavers and slabs.

Everything else follows the job you are doing. Here are the materials we run most in this county.

Sand and soil round out the list. Use mason sand for brick and block work and paver joints, washed sand for bedding and leveling under slabs, and screened topsoil for lawns and beds over heavy clay. Fill dirt raises grade before a base goes down, and shredded mulch holds moisture through hot, humid summers.

Ground Conditions Across Cass County

Most gravel problems here start at the bottom, not the top. A thin base over wet clay ruts, pumps and spreads at the edges, and no amount of new stone on top fixes it. Build more depth first, then give the water somewhere to go.

This county sits in the central and northeast till plain, a flat to gently rolling plain of dense glacial till. You are working over loamy clay across central Indiana and heavier clay toward the northeast, with sand and gravel outwash along the larger river valleys. On flat, poorly drained ground, water has no easy outlet. That is why so much farmland here relies on tile drainage, and why a driveway needs a crown and a drainage layer.

Frost matters too. Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw that heaves and ruts gravel drives on wet clay and softens the subgrade every spring. Frost depth runs about 30 inches in the Indianapolis area, where the City of Lawrence requires footings at least 30 inches down, with deeper local requirements possible toward the north. Your local building department sets the figure.

Timing follows the ground. Base and driveway work runs best from late spring, once saturated clay dries out, through fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter months, so a winter pour often means a base that never locks up.

Delivery Across Cass County

Order online and size the load first. Bulk aggregate sells by the ton or by the cubic yard, and the two are not the same number. Stone is heavier per yard than topsoil, so a yard of #53 stone weighs more than a yard of screened topsoil. Decide whether you are ordering by weight or by volume before you compare loads.

To estimate quantity, work out the area and the depth you want, then convert. A full-width drive with a thick compacted base needs far more stone than the same drive with only a thin layer. Add a little for compaction, because dense graded stone settles as it packs.

We deliver bulk loads to Logansport, Galveston, Royal Center, Walton, Lucerne, New Waverly, Twelve Mile and Young America. Get the truck as close to the work as you can. Stone dropped at the far end of a long drive is stone you move twice.

Choosing the Right Material

Ground next door changes the answer, so compare before you order. Howard County shares this county's till plain ground zone, so the base and drainage choices there are similar to Cass County. Expect the same #53 stone base, the same drainage stone and the same spring timing.

Fulton County is different. That is northern lakes and moraine country, with rolling moraine ridges, sandy and gravelly outwash plains, and kettle lakes, bogs and pockets of muck in the low spots. Sandy outwash drains faster, but muck does not carry a load. There you may need to excavate and replace before any base goes down.

Pulaski County is sand and clay mixed, with dune and old lake plain sand, wide sandy outwash plains, and drained former marsh with pockets of muck in the Kankakee basin. On the sandy ground, drainage is less of a fight. On the muck, it is the whole job.

Size Your Load, Then Place Your Order

Start with the calculator and your measurements. Enter the area and the depth, and it converts to tons or cubic yards so you know what to order. If you are unsure between #53 stone and #73 stone, or whether your ground needs a drainage layer, size it first and let the numbers guide the call. When the quantities look right, place your order and we will deliver it to your Cass County site.