Bulk Gravel Delivery to Gentryville, IN

Indiana Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Gentryville, IN for two kinds of buyers: contractors running crews and homeowners finishing one project. Both usually start with #53 stone, the dense graded base this part of Indiana builds on. The ground here is thick wind-blown silt over old river flats, so what you put under a path matters as much as what you see.

Order online, pick your material, and we deliver bulk loads to your site in Spencer County.

Materials for Gentryville Projects

Paths and walkways are where most Gentryville projects start, and that is a job for fines and screenings rather than big clean stone. The material with fines packs tight and stays put under a wheelbarrow or a foot. Clean stone sheds water but never locks together, so it rakes loose on a slope.

Start with #73 stone if you want a finer dense graded surface with a smaller top size than the standard base. It tops and resurfaces drives, parking areas and shoulders, and it packs smooth.

For a walkable path, walkway gravel gives you the finer surface people expect underfoot. For true fine work, limestone screenings bed and level pavers and flagstone under patios and walkways, and they are the layer that keeps a walkway flat.

• #53 stone: the standard Indiana base, compacted aggregate No. 53, for drives, pads, shed bases and base under pavers and slabs.
• 3/8 inch crushed stone: fine drainage, pipe bedding, and topping over a compacted base.
• Natural Pea Gravel: walkways, play areas and drainage, a rounded gravel that will not lock up the way crushed stone does.
• mason sand: brick and block work, paver joints, and play sand.

If you are working wet ground, drain rock handles French drains, foundation drains and downspout runs where water has nowhere to go. Topping an existing compacted base is usually driveway stone.

Ground and Conditions in Gentryville

A thin base fails here in a predictable way. A thin layer of stone over silt and clay pumps, ruts and dishes out the first wet spring. The fix is depth and compaction, not a different stone.

This zone is broad flat river valleys and old lake-bed flats of silt and clay, with the thickest wind-blown silt in Indiana lying over these counties. Valley bottoms and lake-bed flats drain slowly and flood when the Wabash and Ohio rivers and their tributaries run high. Many upland loess soils also carry a fragipan that holds water near the surface in wet seasons.

So build the base thicker, compact in lifts, and put a drainage layer where water sits. Bare loess washes away quickly once its cover is stripped, which is why ditch and bank work needs stone rather than soil. For that, rip rap armors stream banks, ditches and culvert outlets.

Winters are milder than in northern Indiana but still bring repeated freeze-thaw that heaves gravel drives and softens wet, silty subgrades. Footing depth is set by the county or city building department, so do not assume a northern figure. Low sites build best from late spring through fall, once water drops and the silt dries out.

Delivery to Gentryville and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose how you want to measure the load. Tons are weight, yards are volume, 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.

To estimate, take length times width times depth in feet, divide by 27 for cubic yards, then check the product for its weight per yard. Add a little for compaction and spillage. If you are unsure, the calculator on each product page does the math first.

We deliver bulk loads across Gentryville and Spencer County, including Santa Claus, Rockport, Dale, St. Meinrad and Grandview. Have your drop spot clear and reachable, and tell us anything that affects where a truck can back in.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Clear the drop area and mark anything a truck could hit, including low wires, posts and sprinkler heads. Put down boards or plywood if you want to protect a paved surface. Decide the pile location before the driver backs in, because a full load cannot be nudged by hand. Someone should be on site to point at the exact spot.

What is the best base under pavers in Gentryville?

Compacted #53 stone is the standard base under pavers and slabs here, because its fines let it pack hard over silt and clay. Build it in lifts and compact each one, then bed the pavers in limestone screenings for a flat, level surface. Skipping the compaction is what makes paver patios settle in wet seasons.

Get Your Quantity Right Before You Order

Measure the area first, then use the calculator on the product page to turn feet and inches into tons or yards. If the numbers still look close, order the material you need and let us deliver it to your site in Gentryville.