What is traffic bond and what is it used for in Iron County?

Traffic bond is the Wisconsin name for dense-graded base, a crushed stone and fines mix that compacts hard. In Iron County it goes under driveways, parking pads, shed floors and patio bases, spread in lifts and packed tight.

How deep should a gravel driveway base be in Iron County?

Frost drives the answer here. Frost goes deeper and leaves the ground later than in southern Wisconsin, and wet or silty spots heave under a thin base as the ground thaws. Build a base thick enough to bridge that movement over firm, drained subgrade, and use breaker run first where the ground stays soft.

How much gravel do I need for my project?

Measure the area, then pick your depth. Multiply length by width by depth in feet, then divide by 27 for cubic yards, or order by the ton if that is easier. Spread is not perfectly even, so round up a little. Enter the job and the depth in the calculator to get the quantity in tons or yards.

Iron County Traffic Bond and Gravel Delivery, WI

Wisconsin Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Iron County, WI. The base material most jobs here start with is traffic bond, a crushed dense-graded base that packs hard under driveways, parking pads and shed floors. The local ground is glacial till and outwash, and dense till slows water from soaking in, so snowmelt and heavy rain collect in low spots and flat fields.

Order by the ton or the yard, and the load arrives ready to spread.

Ground conditions across Iron County

Start with timing. Spring weight limits on Class II state highways and posted county, town and village roads tend to lift later here. Ground work waits until frost is out and soils have drained.

That shapes base depth. Winters are long, frost goes deep, and wet, silty or loamy spots heave and soften under a thin base as the ground thaws. Frost depth runs at least 48 inches for footings under the Uniform Dwelling Code, and it is deeper and later to leave than down south. Build the base thick enough to bridge that movement.

Drainage is the other half. Sandy outwash drains quickly, but dense till holds water, and snowmelt cannot drain down while the subsoil is still frozen. Put a drainage layer under wet spots and let runoff have somewhere to go.

Materials delivered in Iron County

Wisconsin suppliers sell dense-graded base as traffic bond. Those gradations help you match a set of plans to the base you order. Most driveways and pads here are built on 3/4" Traffic Bond, compacted in lifts.

Delivery across Iron County

Order online and the load comes to you. Bulk delivery covers Hurley, Montreal, Mercer, Saxon, Gile, Upson and the roads between them. Lead times shift with the season, so plan around the spring thaw and the late lift of posted weight limits.

Size the load by the ton or the yard. Measure the area, set the depth you want, and let the calculator figure the quantity from there. A bulk delivery means a truck that dumps where you point it, so have the pad cleared and firm before it arrives.

Choosing the right material

Next door, the choice shifts with the ground. Ashland County spans more than one zone, including the Lake Superior red clay plain, so its clay holds water and needs more drainage stone and a thicker base than Iron County's outwash usually calls for.

Vilas and Price counties sit in the same northern uplands zone as Iron County, so the ground is similar: glacial till and outwash, stony Top Soil, silty loam where windblown silt caps the till, and peat and muck in low, wet ground. There, as here, compare typical projects instead. A driveway on sandy outwash takes less base, while a low, wet lot needs breaker run under the traffic bond.

Order bulk gravel and stone in Iron County

Wisconsin Rock Supply delivers traffic bond, clear stone, sand, topsoil and decorative rock across Iron County, from Hurley and Montreal to Mercer, Saxon, Gile and Upson. Order online by the ton or the yard, and we bring the load to your site. Measure the job, decide the depth you need, and place your order when you are ready.

Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Iron County, WI