How much gravel do I need for my project?

Measure the area and decide your depth first. A shallow layer works for walkways and light topping. Driveways and parking pads usually take 4 to 6 inches of traffic bond over a compacted sub-base. Convert to cubic yards or tons, then round up. If the ground is soft clay, add a breaker run layer and order both materials.

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

Crushed stone is angular, with broken faces that lock together. Traffic bond, clear stone and drain rock all fall in that family, and they pack or drain depending on how they are graded. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded and stays loose, so it walks easy and drains fast. Use crushed stone for bases and drains, and Natural Pea Gravel for walkways, play areas and dog runs.

Racine County Traffic Bond and Gravel Delivery, WI

Q: Do you deliver to Racine County?

Yes. Wisconsin Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and topsoil across Racine County, including Racine, Caledonia, Burlington, Sturtevant, Waterford, Union Grove, Franksville and Kansasville. Order online and pick your quantity by the ton or yard. Deliveries go straight to the job site once the ground and the roads allow a heavy load.

Wisconsin Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Racine County, WI. Water moves slowly here. Clay-rich till and old lake-bed clays sit under Racine, Caledonia, Sturtevant and Waterford, so rain ponds and runs off instead of soaking in. Traffic bond is the fix for most of it.

Order traffic bond for a drive that has to pack hard. Add clear stone where water needs a path out. Build the base right and Racine County winters stop tearing it apart.

Materials Delivered in Racine County

Order by project. A driveway, a patio and a drain each want a different stone.

Traffic bond carries the most weight. Wisconsin suppliers sell dense-graded base under that name, and it is the material most Racine County jobs start with. Some yards still label it road gravel. Same crushed base, same hard pack.

Breaker run goes under it when the ground is soft. Trench bottoms and construction entrances take #4 crushed stone. Pipe bedding and permeable paver bases take 3/8 inch crushed stone.

Ground Conditions Across Racine County

Racine County spans two ground zones. Near the lake, Racine, Caledonia, Sturtevant and Waterford sit on clay-rich, limy glacial till and old lake-bed clays and silts that drain slowly. Inland toward Burlington, you get lime-rich till under a cap of silt loam loess, with sand and gravel in outwash plains.

That difference sets your base depth. Tight clay cannot drain down at all while the subsoil is still frozen. Water ponds on flat ground, scours ditches and stream banks, and turns a thin gravel base soft.

Clay ground: start with breaker run, then traffic bond. Do not skip the coarse layer.
Sandy outwash near Burlington: water moves faster, so a drainage layer still earns its place.
Lakeshore bluffs: waves, high lake levels and freeze-thaw wear back clay and till. Arm the slope with rip rap.
Frost depth runs at least 48 inches for footings under the Uniform Dwelling Code, and 48 to 72 inches under pavement by late winter.

Timing matters too. Clay sites stay soft after the thaw and after heavy rain, so base and paver work goes best from late spring into fall. Class II state highways and posted county, town and village roads carry spring weight limits while frost comes out.

Delivery Across Racine County

Order online and pick your quantity. Size a load by the ton or the cubic yard, and check the depth you need. A solid compacted layer applies to most base work, and driveways usually want more.

Bulk delivery drops the load where the work is. Pick a spot the truck can reach and the pile can sit without blocking the drive. We cover Racine, Caledonia, Burlington, Sturtevant, Waterford, Union Grove, Franksville and Kansasville.

Spring is the tight window. Weight limits on posted roads can hold up a heavy load while frost comes out, so plan base work around the thaw. Once the ground drains, deliveries move.

Choosing the Right Material

Ground next door is not always your ground. Look at the difference before you order.

Waukesha County and Walworth County share the same ground zone as Burlington: lime-rich till under silt loam loess, with sand and gravel in outwash plains, kames and moraine hills, and peat and muck in marshes and kettle bottoms. Ground there is similar to inland Racine County, so the base choice is similar too. Projects shift instead: more outwash lots mean more drainage work, and marsh edges mean more fill before topsoil.

Milwaukee County sits in the clay zone, the same one that covers Racine, Caledonia, Sturtevant and Waterford. Ground is similar, so the base and drain choices carry over. The difference is the job mix. Tighter lots mean more parking pads and shed bases on traffic bond, and less room to spread a pile.

Order Traffic Bond for Your Racine County Job

Start with traffic bond. It is the crushed dense-graded base most Racine County drives, pads and patio bases are built on, and it packs hard over clay. Add breaker run under it where the ground stays soft, and clear stone where water needs a way out. Order online and we deliver to your site.

Bulk Aggregate Delivery Across Racine County, WI