Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Slater, IA

Iowa Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Slater, IA for drives, pads, drainage and yards. If you are building a driveway or topping one that has thinned out, the material you want is Class A roadstone.

That is the crushed limestone base course this part of Iowa uses, with the fines left in so it binds and compacts. The ground here is thick glacial till, so a drive needs a base that holds up.

Materials for Slater Projects

Base and driveway surfacing is the work that shapes a Slater lot. Class A roadstone, also called roadstone or 3/4 inch roadstone, is the crushed limestone base course with the fines left in.

It goes down under driveways, parking pads, shed bases and farm lanes.

For a new drive, a soft spot or a lane that carries heavy equipment, 1 inch roadstone is the coarser grade. It lays under a finer surface course.

To top an existing drive that has thinned out, use Driveway Gravel over a compacted roadstone base.

Washed stone handles water. Clean rock, also called clean stone or 1 inch clean, is washed and open graded, so water moves straight through it.

It suits subdrains, drainage tile backfill, pipe bedding and septic rock.

Limestone screenings are the fines. They bed pavers and flagstone, fill joints and dress the top of a compacted roadstone base.

Mason sand mixes into brick and block mortar, and washed sand beds and levels under slabs and pavers.

For beds and borders, river rock is rounded gravel washed out of the Missouri and Mississippi valleys. Black dirt, which is screened topsoil, repairs lawns and preps beds.

Ground and Conditions in Slater

This is pothole country across the Des Moines Lobe. The drainage network is young and inefficient, kettles and closed depressions hold water, and most ground only drains because it is tiled.

Snowmelt and spring rain sit on the surface where the ground below is still frozen. That standing water is why a drive or pad needs a free draining layer under it, and why clean rock belongs in a subdrain or behind a wall.

Erosion here is less about slope and more about where runoff concentrates. Ditch and tile outlet scour, bank cutting on the Des Moines, Boone and Iowa rivers, and washouts on the moraine ridges all move ground.

Compaction waits for the frost to come out and for the flat ground to shed its spring water. Base and paver work runs from late spring to the fall freeze, and a wet spring shortens that window.

Winters are long and cold, with repeated freeze and thaw that heaves gravel drives, lanes and field entrances as the ground lets go in spring. Frost depth is commonly 42 inches, and the local building official sets footing depth.

Delivery to Slater and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.

A dump truck then tips your material on site in one pile. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room for the truck to pull in and out.

Slater sits in Story County, and delivery covers the town and the surrounding area, including Ames, Nevada, Huxley, Story City and Roland. Bulk loads go to driveways, building sites, farm lanes and yards.

Questions About Slater Orders

Do you supply contractors working in Slater?

Yes. Iowa Rock Supply supplies contractors and homeowners in Slater and across Story County.

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site.

Base, drainage and bedding materials for drives, pads and walls are all available.

Do you deliver Class A roadstone to Slater, IA?

Yes. Class A roadstone is the crushed limestone base course with the fines left in, and it delivers to Slater and the surrounding area in Story County.

Order it online by the ton or the yard, size the load with the calculator on the product page, and choose a delivery date at checkout.

Order Base, Stone and Soil for Your Slater Project

Iowa Rock Supply delivers Class A roadstone, 1 inch roadstone, clean rock, limestone screenings, sand, black dirt and decorative stone to Slater and Story County. Order online, size your load and pick a delivery date.