Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Cando, ND

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Cando, ND by the ton or the yard. North Dakota Rock Supply drops bulk material at your place, from Class 5 base to washed rock for drainage.

Pick your material, size the load, and choose a delivery date at checkout.

Ground and Conditions in Cando

Cando sits in Towner County, in the Devils Lake Basin. Ground here is rolling glacial till around a closed basin, with lake silt and clay and salt-affected ground on shorelines that have moved a long way in living memory.

The basin has no natural outlet at normal lake levels, so runoff collects rather than drains. Through the wet cycle that began in 1993 the lake rose more than 26 feet and flooded roads, approaches and farmland.

Raising grade is ordinary work here. So is armoring ground that water keeps working against.

Wave action on a shoreline that keeps shifting, saturated road shoulders and embankments, and gully cutting where runoff drops into the basin all move material. A thin gravel layer over silt and clay shows it first, because the fines pump up through the stone and the surface turns soft and rutted.

Fix that with a base course that carries the load instead of a skim coat over soft ground. Class 5 is the North Dakota base gravel for exactly this.

Long, severe winters with deep ground frost, then a hard spring thaw, heave and soften gravel drives, approaches and township roads. Base, driveway and paver work runs from the end of the spring thaw into late fall.

Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and spring load restrictions slow hauling while the frost comes out. Time your delivery around that window.

Materials for Cando Projects

Fines and screenings do the fine work on paths and walkways here. Stone Screenings, also called screenings or crusher fines, bed pavers and flagstone, fill joints, and pack into a firm walking surface.

They bind when they are laid and wetted, so a path holds its shape instead of scattering underfoot.

For the base under that path, start with Class 5. It is the standard North Dakota base gravel, crushed gravel base for driveways, parking pads and shop and shed bases.

Where you want a binding, blade-friendly surface on an approach, lane or gravel drive rather than a full base course, use Class 13.

For the red surfacing North Dakotans picture on paths, yards, lanes and parking areas, order Scoria. It is burned lignite clinker, and it packs into a firm, colorful surface.

Where water has to move instead of sit, Washed Rock goes into drain tile beds, sump discharge, downspout runs and foundation drains. It is clean, so it stays open.

For walkways, play areas, dog runs and pipe bedding, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is the pea rock North Dakota yards sell. It is smooth underfoot and easy to rake.

On the basin shoreline, Riprap armors coulee and river banks, culvert outlets, dam faces and reservoir shoreline against spring runoff and wave action.

Delivery to Cando and the Surrounding Area

Order online. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and size the load with the calculator on each product page.

Pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load in one pile at your site.

North Dakota Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and mulch across Towner County. That includes Cando and the surrounding communities of Rocklake, Egeland, Bisbee, Hansboro and Perth.

Have your spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives. The driver tips the load where the truck can safely back in.

Questions from Cando Buyers

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Clear the drop spot and make sure the truck can reach it. Mark nothing for the driver, because the load is tipped in one pile where the truck can safely back in.

Keep vehicles, trailers and equipment out of the way, and have the area you are working on ready to receive material.

What is the best base under pavers in Cando?

Class 5 is the base to build on, then Stone Screenings bed the pavers and fill the joints. Class 5 is the standard North Dakota base gravel, crushed gravel base that carries load over the silt and clay ground common in the Devils Lake Basin.

Screenings give you a firm, level bed for setting each paver.

Order Your Load for Cando

Size your quantity with the calculator on each product page, then place your order online and pick a delivery date. North Dakota Rock Supply brings Class 5, screenings, scoria, washed rock and more to Cando and Towner County.

Start your order when you are ready.