Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Dickey County, ND

What do you put down on a driveway or a shop pad in Dickey County? Class 5, almost always.

North Dakota Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Dickey County, ND, and Class 5 is the base gravel this part of the state is built on.

Across the Drift Prairie the ground is rolling glacial till with stone and boulders through it. That is why a base course goes down before anything else does.

Ground Conditions Across Dickey County

Start with the calendar. Base, driveway and paver work runs from the end of the spring thaw into late fall.

Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter.

Spring load restrictions slow hauling while the frost comes out, so a delivery date late in the thaw is worth planning around.

Winters here are long and severe, with deep ground frost and then a hard thaw that heaves and softens gravel drives, approaches and township roads. On the Drift Prairie, frost depth runs about 4 to 5 feet and is set by the city or county rather than by a statewide table.

The till under that has a tight subsoil and drains slowly. Sloughs and pothole wetlands hold snowmelt on the flats, and the water that does move concentrates into deep, steep-walled meltwater coulees.

That gives you two problems to plan for. Bare open ground blows, and the coulee banks scour after thaw and heavy rain.

A clean stone drainage layer and riprap on the banks are the answers.

Materials Delivered in Dickey County

Section 816, Table 816-01 sets the gradations for Classes 2, 3, 3M, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 13, and Section 302 covers aggregate base and surface course.

Class 5 is named there as the traffic service aggregate. That class number is how material is described and ordered here, and cities and counties write it into their own street specifications.

Below those sizes sit the finer materials. Stone screenings bed pavers and flagstone and fill joints.

Pea rock covers walkways, play areas and pipe bedding.

Mason sand goes into block and brick work and paver joints. Washed sand beds and levels flatwork.

Fill dirt raises grade before a gravel course goes down.

Choosing the Right Material

McIntosh County sits on the Missouri Coteau, where stagnant glacier ice melted out on the upland and left hummocky stagnation moraine. That ground is stony, uneven till with pockets of sand and gravel in kames and eskers.

Uneven ground like that needs fill and a graded base before a surface goes on, and the sand and gravel pockets can change how a drainage layer behaves from one spot to the next.

Ransom County and LaMoure County share the Drift Prairie ground that Dickey County sits on. Rolling glacial till with stone and boulders through it, washboard moraine and ice-thrust hills, and bands of sand and gravel in the old meltwater channels.

The ground there is the same, so the base and drainage choices are the same. Class 5 for a base, clean stone where water has to move, and riprap where a bank is cutting.

Delivery Across Dickey County

Order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load.

A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. North Dakota Rock Supply delivers across the county, including Oakes, Ellendale, Fullerton and Forbes.

Order Gravel and Stone for Dickey County

North Dakota Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, soil and mulch across Dickey County, including Oakes, Ellendale, Fullerton and Forbes. Class 5, Class 13, washed rock, riprap and black dirt all arrive by the ton or the yard.

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