Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Erath, LA

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Erath, LA by the ton or the yard and Louisiana Rock Supply tips it on your site. Start with 610 limestone for the base, then pick the clean stone or fines your project needs.

Ground here is coastal prairie: silt loam over dense clay. Water perches in the top foot, so the material you put down has to move it or shed it.

Ground and Conditions in Erath

Across the southwest coastal prairie terraces, the claypan sits close to the surface. Rain passes the silt loam, hits the dense subsoil and stops.

Water then sits in the top foot of ground. The surface stays soft long after the rain has gone.

Ground this flat has no fall to carry water away. A thin base course fails first at the edges, where the soft layer shows through.

Build the base thick enough to bridge that soft layer, and put a clean drainage stone where water collects. Sheet flow across bare terrace ground also cuts rills into a fresh grade before anything covers it.

Ditch and coulee scour takes the same ground from the side. Cover a new grade with base or surfacing rather than leaving it open.

Work runs year round here. Wet spells set the schedule, not cold ones.

Materials for Erath Projects

Fines and screenings do the detail work on paths and walkways in Erath. They pack underfoot and hold a surface that clean stone will not.

Stone Screenings are the crusher fines that pass the finest screen. Use them as a bedding and joint material under pavers and as a packing top for a path.

Walkway Gravel is a finer gravel that packs underfoot. It suits garden paths and walkways where you want a firm, walkable surface.

#89 Crushed Stone is a fine clean stone for paver joints and thin bedding layers. #8 Crushed Stone runs a little larger, at roughly 3/8 inch, for fine drainage and paver bedding.

Under all of that, 610 limestone is the Louisiana base. Also called #610, 610 base or CR610, it runs from stone dust up to about two inches, so the fines bind it and it hardens as it is rolled.

610 limestone goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads, and the compacted layer under flatwork. Order it as 610 Limestone.

Crushed Concrete is the recycled option, also called recycled base or 610 concrete. It is crushed and screened Portland cement concrete with the fines left in, and Louisiana permits it as a Class II base course material.

For drainage, Drain Rock is clean washed stone with the fines taken out. On ground with a water table this close to the surface, the drainage layer is the part that has to work.

#57 Limestone is the clean open graded size, about 3/4 inch with no fines. It is the usual choice for drainage and concrete work.

Where the ground is heavy and wet, #4 Crushed Stone is a coarse clean stone at roughly 1 1/2 inch for heavy drainage and erosion work. Railroad Ballast is a coarser angular stone for track beds, equipment pads and very wet ground.

Raising low ground takes Select Fill, which compacts rather than settling. Louisiana yards also list river silt and spillway dirt beside it as grade raising material.

For lawns and beds, Top Soil is the growing layer over ground that is more often heavy clay than anything a lawn wants. Garden Soil is a blended planting soil for raised beds, which matter here because the natural ground sits wet.

Bank and shoreline work takes RipRap, an angular stone for canal and bayou edges and slope protection. Rounded stone does not lock together, so it is not bank armour.

Delivery to Erath and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to size the load before you check out.

You order online, pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. The driver does not spread it.

Erath sits in Vermilion Parish, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Abbeville, Kaplan, Maurice, Delcambre and Gueydan. Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives.

Questions About Ordering in Erath

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the drop spot clear, open and reachable for a dump truck. The load is tipped in one pile, so pick a spot where that pile can sit without blocking a drive or a doorway.

Keep gates wide and low branches trimmed back.

What is the best base under pavers in Erath?

610 limestone is the base to start from, because the fines bind and it hardens as it is rolled. Over the claypan here, that compacted layer bridges the soft ground.

Bed the pavers themselves on stone screenings or mason sand.

Order Your Path and Driveway Materials

Size your load on the calculator on any product page, then order by the ton or the yard. Louisiana Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Erath and Vermilion Parish.

Pick your material and your delivery date online and get the order started.