Buy Crushed Concrete in Hosston, LA

Louisiana Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Hosston, LA, and 610 limestone is the base most ground here is built on. The upland soil is sandy loam over clay, so water moves sideways instead of soaking away.

Work runs year round. Wet clay in the draws is what stops a compaction pass, so timing a delivery around the weather matters.

Materials for Hosston Projects

Base and driveway surfacing is where a Hosston project starts. 610 limestone, also called #610 or 610 base, is the Louisiana base size: stone dust up to about two inches, so the fines bind it and it hardens as it is rolled.

It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads, and the compacted layer under flatwork. 610 Limestone is the material to name when you order a base course.

Crushed concrete, also called recycled base or 610 concrete, is recycled Portland cement concrete crushed and screened to a dense graded size with the fines left in. It is a base layer, not crushed quarry stone.

Louisiana permits it as a Class II base course material. Crushed Concrete does the same base work as 610 limestone.

For the surface layer, #57 limestone is the clean open graded size, about 3/4 inch with no fines. It drains and it is the usual choice for concrete work.

#57 Limestone surfaces a drive or a drainage run.

#67 stone is a clean stone a little finer than #57, for drainage trenches, pipe bedding and concrete. #67 Stone fits tight trench work.

Sand and soil cover the rest of a site. Mason sand is the finest washed sand, for mortar, brick and block work and for a smooth paver setting bed.

Mason Sand is a washed sand, not a fill.

Select fill raises low ground and builds a pad up out of the water. It compacts rather than settling, so it goes under a base course and not under a lawn.

Select Fill is the grade raising material.

Top soil is the growing layer for lawns, beds and grade repair, over ground that is more often heavy clay than anything a lawn wants. Top Soil is a surface material, not a structural one.

Ground and Conditions in Hosston

Across the northern and western uplands the ground is sandy loam over Tertiary sands and clays, rolling rather than flat, with sandy loam ridges and clay in the draws. The sandy loam surface takes water and the clay beneath it does not.

So water moves sideways down the slopes and gathers in the draws. Slope, rather than a water table, is what moves it here.

That shapes what a base course has to do. A fines-bearing material like 610 limestone binds and hardens as it is rolled, which suits a pad that has to hold its shape on a slope.

Bare sandy slopes gully quickly once the cover is gone, and the draws scour. Clean open stone such as #57 limestone or drain rock keeps a drainage layer working where fines would choke it.

Wet clay in the draws is what stops a compaction pass. Work runs year round otherwise, and a delivery can be timed around that.

Delivery to Hosston and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and the load is tipped in one pile on site. Have the drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives.

You order online. Quantities are by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout.

Hosston sits in Caddo Parish, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Shreveport, Greenwood, Vivian, Oil City and Mooringsport.

Order Base, Stone and Fill for Your Hosston Project

Louisiana Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone, crushed concrete, washed stone, sand, top soil and fill across Hosston and Caddo Parish. Base courses, driveway surfacing, drainage stone and grade raising all come the same way.

Order online and a truck tips the load on site.