Large River Rock and Bulk Aggregates for Opelousas, LA

Louisiana Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Opelousas, LA, from 610 limestone for a drive base to riprap for a bank that keeps washing out. Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you order.

This is flat coastal prairie ground in St. Landry Parish.

The silt loam on top drains until it hits the claypan, and then it stops.

Materials for Opelousas Projects

Slope, swale and bank work around Opelousas calls for coarse stone. Rounded material will not hold a bank, so the protection comes from angular rock that locks together when it is placed.

Riprap is the angular stone for bank and shoreline armour, canal and bayou edges, and slope protection. Railroad Ballast is a coarse angular stone for heavy equipment pads and very wet ground where a large open stone is wanted.

#4 Crushed Stone runs roughly 1 1/2 inch and handles heavy drainage, erosion work and stabilising wet ground. #57 Limestone is the clean open graded size at about 3/4 inch with no fines, for drainage and concrete work.

Drain Rock is clean washed stone with the fines taken out, for French drains, foundation perimeter drains, drywells and downspout runs. #67 Stone is a clean stone a little finer than #57, for drainage trenches, pipe bedding and concrete.

When a swale needs a hard surface rather than armour, 610 Limestone is the base material. The Louisiana base size runs from stone dust up to about two inches, so the fines bind it and it hardens as it is rolled.

Crushed Concrete is a recycled base of crushed and screened Portland cement concrete with the fines left in. It is not crushed quarry stone, and it is a different product from limestone.

For a pad built up out of soft ground, Select Fill compacts instead of settling, so it goes under a base course. Top Soil is the growing layer for lawns and beds over ground that is more often heavy clay than anything a lawn wants.

Delivery to Opelousas and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and a dump truck tips the load on site as one pile.

Delivery covers Opelousas and the rest of St. Landry Parish, including Eunice, Sunset, Port Barre, Arnaudville and Krotz Springs.

The truck needs a clear approach and a spot where the pile can sit.

Ground and Conditions in Opelousas

Work here runs year round, and wet spells rather than cold ones set the schedule. That makes timing a delivery worth a thought, because soft ground changes what a truck can reach.

Across the southwest coastal prairie terraces, the surface is a silt loam over a dense clay subsoil, often with a tight claypan close enough to the surface to stop roots and water alike.

Rain gets through the silt loam, reaches the dense subsoil and stops, so water perches in the top foot and the ground stays soft long after the rain has gone.

On ground this flat there is no fall to carry water off, so the drainage layer is the part that has to work. Clean washed stone with the fines removed is what moves water; a fines-bearing base holds it.

Erosion here comes from sheet flow across bare terrace ground, ditch and coulee scour, and rill cutting on fresh grade before it is covered. Coarse angular stone at the edges and in the swales is what slows that down.

Questions About Stone and Delivery in Opelousas

What stone should I use for drainage in Opelousas?

Use clean stone with the fines washed out. Drain Rock suits French drains, perimeter drains, drywells and downspout runs.

#57 Limestone and #67 Stone work for drainage trenches and pipe bedding, and #4 Crushed Stone handles heavy drainage and wet ground. A fines-bearing base like 610 limestone is for compaction, not for moving water.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

A clear approach and a spot where the pile can sit. The truck tips the load in one pile, so the ground under it should be firm enough to take the weight.

Have your quantity settled before the delivery date, since the load is ordered by the ton or by the yard and sized on the product page calculator.

Order Bulk Aggregates for Opelousas

Louisiana Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, crushed stone, sand, topsoil and fill across Opelousas and St. Landry Parish.

Pick your material, size the load with the calculator on the product page, and choose a delivery date at checkout. Place your order online and the truck brings it to your site.