Can I order material for a commercial or contractor job?

Yes. Orders are placed online and quantities are chosen by the ton or by the yard, so a contractor job and a residential job are ordered the same way. Products like 610 limestone, crushed concrete and riprap are listed for base, fill and bank work. Size the load with the calculator on each product page, then pick your delivery date at checkout.

When is the best time of year to order base material in Red River Parish?

Work runs year round here. Heavy rain and saturated clay are what stop a compaction pass, not cold weather, so the practical answer is to watch the forecast and order when the ground has drained enough to take a truck. A base course placed over standing water will not compact, so timing matters more than the season.

What is the difference between topsoil and fill dirt?

Topsoil is the growing layer, used for lawns, beds and grade repair. Select fill is a structural material: it raises low ground and builds a pad up out of the water, and it compacts rather than settling. Fill goes under a base course, not under a lawn. Choose topsoil where something has to grow, and select fill where something has to hold.

Red River Parish, LA Aggregate and Rock Delivery

Louisiana Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Red River Parish, LA to driveways, pads and building sites. The ground here is recent alluvium: heavy silty clay and clay loam laid down by the rivers, with sandier ridges along the old channels.

That clay is why 610 limestone leads the list. It is the dense graded base size, and it packs hard because the fines bind it together.

Materials Delivered in Red River Parish

610 limestone, also called #610, 610 base or CR610, is the Louisiana base size. It carries everything from stone dust up to about two inches, so it compacts into a firm layer instead of shifting under a truck.

Louisiana DOTD specifies aggregate quality in Section 1003 of the Louisiana Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges, with soundness and abrasion requirements in Subsection 1003.01. Order 610 limestone for driveways, parking pads, shed pads and the layer under flatwork.

Crushed concrete is recycled Portland cement concrete, crushed and screened to a dense graded size with the fines left in. It is a different material from crushed limestone, and Louisiana permits it as a Class II base course material.

Order crushed concrete where a base layer is wanted.

#57 limestone is the clean open graded size, about 3/4 inch with no fines, used for driveway surfacing, drainage and concrete work. Order #57 limestone for those jobs.

#67 limestone runs a little finer than #57, which suits drainage trenches, pipe bedding and concrete. Order #67 Stone when the trench is narrow.

Drain rock is clean washed stone with the fines taken out. It goes in French drains, foundation perimeter drains, drywells and downspout runs, and on ground this wet the drainage layer is the part that has to work.

Order drain rock for those runs.

Delivery Across Red River Parish

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before you commit.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. Deliveries cover Red River Parish, including Coushatta and Hall Summit.

Ground Conditions Across Red River Parish

Across the Mississippi and Red River alluvial plains, the water table sits high and the clay will not take water. The land is flat, the natural levee ridges are the only ground that drains by itself, and the backswamp between them holds rain until it is ditched away.

The failure a thin base shows here is rutting and pumping, where a loaded truck pushes the surface down into wet clay. A fines-bearing base like 610 limestone spread over that ground binds and hardens as it is rolled.

Where water has to move, clean open stone is the answer: drain rock, #57 limestone or #67 limestone. Rounded stone will not do that job, because rounded gravel does not lock together or hold a slope.

Erosion on this ground comes from river and bayou bank cutting, sheet flow across bare clay after a hard rain, and ditch and canal scour. Angular stone such as riprap is what armours a bank or a canal edge.

Work runs year round in Louisiana. Heavy rain and saturated clay, not cold, are what stop a compaction pass, so timing follows the forecast rather than the calendar.

Choosing the Right Material

Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish and Bienville Parish all sit on the northern and western uplands, where sandy loam covers Tertiary sands and clays. That ground is rolling rather than flat, and it drains better than the heavy clay here.

On that lighter, better drained ground, the base layer has less water to fight and drainage work is a smaller part of the job. In Red River Parish, the base and the drainage layer both have to carry the load.

For a drive or a pad here, start with 610 limestone, then finish the surface with driveway gravel or clean stone. For paths and beds, walkway gravel, river rock and shredded mulch cover the decorative end.

Order Gravel and Stone for Red River Parish

Size your load by the ton or the yard on each product page, then choose a delivery date at checkout. Louisiana Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone, clean stone, sand, soil and decorative rock across Red River Parish, including Coushatta and Hall Summit.

Place your order online and a dump truck will tip it on site.

Gravel, Stone and Soil for Red River Parish, LA