Riprap and Bulk Aggregates for Lester, WV

West Virginia Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Lester, WV. Rain off these steep slopes gathers into one hollow and one road, so the stone that matters most here is coarse stone for slope, swale and bank protection.

Start with crusher run for a drive that has to hold a grade. Then size up or down from there for the bank, the ditch and the culvert outlet.

Materials for Lester Projects

Coarse, angular stone is what armours ground in this part of Raleigh County. It interlocks, stays put on a grade and lets water move through instead of over.

Work down from the biggest sizes to the fines.

Riprap is bank and slope armour. Use it on creek and hollow banks, culvert outlets, toe protection under a slipping fill and channel work after a washout.

Railroad Ballast is coarse angular stone for track beds, hard standing and severe drainage. It is the size to reach for when a ditch has to move water fast.

#4 Crushed Stone is 1-1/2 inch clean stone. It suits construction entrances, trench bottoms, heavy drainage and the first lift over very soft ground.

#57 Limestone is washed 1 inch clean stone. Local yards list it as #57 limestone, and it goes into French drains, pipe bedding and construction entrances.

Crusher Run, also called crush and run, is the everyday base and drive material. The fines stay in, so it locks up tight under a roller and holds a grade on a hillside drive.

For the heavier base course, use Class 1 Base. It is the coarser of the two crusher run classes and the layer to build up when the subgrade is soft ground or old fill.

Round it out with River Rock for beds, borders and dry creek beds, and Top Soil for lawns and bed prep over thin, stony hillside ground.

Delivery to Lester and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick your delivery date at checkout. Coverage runs across Raleigh County, including Lester, Beckley, Shady Spring, Crab Orchard, Daniels and Coal City.

Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the delivery point you set. Have the spot reachable and clear before the truck arrives.

Ground and Conditions in Lester

Work runs most of the year here, held up by long wet spells rather than by cold. Saturated hillside fill will not compact and should not be built on until it drains.

Across the Allegheny Plateau coalfields, the ground is steep hillsides of acid, stony residuum over sandstone, shale and coal measures, with deep colluvium in the hollows and mine spoil on and below the old workings.

Flat ground is scarce, and much of what is flat is fill. That is why a base course goes on before anything else, and why crusher run and Class 1 base carry so much of the work on a Lester drive.

This is landslide-prone ground. Mine regolith is the most slide-prone material, and shale and siltstone units are the most susceptible rock.

Creek banks also scour hard in a flash rise.

Frost depth is set by the county or municipal building official. Confirm the local figure before you set anything in the ground.

Order Bulk Aggregate Delivery in Lester, WV

West Virginia Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, sand, topsoil and riprap across Lester and the rest of Raleigh County. Pick your material, choose a quantity by the ton or the yard, and set a delivery date at checkout.

Order online when you are ready.