Gravel and Aggregate Delivery in Parsons, WV

West Virginia Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Parsons, WV to contractors and homeowners working the same ground. Crusher run, crushed stone, sand, topsoil and fill all arrive by dump truck and tip in one pile on your site.

This is Tucker County ground: thin, stony soil over sandstone and shale, with bedrock close to the surface on the benches. Grading and bed prep start with what you put on top of that.

Materials for Parsons Projects

Grading and bed prep come first on most Parsons lots, because the native soil is thin and stony and will not grow much or hold a grade on its own. Topsoil and garden soil give you a growing layer, and fill dirt raises grade before anything else goes down.

Top Soil is screened topsoil for lawns, grading and bed prep over that thin hillside ground. Garden Soil is blended for raised beds, planting holes and vegetable ground.

Fill Dirt is bulk fill for raising grade, filling a washout or backfilling behind a wall. It goes in before a base course, not instead of one.

Under a drive or pad, crusher run is the everyday West Virginia base and drive material. The fines stay in, so it locks up tight under a roller and holds a grade on a hillside drive.

Local quarries sell it by top size: 3/4 inch crusher run, 1-1/2 inch and coarser.

Where the subgrade is soft ground or old fill, Class 1 Base is the heavier base course under drives, parking pads, shop floors and slabs. The finer crusher run class, Class 2 base, gives a tighter surface and works as a top course over Class 1.

For drainage, #57 Limestone is washed 1 inch clean stone for French drains, pipe bedding and construction entrances. #8 Limestone is a small washed chip for paver joints, fine drainage and a dressing over a compacted base.

Sand and decorative stone round out a load. Washed Sand levels and beds under slabs and pavers, and River Rock covers beds, borders and dry creek beds.

Ground and Conditions in Parsons

Start with where the water goes. Across the Allegheny highlands and the Allegheny Front, rain and deep snowmelt land on steep, shallow soil over rock.

Water cannot soak in, so it runs.

Springs and seeps break out partway down a slope. Left undrained, that water runs straight through a base and takes the fines with it.

That is why a clean washed stone such as #57 limestone or Drain Rock belongs in a drainage run, and why a fines-bearing material does not. Crusher run compacts into a base; it does not drain.

Slides and slumps show up on slopes over about 17 degrees, in shale and siltstone residuum and in colluvium, and old timber roads and skidder trails add to it. Mountain streams rise hard and fast and scour banks, culvert outlets and gravel road shoulders.

Riprap is bank and slope armour for creek and hollow banks, culvert outlets and channel work after a washout.

This is the shortest working season in West Virginia. Base, drive and paver work waits for the ground to thaw and drain in late spring, and stops earlier in the fall than it does downstate.

Snow cover lasts for weeks at a time on the high benches.

The frozen season here is the longest and hardest in the state, and the ground freezes early, thaws late and cycles through freeze-thaw well into spring. That cycle is what tears up a thin gravel drive.

Frost depth is set by the county building official, so confirm it locally.

Delivery to Parsons and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives on a dump truck and tips in one pile at the spot you choose. Have that spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives, with room for the bed to raise and the load to land.

Order online from West Virginia Rock Supply. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout.

Parsons sits in Tucker County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Davis, Thomas, Hendricks, Hambleton and Dryfork.

Questions About Ordering in Parsons

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Parsons?

Yes. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you check out.

You choose the quantity and a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load in one pile at your site in Parsons.

What stone should I use for drainage in Parsons?

Use a clean washed stone, not a fines-bearing one. #57 limestone is the 1 inch clean stone for French drains, pipe bedding and construction entrances, and #8 limestone is the smaller chip for tight joints and fine drainage.

Crusher run compacts into a base and does not drain, so keep it out of a drainage run.

Order Gravel, Soil and Fill for Your Parsons Project

West Virginia Rock Supply delivers crusher run, washed stone, sand, topsoil, garden soil and fill to drives, pads, beds and drainage work around Parsons and Tucker County. Size your load on the product page, choose a delivery date, and order online.