Bulk Aggregates for Erosion Control in Tunnelton, WV

Rain and snowmelt on shallow soil over rock cannot soak in, so it runs. That is why gravel and aggregate delivery in Tunnelton, WV starts with coarse stone.

West Virginia Rock Supply delivers bulk loads by the ton.

On the high ground here, crusher run and clean stone both earn their place. Water that breaks out of a slope will run straight through an undrained base.

Materials for Tunnelton Projects

Slope, swale and bank work calls for the coarsest stone first. Riprap is bank and slope armour for creek banks and culvert outlets.

It is sold by stone size and by weight class.

Start below that with clean, open-graded stone. #4 Crushed Stone is the coarse 1-1/2 inch clean stone used at construction entrances, trench bottoms and heavy drainage.

It also acts as the first lift over very soft ground.

Then step down a size for drainage runs. #57 Limestone is washed 1 inch clean stone for French drains, pipe bedding and construction entrances.

#67 Stone is a 3/4 inch clean washed stone for drainage beds and bedding where #57 runs a shade too big.

Where a base has to hold a drive or a pad, you need fines rather than open stone. Crusher Run, also called crush and run, is the everyday base and drive material across West Virginia.

The fines stay in, so it locks up tight and holds a grade on a hillside drive.

Delivery to Tunnelton and the Surrounding Area

West Virginia Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, sand, topsoil and aggregates across West Virginia. Tunnelton sits in Preston County, and delivery covers this town and the nearby communities of Kingwood, Terra Alta, Reedsville, Rowlesburg and Masontown.

You order online. Choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator for sizing the load.

Pick your delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips the load on site as one pile. Plan where that pile lands before the truck arrives, and keep the route to it clear.

Ground and Conditions in Tunnelton

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

Snow cover lasts for weeks on the high benches.

The frozen season is long and hard, and the ground freezes early and thaws late. Freeze-thaw cycles run well into spring, which is what tears up a thin gravel drive.

No state table gives a frost depth for this area, so confirm the figure with the county building official.

Soil on the Allegheny highlands and the Allegheny Front is thin, acid and very stony over sandstone and shale, with bedrock close to the surface on the benches. Springs and seeps break out partway down a slope.

An undrained base under a drive will hold that water and fail.

Slides and slumps are a real risk on slopes over about 17 degrees, in shale and siltstone residuum and in colluvium. Old timber roads and skidder trails add to it.

Mountain streams rise hard and fast and scour banks, culvert outlets and gravel road shoulders. Coarse clean stone and riprap at the outlet and along the toe carry that water away from what you built.

Questions About Stone and Delivery in Tunnelton

What stone should I use for drainage in Tunnelton?

Use clean, open-graded stone. #57 limestone and #67 stone both work in French drains, pipe bedding and foundation drains, and #4 crushed stone handles heavy drainage and trench bottoms.

Rounded stone does not drain the same way, so keep river rock and Natural Pea Gravel out of a drainage run. For a drive base, crusher run is the material, because the fines lock it up.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the drop spot cleared and the route to it open. The truck tips the load as one pile, so pick a spot you can work from and keep it away from overhead lines and soft ground.

Order your quantity by the ton or the yard online and choose your delivery date at checkout before the truck comes out.

Order Bulk Stone for Tunnelton

West Virginia Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, crusher run, riprap and drainage stone to Tunnelton and the surrounding Preston County area. Order online by the ton or the yard, pick your delivery date at checkout, and a truck tips the load on your site.