Bulk Aggregate Delivery Across Cumberland County, ME
Maine Rock Supply sells gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Cumberland County, ME. Type A gravel is the base course here.
It is crushed gravel.
You order online by the ton or by the yard, and a dump truck tips the load on site. Deliveries run to Portland, South Portland, Scarborough, Brunswick, Westbrook, Windham, Gorham, Falmouth, Standish, Cape Elizabeth, Yarmouth, Freeport, Gray and New Gloucester.
Delivery across Cumberland County
Ordering is done online. You pick your material, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and the calculator on each product page helps you size the load.
Pick your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck brings it to the address you give.
The truck tips the load in one pile at the delivery point. Plan for that pile where you have room for it, and have the site reachable for a loaded truck.
Deliveries cover the whole county, from the coast at Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough inland to Gray and New Gloucester. Coastal lots and inland lots get the same online order path.
Materials delivered in Cumberland County
Start with the job, not the material. A gravel drive, a patio bed and a foundation drain each want a different stone, and each one has a local name in Maine.
Type A gravel carries the most weight on a job site here.
Order it for a driveway base, a parking pad, a camp road or a shed base. Above it you want a running surface such as 3/4 inch crushed gravel.
Under it, where grade has to come up, goes bank run.
For flatwork, stone dust is the setting bed under pavers, flagstone and walkway stone. For a walkway or a dog run, pea stone is the Maine name to use.
For water that has to move, 3/4 inch crushed stone is a clean washed stone for trenches, drywells and pipe bedding.
Ground conditions across Cumberland County
Cumberland County spans more than one ground region, so the soil under a job changes with the town. Each condition below is stated for the region it belongs to.
In the southern coast and Presumpscot clay lowland (Portland, South Portland, Scarborough, Brunswick), marine silt and clay of the Presumpscot Formation sits under the topsoil. Sand and gravel outwash and deltas cover the higher terraces, with stony till and granite ledge on the hills.
That clay takes water very slowly. Yards and drives sit wet through mud season, and low ground near tidal water backs up in coastal storms and high tides.
Base work on clay ground needs a drainage layer, not just fill.
In the western mountains and foothills (Bridgton, Naples, Harrison), thin stony till sits over hard bedrock on the slopes, with ledge outcropping widely and deeper sandy till on the lower hills. Steep slopes concentrate snowmelt and rain into fast runoff, and thin soil over ledge cannot absorb it.
That runoff cuts drives and ditches and scours at culverts and stream crossings. Riprap at outlets and ditch checks is the armouring answer where water leaves a pipe or a steep ditch.
Frost matters on both sides of the county. The ocean keeps winter lows milder near the coast, but the ground still freezes hard and thaws repeatedly, and gravel drives and walks heave every spring as the frost comes out.
On high ground inland the freeze and thaw cycling is harder and the thaw comes later.
Timing splits the same way. The coastal lowland has the longest working season in the state, with base, driveway and paver work running from the end of mud season into late fall.
Choosing the right material
Oxford County sits in Maine's Lakes and Mountains. Its ground region is the western mountains and foothills: thin stony till over hard bedrock on the slopes with ledge outcropping widely, deeper sandy till and boulder ground on the lower hills, and sand and gravel outwash terraces along the mountain valleys and lakeshores.
Cumberland County includes that same foothills ground in its western towns, so on that side the two counties share the same soil picture and the same material choices follow. There is no difference to work around in the ground itself.
The rest of Cumberland County is a different story. The southern coast and Presumpscot clay lowland brings marine clay that drains slowly, which pushes drainage stone and a clean subbase higher up the list than it would be on stony till.
Which stone is best for drainage in Cumberland County?
Use clean washed stone. 3/4 inch crushed stone is the standard choice for drainage trenches, drywells and pipe bedding, and 3/8 inch crushed stone fits narrow trenches where the coarser size is too big.
What do I need to have ready for a bulk delivery?
Have the delivery address and a clear place for a dump truck to tip one pile. The truck tips the load where you direct it at the site and does not spread it.
What is the best base material for a patio in Cumberland County?
Type A gravel is the base course for a patio. It is crushed gravel and it locks up under a compacted load.
Above it, stone dust beds the pavers or flagstone.
Order Type A Gravel for Your Cumberland County Job
Type A gravel is the base course for drives, pads and camp roads across Cumberland County. Add driveway gravel, stone dust, pea stone or drainage stone to the same order.