3/4 Inch Crushed Stone and Bulk Aggregates for Holden, ME

Maine Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Holden, ME, by the ton. Type A gravel is the base course for drives, camp roads and parking pads here.

Holden sits in Penobscot County, in the Central hills and Penobscot Valley ground region. Dense till with a hardpan layer sheds water sideways rather than down, so ground stays saturated through snowmelt.

Materials for Holden Projects

Washed stone is the starting point for drainage work around Holden. It is clean, so water moves through the voids instead of sitting in fines.

That is what a French drain, a drywell or a downspout run needs to function.

Size sets what each washed stone does. The list runs from the coarsest down to the finest.

• #4 Crushed Stone, called 1 1/2 inch stone, for heavy drainage, wet subgrade and stabilizing soft ground before a gravel course goes on.
• 3/4" Crushed Stone, called 3/4 stone or 3/4 inch washed stone, for drainage trenches, drywells and pipe bedding.
• 3/8" Crushed Stone for narrow trenches and tight drainage work where 3/4 inch stone is too coarse.
• Drain Rock, also called underdrain stone, for foundation drains, curtain drains and French drains.
• Stone Dust, called screenings or crusher dust, for paver, flagstone and patio bedding.

For the driving surface itself, Type A gravel is the Maine base course. Type A Gravel goes down as a compacted base for drives, parking pads, camp roads and shed bases.

Bank run gravel comes out of the pit as it lies, unprocessed. Bank Run Gravel is a filler course for bulk fill and raising grade, not a finished driving surface.

Above that, Driveway Gravel is 3/4 inch crushed gravel, the size sold for the running surface on gravel drives and camp roads.

Where water has to leave a roof or a footing, a downspout run or drywell built from washed stone gives it somewhere to go. Riprap armours the outlet so the discharge does not cut a hole in the bank.

Delivery to Holden and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load.

A dump truck tips the material in one pile at the site. Delivery covers Holden and the rest of Penobscot County, including Bangor, Orono, Brewer, Hampden and Old Town.

Ground and Conditions in Holden

The working season here is shorter than in southern Maine. Frost has to be fully out before a base can be compacted, and the window closes earlier in the northern hill towns.

Winters in this part of the state are cold and the frost is deep, with a long freeze and a heavy thaw that heaves and softens gravel roads and drives well into spring. Bangor publishes a frost depth of about five feet, and the surrounding hill towns run comparable or deeper.

Dense till with a hardpan layer sheds water sideways rather than down. Ground stays saturated through snowmelt, while the esker gravels beside it drain freely.

That is the case for washed stone under a drain or a drywell, and for a clean stone layer where a subgrade is soft.

Snowmelt and rain scour ditches, culverts and stream banks on long hill runs. Exposed till on camp roads gullies, and banks cut along the Penobscot and its tributaries.

Riprap at a culvert outlet or a ditch check holds that edge.

Order Gravel and Aggregate Delivery in Holden

Maine Rock Supply delivers Type A gravel, washed stone, sand and soil across Holden and Penobscot County. Choose your material, set the quantity by the ton or the yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout.

Your order arrives on site as a tipped pile, ready for the work.