Buy Fill Dirt in Howland, ME

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Howland, ME online, by the ton or by the yard. Maine Rock Supply delivers Type A gravel, fill and soil across Penobscot County.

This ground is rolling uplands of dense stony till over slate, schist and granite. That shapes what you put down and how much of it a wet spring will take.

Materials for Howland Projects

Grading and bed prep start with soil and fill. Get the grade right first, then bring in stone.

Soil and Fill

Fill Dirt is bulk fill, also called common borrow. Use it to raise grade, backfill and build a rough subbase under a gravel course.

Top Soil is screened loam, the Maine trade name for topsoil. Spread it for lawn repair, seeding and finish grading over a shaped subgrade.

Garden Soil is a garden blend for raised beds and vegetable beds. Plain loam alone runs lean in a planting bed.

Base and Driveway Gravel

Type A Gravel is the Maine base course. It builds driveways, parking pads, camp roads and shed bases.

Bank Run Gravel comes out of the pit as it lies, unprocessed. It fills, raises grade and acts as rough subbase under a crushed gravel course.

Driveway Gravel is 3/4 inch crushed gravel, the running surface on a gravel drive or camp road.

Washed Stone and Sand

3/4" Crushed Stone is 3/4 inch washed stone. It goes in drainage trenches, drywells and pipe bedding, and under drives that must shed water.

Washed Sand is screened sand for concrete work, paver bedding and pipe bedding. Mason Sand is mortar sand for brick and block work.

Decorative and Beds

Shredded Mulch is bark mulch for beds, borders and tree rings. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is pea stone for walkways, dog runs and play areas.

Ground and Conditions in Howland

Start with where the water goes. Across the Central hills and Penobscot Valley, dense till carries a hardpan layer that sheds water sideways instead of down.

Ground stays saturated through snowmelt. The esker gravels beside that till drain freely, so two sites a mile apart behave nothing alike.

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

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

Interior winters bring deep frost and a heavy thaw that heaves and softens gravel roads well into spring. A drainage layer under the base gives that melt somewhere to go.

Delivery to Howland and the Surrounding Area

Order online and a dump truck tips your load on site. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size it.

Pick your delivery date at checkout. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room for a truck to tip one pile and pull out.

Howland sits in Penobscot County, and delivery covers the surrounding towns, including Bangor, Orono, Brewer, Hampden and Old Town.

Questions About Ordering in Howland

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

Yes. Order online by the ton or by the yard, whichever suits the material and the job.

Each product page carries a calculator to size the load, and you pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the material on site.

Have the drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives.

What stone should I use for drainage in Howland?

Use clean washed stone that lets water move. 3/4 inch crushed stone, sold as 3/4 inch washed stone, suits drainage trenches, drywells and pipe bedding.

Drain rock, also called underdrain stone, is the washed drainage stone for foundation, curtain and french drains. Where ground is soft or the subgrade is wet, 1 1/2 inch crushed stone stabilizes it before a gravel course goes on.

Order Fill, Soil and Gravel for Howland

Maine Rock Supply delivers fill dirt, screened loam, garden soil, Type A gravel and crushed stone to Howland and Penobscot County. Use the calculator on each product page to size your load, then order online and pick your delivery date.