Rip Rap, Stone and Soil Delivery in Lee, ME

If your ditch is cutting deeper every spring, or your camp road bank is sliding into the culvert, the answer is usually bigger stone. Maine Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Lee, ME, with rip rap and washed stone sized for slope, swale and bank work.

The ground here is dense stony till over slate, schist and granite, so meltwater runs sideways instead of soaking in. Type A gravel handles the base work; coarse stone handles everything the water is trying to move.

Materials for Lee Projects

Start with the coarsest stone when the job is holding a bank or a ditch in place. Riprap is the armouring size, used on shore and stream banks, culvert outlets and ditch checks.

Maine yards sell it in ranges such as 6 inch and 12 to 24 inch.

Below that, #4 Crushed Stone takes heavy drainage, wet subgrade and soft ground that needs stabilizing before a gravel course goes on. Yards here list this size in inches rather than by number.

3/4" Crushed Stone is the washed drainage size for trenches, drywells and pipe bedding. It sheds water rather than holding it, which suits till ground that stays saturated through snowmelt.

Once the water is handled, build the driving surface. Type A Gravel is the Maine base course for driveways, parking pads, camp roads and shed bases.

Finish flatwork with Stone Dust, called screenings or crusher dust. It is the New England default bedding under pavers, flagstone and walkway stone.

Delivery to Lee and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you want help sizing the load.

A dump truck then tips the material on site in one pile.

Lee sits in Penobscot County, and delivery covers the surrounding towns, including Bangor, Orono, Brewer, Hampden and Old Town. Whether the site is a house lot, a camp road or a culvert outfall, the load arrives the same way.

Have the pile location cleared and reachable before the truck arrives, and keep vehicles and equipment out of the way. Coarse stone for a bank job is heavy, so the spot you choose should be where you want it to sit.

Ground and Conditions in Lee

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.

Across the Central hills and Penobscot Valley, dense till with a hardpan layer sheds water sideways rather than down, so ground stays saturated through snowmelt. Esker gravels beside it drain freely, which is why drainage layers matter as much as the base.

Snowmelt and rain scour ditches, culverts and stream banks on long hill runs, and exposed till on logging and camp roads gullies quickly. That is the case for rip rap at outlets and ditch checks, and washed stone in the trench behind it.

Order Rip Rap and Stone for Lee

Maine Rock Supply delivers rip rap, washed stone, Type A gravel and stone dust across Lee and the surrounding Penobscot County towns. Order online, size the load by the ton or yard, and choose your delivery date at checkout.

When the bank is cutting or the ditch is deepening, the right stone fixes it.