Buy Type A Gravel in Mars Hill, ME

If you are planning gravel and aggregate delivery in Mars Hill, ME, start with Type A gravel. Maine Rock Supply sells it in bulk by the ton or the yard, ordered online and tipped on site.

The ground here on the Aroostook plateau is deep, well drained silt loam over limestone and shale. That makes a solid subgrade for a drive, but it still needs the right crushed gravel on top.

Materials for Mars Hill Projects

Type A gravel is the Maine base course, and it is what a driveway, parking pad, camp road or shed base is built on here. Local pits and yards sell it under that letter.

It goes down as the structural layer that carries the load.

On top of the base, 3/4 inch crushed gravel is the running surface for a gravel drive or camp road. Maine yards sell that size as Driveway Gravel.

Bank run gravel is the rough course under a crushed gravel layer. It comes out of the pit as it lies, so it works for bulk fill and raising grade, not as a finished driving surface.

Order it as Bank Run Gravel.

Where water has to move rather than sit, 3/4 inch crushed stone goes into drainage trenches, drywells and pipe bedding. It is sold as 3/4" Crushed Stone.

For bedding under pavers, flagstone or a patio, stone dust is the New England default. It is listed here as Stone Dust.

Patios and foundations also need sand. Mason sand handles mortar, brick and block work, and washed sand handles concrete and paver bedding.

Ground and Conditions in Mars Hill

Water is the driver on any gravel job here. Snowpack is deep, and the melt arrives all at once into ground that is still frozen below.

Silt loam farm soils run and crust when they are saturated.

That melt has nowhere to go if the grade is flat. A drainage layer and a base that sheds water matter more than a thicker surface course.

Erosion follows the same water. Sheet and gully erosion works long cultivated slopes during snowmelt and heavy rain, and ditch and culvert scour shows up on the farm road network.

Riprap armours culvert outlets and ditch checks, and it is sold by range rather than a single size.

This is the shortest working season in Maine. The ground stays frozen for much of the year, base and paver work waits for a late breakup, and hard frost returns early in the fall.

Frost is the deepest and longest in the state, with little midwinter thaw and a hard, late breakup that heaves and softens gravel roads and drives. There is no published statewide table, so the town or city building official gives the figure for a foundation or footing depth.

Delivery to Mars Hill 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 need to size the load.

A dump truck then tips your material in one pile on site. Have the drop area clear and reachable, with room for the truck to get in and out.

Maine Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Aroostook County, including Presque Isle, Caribou, Houlton, Fort Kent and Madawaska.

Order Base and Driveway Material for Mars Hill

Maine Rock Supply supplies Type A gravel, driveway gravel, bank run, washed stone, sand and soil to driveways, parking pads, camp roads, shed bases, drainage runs and patios in Mars Hill. Order online when you are ready.