Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Orland, ME

If you are pricing gravel and aggregate delivery in Orland, ME, the first question is usually what goes under the pad. Maine Rock Supply sells Type A gravel, bank run gravel, crushed stone, sand and soil in bulk, ordered online and tipped on site by dump truck.

Orland sits in Hancock County, where shallow soil over ledge and wide bog ground leave water sitting on the surface. That shapes what you order before it shapes anything else.

Delivery to Orland 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 carries a calculator if you want to size the load before you commit.

A dump truck tips the material in one pile at the delivery point. Delivery covers Orland and the rest of Hancock County, including Ellsworth, Bucksport, Blue Hill, Hancock and Bar Harbor.

Materials for Orland Projects

Raising grade and building pads come first on a lot with ledge close to the surface. That work starts with fill and sub-base, then takes a crushed gravel course on top.

Fill Dirt, also called common borrow, raises grade and backfills under a gravel course. It is bulk fill, not a driving surface, so it belongs below the base.

Bank Run Gravel comes out of the pit as it lies, unprocessed. It works as rough subbase and bulk fill under a crushed gravel course, not as a finished drive.

Type A Gravel is the Maine base course. It goes down as a compacted base for driveways, parking pads, camp roads and shed bases.

Driveway Gravel, or 3/4 inch crushed gravel, is the running surface on a gravel drive or camp road. Stone Dust beds pavers, flagstone and patio stone, and sets walkway stone.

For drainage, 3/4" Crushed Stone goes into trenches, drywells and pipe bedding where water has to shed rather than sit. Riprap armours shore and stream banks, culvert outlets and ditch checks.

Ground and Conditions in Orland

Across the Downeast coast and blueberry barrens, the ground runs to coarse sandy and bouldery till over granite and volcanic bedrock, with ledge close to the surface in places. Broad glacial outwash sand and gravel sits under the barrens, and marine clay fills the lower valleys.

That mix cuts both ways. Shallow soil over ledge and wide areas of bog and peat leave water sitting on the surface, while the outwash ground drains almost too fast and washes out unbound surfaces.

An under-built base shows up fast on both. On wet ground the fill and sub-base have to carry the load above the soft layer; on fast-draining ground the surface needs a course that holds together.

The working season is short here, with a late spring thaw near the water and fog and damp that slow curing and compaction. Base and paver work fits best in the middle of the season.

Winters are long and cold with heavy frost, held slightly in check near the water by fog and sea air, and hard frost heaving on gravel roads and camp drives every spring.

Frost depth runs about 4 to 5 feet across the Downeast coast and blueberry barrens, deeper on the inland barrens than at the shore; the local building official sets footing depth for Orland.

Erosion is a real driver on this coast, with some of the largest tides on the coast, surge and wave action on exposed granite shoreline, and runoff scour on the sandy barrens and at culvert outlets.

Questions About Ordering in Orland

What is the best base under pavers in Orland?

Type A gravel is the compacted base under a paver patio, and stone dust is the setting bed that goes directly under the pavers. On ground where water sits, put a clean drainage stone such as 3/4 inch crushed stone below the base so water can move.

Order each course by the ton or the yard.

Do you supply contractors working in Orland?

Yes. Maine Rock Supply sells bulk gravel, crushed stone, sand, soil and mulch to contractors and homeowners in Orland and across Hancock County.

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site.

Order Type A Gravel and Fill for Your Orland Job

Type A gravel is the base course most Orland ground needs. Add bank run gravel or fill dirt underneath where grade has to come up first.

Order online by the ton or the yard and pick your delivery date at checkout.