Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Presque Isle, ME

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Presque Isle, ME online. Maine Rock Supply sells Type A gravel, stone dust, pea stone and screened loam by the ton or yard, and a dump truck tips the load at your site.

The ground here is deep, well drained silt loam over limestone, slate and calcareous shale. That farm ground runs and crusts when it is saturated, so what you put on top of it matters.

Ground and Conditions in Presque Isle

Across the Aroostook plateau and Saint John uplands, snowpack is deep and the melt arrives all at once into ground still frozen below. Silt loam farm soils run and crust when saturated.

On a path or walkway, a thin base shows the failure first. The fines pump up through the surface, the edges break down, and the walking line turns to mud in breakup.

Build the base coarse enough to shed water and separate the finished surface from the soil below. Frost runs five feet or more in this part of the state, and the town or city building official gives the figure for footing depth.

The working season is short. 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.

Materials for Presque Isle Projects

Fines and screenings do the finish work on paths and walkways here. Stone dust beds pavers, flagstone and patio stone, and it is the setting bed under walkway stone.

Pea stone, sold as 3/8 inch pea stone, surfaces walkways, dog runs and play areas. Round stone and large round stone build dry stream beds and drip edges where a rounded shape is wanted over broken ledge.

Under the fines, Type A gravel is the Maine base course. It goes under driveways, parking pads, camp roads and shed bases.

Bank run gravel comes out of the pit as it lies, unprocessed. Use it for bulk fill, raising grade and rough subbase under a crushed gravel course, not as a finished driving surface.

Where water has to move, 3/4 inch crushed stone drains trenches, drywells and pipe bedding. Riprap armours shore and stream banks, culvert outlets and ditch checks.

Delivery to Presque Isle and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load in one pile at your site. Presque Isle sits in Aroostook County, and delivery covers the surrounding towns, including Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Fort Kent, Madawaska and Houlton.

Questions from Presque Isle Buyers

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the delivery spot clear and reachable for a dump truck, with no overhead wires or low branches in the way. Mark the pile location if you want it in a particular place.

The driver tips the load in one pile and does not spread it, so plan where that pile should sit before the truck pulls in.

What is the best base under pavers in Presque Isle?

Use Type A gravel as the base course, then bed the pavers in stone dust. The crushed gravel carries the load and sheds water, and the fines in the stone dust give you a flat setting bed.

Both are sold by the ton or yard, and the calculator on each product page sizes the load.

Order Aggregates for Your Presque Isle Path

Size your load with the calculator on each product page, then order online by the ton or yard. Maine Rock Supply delivers Type A gravel, stone dust, pea stone and screened loam to Presque Isle and the surrounding county.

Place your order and a truck will tip it at your site.