Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Surry, ME

Maine Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Surry, ME, with Type A gravel as the base course most local work starts from. You can order crushed gravel, screened loam, stone dust and rip rap online and have a dump truck tip the load on your site.

This is Hancock County ground, where shallow soil sits over ledge in some spots and drains fast in others. The material you choose should match what the ground is already doing.

Materials for Surry Projects

Grading and bed prep start with soil and fill, so that is where a lot of Surry work begins. Screened loam is the Maine trade name for topsoil, and it is what you want for lawn repair, seeding and finish grading.

Where plain loam is too lean for vegetables or raised beds, garden soil gives the bed more body. Bulk fill, sold as common borrow, raises grade and backfills before a gravel course goes down.

Under those beds and drives, Type A gravel is the compacted base for drives, parking pads, camp roads and shed bases. Bank run gravel is unprocessed pit gravel, so it works as rough subbase and bulk fill rather than a finished driving surface.

For flatwork, stone dust beds pavers, flagstone and walkway stone. Pea stone covers walkways, dog runs and play areas, and round stone, sold as river rock, builds dry stream beds and drip edges.

Ground and Conditions in Surry

Water is the driver here. Rain, snowmelt and coastal storms all have to go somewhere, and across the Downeast coast and blueberry barrens the ground makes that decision for you.

Shallow soil over ledge and wide areas of bog and peat leave water sitting on the surface. On the outwash barrens the opposite happens, and unbound surfaces wash out because the ground drains almost too fast.

That is why drainage stone matters as much as base stone. A drainage trench, drywell or foundation drain wants clean washed stone, so 3/4 inch crushed stone and drain rock shed water instead of holding it.

Erosion is the other half of it. The coast sees some of the largest tides in the region, with surge and wave action on exposed granite shoreline, plus runoff scour at culvert outlets.

Rip rap armours shore and stream banks, culvert outlets and ditch checks.

The working season is short. A late spring thaw near the water and damp fog slow curing and compaction, so base and paver work fits best in the middle of the season.

Long cold winters bring heavy frost and heaving on gravel roads and camp drives each spring.

Delivery to Surry and the Surrounding Area

You order online and a dump truck tips the load in one pile at your site. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before you check out.

Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives. Surry sits in Hancock County, and delivery also covers Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Blue Hill and Hancock.

Order Gravel, Soil and Stone for Your Surry Project

For grading a lawn, building raised beds, setting pavers or armouring a bank, the right material starts the job off well. Order online from Maine Rock Supply and have it tipped at your Surry site.