Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Lehighton, PA

Pennsylvania Rock Supply delivers gravel and aggregate delivery in Lehighton, PA, and the surrounding Carbon County area. The base stone most jobs here start with is 2A modified, also called modified stone. It is crushed stone with the fines left in, so it compacts hard under a drive or a shed pad.

Lehighton sits in the Ridge and Valley ground of the anthracite region, where valley floors weather to clay and old strip mines break up the grade. A pad that holds up here starts with the right fill and sub-base.

Delivery to Lehighton and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard. If you are unsure how much a pad or drive needs, the calculator sizes the load for you. Choose your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck brings the material to your site.

Bulk delivery covers Lehighton and nearby Carbon County places including Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, Lansford, Nesquehoning and Summit Hill. Have the drop spot clear before the truck arrives, and keep the pile where you want to move it from.

Materials for Lehighton Projects

Most work in this market is about raising grade and building a pad that stays put. Fill dirt goes down first to lift low spots and backfill. Then 2A modified goes over it as the compacted base. That two-step order is what keeps a new pad from settling.

For a driveway, start with Fill Dirt to bring the grade up, then cap it with 2A Modified. Where the drive stays wet, a clean stone like 2B Stone lets water move through instead of packing tight. Top the finished drive with Driveway Gravel.

For a patio or walkway, bedding matters as much as the base. Screenings pack firm under pavers and flagstone. A shed pad follows the same pattern as a drive: fill dirt, then 2A modified, compacted in lifts.

For drainage, French drains and downspout runs want clean washed stone, not a material with fines. Drain Rock and 2B Stone both work behind a retaining wall, where water needs to reach the footing and leave.

Ground and Conditions in Lehighton

This part of the state has folded bedrock, long sandstone ridges and thin, stony soils. Valleys are floored by shale or by limestone and dolomite that weather to clay. In the anthracite fields, old strip mines and waste piles leave the ground broken and uneven.

That clay valley floor is the reason an under-built base fails here. Clay holds water, and a thin layer of 2A modified over soft ground will pump and rut under a loaded truck. Dig out the soft spots, bring the grade up with fill dirt, then compact the base stone in lifts.

Runoff off the steep ridge slopes scours roadside ditches, culvert outlets and gravel drives. Stream banks cut back during heavy rain and snowmelt, which is where rip rap armoring comes in. In the limestone and dolomite valleys, concentrated runoff from roofs, gutters and drives can open sinkholes, so send water away from the pad.

Base, driveway and paver work runs from spring, once the ground has thawed and dried, into late fall. Do not place base stone on frozen, soft or muddy ground. Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw cycles that heave and break up a thin base or one that holds water. Frost depth is commonly about 36 inches, set by each municipality.

Order 2A Modified and Fill for Your Lehighton Project

2A modified is the base stone this market builds on, and fill dirt is what gets your grade where it needs to be. Order both online through Pennsylvania Rock Supply, size the load with the calculator, and pick your delivery date. We deliver across Lehighton and Carbon County.