Buy #57 Stone in Montoursville, PA

Pennsylvania Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Montoursville, PA, with bulk stone, sand and soil for drives, pads and planting. Ask for 2A modified and you get the Pennsylvania base stone that compacts hard under a drive.

Valleys here are floored by shale or by limestone and dolomite that weather to clay, so what sits under your base decides how the base performs.

Materials for Montoursville Projects

Most jobs start with the base. 2A modified is crushed stone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts hard under a driveway, a parking pad or a shed floor. Order 2A Modified first, then top it with a surfacing layer.

For the wearing course, Driveway Gravel refreshes an existing drive or caps a compacted base. Where water has to move instead of pack, use clean washed stone.

2B Stone is 3/4 inch clean stone with no fines, so water passes through it. Use it in French drains, behind retaining walls and under shed pads in wet spots. #57 Stone is the same size range yards here call 2B, and it also works as concrete aggregate. #8 Crushed Stone, sold as 1B, is the small clean chip for walkways, decorative topping and mixes.

Sand and soil round out an order. Mason Sand goes into brick and block mortar and paver joints. Top Soil is screened for lawns and final grading. Fill Dirt raises grade and backfills low spots before a base or topsoil goes down.

Ground and Conditions in Montoursville

Rain and snowmelt run off the steep ridges and into the valleys, and that water has to go somewhere. On a gravel drive it scours the surface and cuts at roadside ditches and culvert outlets. On a slope above a bank, it cuts the bank back during heavy rain and snowmelt.

In the limestone and dolomite valleys, runoff concentrated from roofs, gutters and drives can open sinkholes. Sending roof water and gutter discharge into clean stone instead of bare clay keeps that flow spread out. A drainage layer of 2B or #57 Stone behind a wall or under a pad gives the water a path.

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, so base work belongs on ground that has thawed and dried. Base stone should not go down on frozen, soft or muddy ground.

Base, driveway and paver work runs from spring into late fall for that reason. Build the base thick enough and drain it, and the freeze-thaw cycles matter far less.

Delivery to Montoursville and the Surrounding Area

Ordering is online. You pick the material, choose a quantity by the ton or the yard, and size the load with the calculator before checkout. Then you select a delivery date that fits your schedule.

Bulk material arrives by dump truck, so have the drop spot clear and reachable. Mark anything low near the path, and point out overhead lines or soft ground before the truck pulls in. A clear, firm spot lets the driver place the pile where you want to shovel from.

Montoursville sits in Lycoming County, and delivery covers the county, including Williamsport, Jersey Shore, Muncy, Hughesville and Montgomery. If your site is on a ridge road or a narrow drive, say so when you order so the load is planned for it.

Order Base and Surface Stone for Your Montoursville Project

Whether you are rebuilding a drive, setting a shed pad, bedding pavers or topping a walkway, the base and surface material for the job is stocked and delivered across Montoursville. Order 2A modified, clean stone, sand or soil online, size the load, and set your delivery date.