What is the difference between crushed stone and Natural Pea Gravel?

Crushed stone is angular and broken, so the pieces lock together and pack tight. That makes it the right choice for a base or a drainage bed. Natural Pea Gravel is small rounded natural stone that stays loose underfoot. It works for play areas, dog runs, walkways and pipe backfill, where you want a smooth surface rather than a locked one.

Should I order material by the ton or by the yard?

Both work, and the choice comes down to how you want to size the load. Order by the ton when you are buying crushed stone, clean stone or rip rap. Order by the yard when you are buying sand, topsoil, fill dirt or mulch. Enter your measurements in the calculator on the product page and it converts the figure for you.

Which stone is best for drainage in Tuscarawas County?

Start with #57 limestone. It is clean stone with no fines, so water moves through it fast, and it suits French drains, downspout runs and drive surfacing. Use #4 crushed stone for heavier drainage, construction entrances and trench bottoms. #8 crushed stone covers finer work like pipe bedding and paver joints.

Bulk Gravel Delivery in Tuscarawas County, OH

Ohio Rock Supply delivers gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Tuscarawas County, OH. The base stone most drives, pads and shed floors here start with is 304 limestone, also called #304 stone. It is the standard Ohio base course. Under that base, Tuscarawas County ground runs to unglaciated hills with clayey slope debris and thin soils over sandstone and shale. A compacted 304 layer handles that ground well.

Delivery across Tuscarawas County

Order online and a dump truck brings the load to your site. You pick the material, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and size the load with the calculator on the product page. Pick your delivery date at checkout.

Ohio Rock Supply covers New Philadelphia, Dover, Uhrichsville, Newcomerstown, Dennison, Strasburg, Sugarcreek, Gnadenhutten, Bolivar, Port Washington, Mineral City, Dundee and Stone Creek. Rural addresses and driveways on the hillsides are routine stops.

Bulk delivery is a straight dump at the spot you choose. Steep drives and tight lanes are common in this county, so tell us where the truck should drop the pile when you order.

Materials delivered in Tuscarawas County

Materials here are sold by size, from the coarsest stone down to the finest sand and soil. Each size has a job it does best.

304 limestone carries most of the work. It is ordered for new driveways, parking pads, shed floors and the base under asphalt.

411 limestone, also called 411 stone, is the topping. Stone up to about 1 inch mixed with fines packs tight over a 304 base, which is why it is used for gravel drive surfacing and paver bedding.

Clean stone is sold by number the way Ohio suppliers do it. #89 Crushed Stone and Drain Rock cover fine joints and drain runs. River Rock and Natural Pea Gravel handle decorative beds, walkways and play areas. Washed Sand and Mason Sand cover bedding and block work, and Fill Dirt raises low spots before a base goes down.

Ground conditions across Tuscarawas County

Timing matters more here than in flatter parts of Ohio. Long wet spells saturate hillsides and set off slips, so cutting, filling and driveway work on slopes goes best in drier weather. The working season runs from spring into late fall.

Steep slopes shed heavy rain fast into narrow valleys. That runoff scours ditches and culverts, and water seeping from hillsides softens cuts and fills. Low bottoms flood when the valleys fill.

Plan for it with a drainage layer. Clean stone such as #57 limestone or #4 crushed stone lets water move instead of pooling behind a fill. RipRap armors stream and ditch banks where scour is the problem.

Winters bring repeated freeze-thaw, which pries weathered rock apart and heaves wet clayey soil on cut slopes and on drives built into hillsides. Frost depth is set by each local building department, so confirm the local figure before digging footings or posts.

Soils here are thin to moderately deep, weathered from sandstone, shale and coal-bearing rock. Clayey slope debris sits on the hillsides, with sand, gravel and silt in the flat river bottoms. Compact in lifts and expect clay to hold water.

Choosing the right material

Ground next door changes the choice. Stark County sits in the glaciated plateau of northeast and east-central Ohio, with silty clay loam till and a dense, slow-draining subsoil layer. That slow drainage pushes buyers toward clean stone and deeper drainage beds than Tuscarawas slopes usually need.

Holmes and Guernsey counties share this county's ground zone. They are mostly unglaciated hills with the same weathered soils and clayey slope debris, so the ground is similar. The difference is the project mix. Holmes County often means farm lanes and barn pads, and Guernsey County more drive and drainage work on hillsides.

Within Tuscarawas County, match the material to the job. A new drive on a slope starts with 304 limestone, then a 411 limestone topping. A wet yard or a downspout run wants clean stone. Beds, paths and play areas take river rock or Natural Pea Gravel. For soil, fill dirt goes down first and topsoil finishes the surface.

Order 304 limestone and bulk aggregate delivery in Tuscarawas County

Ohio Rock Supply delivers 304 limestone, clean stone, sand, soil and decorative rock across Tuscarawas County, from New Philadelphia and Dover to Sugarcreek and Stone Creek. Choose your material, size the load with the calculator, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Place your order online when you are ready.

304 Limestone, Sand and Gravel Delivery in Tuscarawas County, OH