Bulk Material Delivery in Albuquerque, NM

New Mexico Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Albuquerque, NM, by the ton or by the yard. Base course is the compacted base for drives, parking pads and shed slabs here.

Under it, the ground is sandy river alluvium over caliche in places. That shallow hard layer is why base depth and drainage matter before anything else goes down.

Materials for Albuquerque Projects

Coarse stone does the heavy work on slope, swale and bank protection around the Middle Rio Grande valley and rift. Riprap is the largest of it, sized for arroyo bank armoring, culvert outlets and dry creek headers against flash flow.

Below that size, Large River Rock builds dry creek beds and drainage swales. Its rounded shape moves water rather than locking into a slope.

Drain Rock is the open graded stone for French drains, dry wells and foundation drains. It also takes canale and downspout splash runs where monsoon water has to go somewhere.

For finer drainage and pipe bedding, 3/8" Crushed Stone works as a topping course over compacted base course. Numbered sizes such as #57 and #67 read as specification language in New Mexico, and both sit in the same drainage role.

Base Course is the local name for road base. It is what New Mexico calls the compacted material under drives, pads and slab bases.

Finer still, Crusher Fines pack to a firm walkable crust for paths, patios, courtyards and xeriscape walkways. It is a screened fines product sold by color, not a graded base.

Delivery to Albuquerque and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you check out.

Choose your delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load in one pile at the site, and the driver takes no instruction on placing it.

Delivery covers Albuquerque and the rest of Bernalillo County, including Cedar Crest, Tijeras and Sandia Park. The city sits in Bernalillo County, so those addresses fall inside the same coverage.

Ground and Conditions in Albuquerque

Work runs close to year round here. Summer heat and monsoon downpours, not cold, are what interrupt a compaction pass.

Freezing nights through winter with daytime thaws mean the cycling is frequent but shallow, and deep frost is uncommon on the valley floor. Frost depth is about 16 inches in Albuquerque, and the city building official sets footing depth.

Monsoon cloudbursts on the mesas run straight down the arroyos into the valley. Caliche under a thin sandy surface stops water soaking away, so a drainage layer has to move it somewhere.

Valley floor lots near the river and the acequias also sit over a high water table. Sheet flow across bare sandy ground and bank scour along the Rio Grande and the irrigation ditches are the erosion you plan for.

Questions About Stone and Delivery in Albuquerque

What stone should I use for drainage in Albuquerque?

Match the stone to the water. Drain Rock, #57 and #67 stone are open graded and let water pass through a trench or dry well.

Riprap and Large River Rock armor a bank or swale where flow is fast. Crusher Fines and base course are the opposite: they pack tight, so keep them out of a drain.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

A clear path to where the pile will sit, and enough room for a dump truck to reach it. The truck tips the load in one pile and the driver takes no instruction, so the spot needs to be settled before it arrives.

Have your quantity chosen and your date picked at checkout.

Order Bulk Stone and Soil in Albuquerque

New Mexico Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, sand, topsoil and aggregates across Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. Choose your material, size the load on the product page, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online and the truck brings it to your site.