McKinley County, NM Gravel and Landscape Rock Delivery
New Mexico Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in McKinley County, NM. Base course is the material to start with for a drive, a parking pad or a shed base.
The working season runs from spring into late fall, because winter freezes the ground and wet shale clay in a thaw will not compact.
Order online and a dump truck tips the load on site. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard.
Ground conditions across McKinley County
Across the Colorado Plateau and San Juan Basin, shale clay and slickrock shed water rather than take it. Monsoon runoff and spring snowmelt reach the washes fast and pond in low yards.
That clay swells wet and shrinks dry, which is the other half of the problem under slabs and drives. A drive or pad built straight on it moves.
Flash flow down arroyos and slickrock washes cuts gullies in bare ground, and wind strips sand off anything unplanted. Rip rap armor on banks and culvert outlets takes that energy.
Nights run below freezing from November into March, and the ground freezes and thaws repeatedly. Frost depth is about 24 inches around Farmington and the San Juan valley, and the city or county building official sets footing depth.
Materials delivered in McKinley County
Base course is what New Mexico calls road base. Section 303 allows crushed stone, crushed or screened gravel, caliche, sand and recycled asphalt or concrete pavement, and sets two gradation bands, Type I and Type II, both passing a 1 inch sieve.
City specifications follow the same definition, for example Rio Rancho Section 310. Section 303 and the Type I and Type II bands describe how material is specified in New Mexico, nothing more.
Sand and soil round out the list. Mason Sand is also called plaster sand or masonry sand, and it serves block, brick and adobe work, stucco scratch and brown coats, and paver joints.
Washed Sand, or concrete sand, beds and levels flatwork. Top Soil and Garden Soil cover lawns, tree wells and raised beds over thin alkaline ground and caliche.
Delivery across McKinley County
Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped in one pile. Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives, with room for the bed to raise and pull away.
Ordering happens online. Choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator.
Pick a delivery date at checkout.
Delivery covers Gallup, Thoreau, Gamerco, Prewitt, Tohatchi, Ramah and Continental Divide. Rural approaches work the same way as town lots, as long as the truck can reach the spot.
Choosing the right material
San Juan County and Cibola County sit on the same ground region as McKinley County. Sandstone and shale mesa country, thin sandy soils over slickrock, and deep expansive clays weathered from Mancos and Fruitland shale.
Sandoval County spans more than one zone, from the Middle Rio Grande valley and rift to the northern high country. That wider range of ground is the difference worth knowing when you compare base and drainage choices.
For a drive or pad, base course is the compacted layer and Driveway Gravel surfaces or tops it. For a path or patio, Crusher Fines pack to a firm walkable crust.
Where water has to move, Drain Rock and 3/8" Crushed Stone handle fine drainage, pipe bedding and a topping course over compacted base.
Order gravel, stone and soil for your McKinley County project
New Mexico Rock Supply delivers base course, crusher fines, crushed rock, drain rock, rip rap, sand and soil across McKinley County. Drives, parking pads, paths, patios, drainage runs and raised beds all start with the right material.
Size your load with the calculator, then place your order online.