Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Arlee, MT
Montana Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Arlee, MT for two kinds of buyers: contractors building drives, pads and parking areas, and homeowners grading a yard or bedding new plantings. Both groups order the same way, online, by the ton or the yard.
Crushed base course, the local name for 3/4 minus, is the standard Montana base material for drives and shop pads. Around Arlee the ground under it is often thin and stony over rock, or deep silt on the valley floor.
Materials for Arlee Projects
Grading and bed prep start with soil, not stone. If your native ground is thin, stony or heavy clay, the material that fixes it is Top Soil, screened so it spreads and plants cleanly.
For raised beds and planting areas where native ground will not do on its own, Garden Soil gives you a workable mix instead.
Where you need to raise grade or backfill before anything else goes down, Fill Dirt does that job. It is bulk fill, not a finished surface, and it sits under the layers that follow.
Once the grade is right, the base family takes over. 3/4 Crushed Base Course is the compacted base for driveways, shop pads and parking areas.
Pit Run is unprocessed pit gravel for deep fill and sub-base under a crushed base course, not a finished driving surface.
For the surface of a drive or a county-style lane, Driveway Gravel, sold locally as 3/4 road mix, carries enough fines and clay binder to pack hard. For clean drainage where washing the fines out is the whole point, Washed Rock goes into French drains, curtain drains and downspout runs.
Ground and Conditions in Arlee
This is the wettest corner of Montana. Rain and snowmelt come off steep forested ground, and the Flathead, Kootenai and Clark Fork run high into early summer.
Across the Northwest forests, Flathead and Kootenai country, that water has to go somewhere.
Where it goes depends on what it lands on. The valley floors here carry deep lake silt and clay that drains slowly, while the gravel benches above them shed water quickly.
Thin stony soils over rock on the forested slopes send runoff downhill instead of absorbing it.
That difference decides your material. On slow-draining silt, a clean washed stone drainage layer matters more than a heavier base.
On a gravel bench, crushed base course is usually the right starting point.
Erosion follows the same pattern. Runoff off logged and burned slopes, stream bank scour at spring high water, and wave action along the lakes and reservoirs all move ground.
Riprap armors stream banks, culvert outlets and ditch lines against that push.
Timing matters as much as material. Base, driveway and paver work runs from breakup into late fall, because saturated spring ground and frozen winter ground both stop proper compaction.
Winters here are wetter and a little milder than the rest of Montana, so the ground freezes and thaws repeatedly rather than locking up once, and gravel drives heave at breakup.
Delivery to Arlee and the Surrounding Area
Bulk material arrives by dump truck and tips in one pile at the delivery point. Have the spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives, with room for it to enter and leave.
Ordering happens online. You choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you need help sizing the load.
You pick your delivery date at checkout.
Montana Rock Supply delivers across Lake County, including Polson, Ronan, St. Ignatius, Charlo and Ravalli.
Arlee sits in Lake County, and the same online ordering applies wherever the truck is headed.
Questions About Ordering in Arlee
Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Arlee?
Yes. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and you select the amount when you place the order online.
Each product page carries a calculator you can use to size the load. Delivery is scheduled at checkout, and the truck tips the material in one pile at your site.
What stone should I use for drainage in Arlee?
Washed rock, also called drain rock or 3/4 clean, is the choice where fines need to wash out, such as French drains, curtain drains and downspout runs. For drainage beds, pipe bedding and construction entrances, 3/4 inch crushed rock works.
This part of Montana drains slowly on the valley floors, so clean stone matters.
Order Gravel, Soil and Stone for Your Arlee Project
For grading a yard, bedding a new drive or armoring a ditch against spring runoff, Montana Rock Supply delivers the material to your site in Arlee. Choose your product, size the load, and place your order online.