What stone should I use for drainage in Big Timber?

Washed rock is the clean drainage stone, and it suits French drains, curtain drains, foundation drains and downspout runs. For pipe bedding and drainage beds, 3/4" crushed stone works. Where water has to move fast, railroad ballast handles severe drainage and hard standing. Match the stone to the drain you are building.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the drop spot clear and reachable for a dump truck. The truck tips the load in one pile, so leave room for the material to spread as it lands. Order your quantity by the ton or yard ahead of time, and pick your delivery date at checkout.

How is the material measured?

You can order by the ton or by the cubic yard, whichever suits how you plan the job. If you tell us the area you are covering and the depth you want, we will work the quantity out with you rather than leaving you to guess.

Erosion Control Material Delivery in Big Timber, MT

Montana Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Big Timber, MT to your site by the ton. Spring high water scours banks and cloudburst storms overload the coulees, so coarse stone does the heavy work here.

Crushed base course handles the drives and pads that follow.

Order online and a dump truck tips the load where you need it. Every product page carries a calculator for sizing the load.

Materials for Big Timber Projects

Coarse stone protects slope, swale and bank ground first. Work down in size from there for the surface you want.

Coarse Stone for Bank and Swale Work

Riprap armors stream banks, culvert outlets, coulees and ditch lines against spring runoff. It also holds steep slope ground that would otherwise wash out.

Large River Rock builds dry creek beds and splash pads under downspouts. The rounded stone handles heavier decorative and erosion work.

Railroad Ballast is heavy coarse rock for hard standing and severe drainage. It suits track beds and ground that has to shed water fast.

Drainage Stone

Washed Rock goes into French drains, curtain drains, foundation drains and downspout runs. Washing the fines out is the whole point of the material.

3/4" Crushed Stone beds pipe and fills drainage beds, construction entrances and surfacing over a compacted base.

Base and Surface Material

3/4 Crushed Base Course, also called 3/4 minus, builds driveways, shop pads, parking areas and shed bases. It is the standard Montana base material.

Driveway Gravel, or 3/4 road mix, surfaces a drive or a county-style lane. Road mix carries enough fines and clay binder to pack hard under a roller.

Pit Run is unprocessed pit gravel for deep fill, raising grade and sub-base under a crushed base course. It is not a finished driving surface.

Fines, Sand and Soil

Stone Screenings, called crusher fines locally, bed pavers and flagstone and surface packed pathways.

Washed Sand levels and beds under flatwork and pavers, and acts as concrete sand. Top Soil covers lawns, grading and bed prep over thin or stony native ground.

Delivery to Big Timber and the Surrounding Area

Montana Rock Supply delivers bulk material across Big Timber and Sweet Grass County. Coverage reaches Greycliff, McLeod and Melville as well.

Order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator for sizing the load.

Choose your delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load in one pile on your site.

Ground and Conditions in Big Timber

The valley floor gives you a long working season, running from early spring into late autumn. It shortens fast as you climb toward the Beartooth front.

Across the Yellowstone Valley and the Beartooth foothills, ground runs from free-draining river gravel on the bottoms to slow clay and shale on the rims and benches. That mix decides how a drive drains.

Snowmelt off the Beartooths and cloudburst storms overload the coulees. Bank scour at spring high water takes ground with it.

Winters bring chinooks off the Beartooths, so thaw and refreeze comes in cycles rather than one long frozen spell. Frost heave works on drives through the winter.

Published frost depth figures for Billings and the surrounding plains run about 36 to 42 inches, with deeper figures on higher ground south toward Red Lodge. The local building department sets footing depth.

Order Riprap, Stone and Soil in Big Timber

Montana Rock Supply covers Big Timber and the surrounding Sweet Grass County area with bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil. Order online, size the load on the product page, and set your delivery date at checkout.

A truck tips it on site.

Riprap, Stone and Soil Delivery in Big Timber, MT