Buy Fill Dirt in Loma, MT
Montana Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Loma, MT to yards, shops and driveways across Chouteau County. If you are grading a pad, building up ground for a lawn, or laying a base under a drive, the order starts with the material itself.
Crushed base course, the 3/4 minus this part of Montana runs on, is the base layer. Fill dirt, screened topsoil and garden soil do the grading and bed work underneath and around it.
Materials for Loma Projects
Grading and bed prep come first on most ground here, because the native till is heavy and mixed. Fill dirt raises grade and backfills before anything else goes down.
Screened topsoil gives a lawn or a bed a rooting layer over thin, stony ground, and garden soil carries raised beds and planting areas where native clay or gravel will not do on its own.
Once grade is set, the base and surfacing materials take over.
- 3/4 Crushed Base Course is the standard Montana base for driveways, shop pads, parking areas and shed bases.
- Driveway Gravel, sold locally as 3/4 road mix, carries enough fines and clay binder to pack hard as a driving surface.
- Pit Run is unprocessed pit gravel for deep fill and raising grade under a base course, not a finished surface.
- Washed Rock is clean drainage stone for French drains, curtain drains, foundation drains and downspout runs.
- Stone Screenings, or crusher fines, bed pavers and flagstone and surface packed pathways.
Sand and decorative stone round out an order. Washed sand beds and levels under flatwork and pavers, mason sand handles brick and block work and paver joints, and Yellowstone River Rock covers decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds.
Ground and Conditions in Loma
Across the Hi-Line and the northern glaciated plains, the ground is glacial till over shale, a mix of clay, gravel, sand and silt left by ice and glacial lakes. Much of it is heavy and slow-draining, with coulee and river-bottom alluvium cut down through it.
Water is what drives material choice here. Flat ground and heavy till drain slowly, snowmelt ponds on subsoil that is still frozen, and a semi-arid year gets broken by a few intense summer storms.
That is where washed rock and Crushed Stone earn their place. Washed rock has the fines washed out, so a drain can actually take water.
3/4 inch crushed rock works for drainage beds and pipe bedding, and 3/8 inch crushed rock suits fine drainage and trench bedding.
Wind on bare ground and sheet and gully erosion in the coulees move loose soil. Riprap armors stream banks, culvert outlets and ditch banks against spring runoff, and large river rock handles splash pads and heavier erosion work.
The working season is short. Frost is in the ground from late autumn into spring, and compaction waits for it to come out.
Winters here are among the coldest in the state, with deep frost and chinook thaws that cycle the surface without taking the frost fully out until spring.
Delivery to Loma and the Surrounding Area
Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped on site in one pile. Have the drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives, with room for it to pull in and out.
You order online. Quantities are chosen by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load.
Pick a delivery date at checkout and the truck brings it to your site.
Montana Rock Supply delivers to Loma and to the rest of Chouteau County, including Fort Benton, Big Sandy, Geraldine, Highwood and Carter.
Questions About Ordering in Loma
Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Loma?
Yes. Every product is ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load.
You choose the quantity and a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the material on your site in Loma.
What stone should I use for drainage in Loma?
Washed rock, also called drain rock or 3/4 clean, is the choice for French drains, curtain drains, foundation drains and downspout runs, because the fines are washed out. 3/4 inch crushed rock and 3/8 inch crushed rock also work for drainage beds and trench bedding.
Heavy till and slow-draining ground make clean stone the right call.
Order Fill, Soil and Stone for Your Loma Project
For grading a shop pad, raising ground for a lawn, bedding pavers or surfacing a drive, Montana Rock Supply delivers the fill, topsoil, garden soil, base course and stone for the job. Size your load with the calculator on each product page, then place your order online.