Buy Pit Run in Missoula, MT

Montana Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Missoula, MT. Our crushed base course comes in as 3/4 minus, the base material Montana crews use under drives, shop pads and parking areas.

You order online by the ton or by the yard, and a dump truck tips the load on your site. The same goes for pit run, road mix, washed rock and topsoil.

Materials for Missoula Projects

Base and driveway surfacing is the core of what you order here. If you are building a drive, a shop pad or a parking area, crushed base course is the starting point.

It is also called 3/4 crushed base course, 3/4 minus or just crushed base. You will see it spec'd on local plans as MDT Section 701 and MPWSS Section 02235 material.

Order 3/4 Crushed Base Course for drives, shop pads and shed bases.

For the driving surface itself, Montana road mix packs hard under a roller because it carries fines and clay binder. That is what makes it a driveway surface rather than a base.

Order Driveway Gravel for a drive or a county-style lane.

Pit run is a different animal. It is unprocessed pit gravel, not crushed, and it is not a finished driving surface.

It goes in as deep fill, to raise grade, or as sub-base under a crushed base course. Order Pit Run for that work.

Where water has to move, washed rock is the answer. Washing the fines out leaves open stone that drains, which is the whole point in a French drain, a curtain drain, a foundation drain or a downspout run.

Order Washed Rock for those.

Around the yard, crusher fines bed pavers and flagstone and surface packed paths. Montana yards say crusher fines rather than screenings.

Decorative beds and borders take rounded river stone, which holds up where bark blows around in open ground.

Ground and Conditions in Missoula

Across the Western intermontane valleys, the ground is a mix of lake-bed silt and clay on the valley floors with coarse gravel outwash along the rivers. The silt drains slowly and stays soft well into spring.

The gravel beside it drains fast. That split decides a lot of what gets ordered on a site: clean stone where water has to leave quickly, fines-bearing material where a surface needs to pack.

Runoff is the other half of the picture. Snowmelt off the surrounding ranges keeps the Clark Fork, Bitterroot and Blackfoot up through May and June, and high water scours banks.

That is where riprap goes, armoring stream banks, culvert outlets and ditch lines against spring flows.

Gully cutting in silt benches and heavy runoff off burned ground after a fire summer are the other erosion patterns in this part of the state. Slope work and ditch protection take coarse armor rock for the same reason.

Winters here are cold and comparatively dry, with hard overnight freezing and inversions pooling cold air on the valley floor. Chinooks and midwinter thaws cycle the ground and heave gravel surfaces.

About 36 inches is the frost depth figure commonly used in Missoula, and the local building department sets footing depth.

The working season runs from breakup into late fall. Silty valley ground has to dry out before it will compact, so timing matters as much as material choice.

Delivery to Missoula and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped on site in one pile. Have the spot clear and reachable before the truck gets there, because the driver tips the load and moves on.

Nothing gets placed or spread.

Ordering happens online. You choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you settle on a number.

Pick a delivery date at checkout.

Montana Rock Supply delivers across Missoula and Missoula County, including Lolo, Seeley Lake, Frenchtown, Clinton and Condon. If your site is in one of those outlying areas, the same online order works.

Questions About Ordering in Missoula

Do you supply contractors working in Missoula?

Yes. Contractors order the same way a homeowner does, online, with quantity by the ton or the yard and a delivery date chosen at checkout.

Base course, road mix, washed rock, riprap, sand and topsoil are all available for contractor work in Missoula and across Missoula County, including Lolo, Seeley Lake, Frenchtown, Clinton and Condon.

Do you deliver crushed base course to Missoula, MT?

Yes. Crushed base course, also called 3/4 minus or 3/4 crushed base course, delivers to Missoula and the surrounding area.

It is the standard Montana base material for drives, shop pads, parking areas and shed bases. Choose your quantity by the ton or the yard online, then pick a delivery date at checkout.

Order Base, Gravel and Soil for Your Missoula Project

Montana Rock Supply serves driveways, shop pads, parking areas, drainage runs, path and bed work, and grading across Missoula. Base course, pit run, road mix, washed stone, sand, topsoil and decorative rock are all ordered online.

Size your load and place the order when you are ready.