1 Inch Minus and Bulk Aggregates for Ford, KS
Kansas Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Ford, KS, and the yard hand's first question is always the same: how much material does the job actually need? Size the load on the calculator, then pick the material.
AB-3 is the Kansas name for dense-graded crushed limestone base, and it is the starting point for drives, pads and shop floors around Ford. The ground here is silty loess over sand and gravel, so what sits under the base matters as much as the base.
Materials for Ford Projects
Water is the thing that ruins a yard out here. Rain arrives in heavy summer storms, hits tight silt and caliche, and runs to the low spots instead of soaking in.
Washed stone is how you move that water away from a house, a shop or a drive.
1 Inch Clean is washed limestone sold by inch size, and Kansas suppliers call it clean rock. It goes in French drains, foundation drains, pipe bedding and downspout runs.
Drain Rock covers the same work at other sizes: drywells, foundation drains and the trench that carries a downspout away from the footing. Clean stone lets water pass; a fines-bearing material does not.
For a drywell or a downspout run that needs a wider open void, #4 Crushed Stone gives you a larger clean stone. At the small end, #89 Crushed Stone is a small washed stone for tight bedding and narrow paver joints.
Where a drain needs a finer washed grade, #8 Crushed Stone works for fine drainage, concrete aggregate and paver joint fill. #67 Stone sits just under the 1 inch clean for drainage and concrete work.
None of these are base material. Clean washed stone drains and does not compact into a locked surface, so keep it for water and use AB-3 where you need something that locks up.
Base, surfacing and soil
AB-3 is crushed rock and fines graded roughly 1 1/2 inch down. Moisture-conditioned and rolled, it locks up tight for driveways, parking pads, shed and shop bases and road shoulders.
1 Inch Minus is the smaller dense-graded crushed limestone. It tops a drive, patches soft spots and builds up shoulders where a full AB-3 base is more than the job needs.
Screenings are the crusher fines left after limestone is screened. They bed pavers and flagstone, level under flatwork and fill paver joints.
For ground that needs building up before any base goes down, Fill Dirt raises grade and backfills low spots. Top Soil then covers it for new lawns and bed preparation.
Delivery to Ford and the Surrounding Area
You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load on your site in Ford.
Ford sits in Ford County, and delivery covers the county, including Dodge City, Spearville, Bucklin, Fort Dodge and Wright. Say where the pile goes when you order, because the truck tips it in one place and does not spread it.
Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you commit. Bulk material is heavy, so give some thought to where a truck can reach and where the pile will sit while you work around it.
Ground and Conditions in Ford
The working season on the High Plains of western Kansas is long. The hard part is not waiting for the ground to dry out; it is getting moisture into material and holding it there long enough to compact.
Soil here is silty loess and sandy ground over the Ogallala Formation of sand, gravel and cemented beds. Cemented Ogallala is called mortar bed locally, and hard caliche layers sit close to the surface in places.
That matters for drainage. Water that gets through the silt and sand can stop at caliche and sit, which is why a clean stone drain matters more than a deeper layer of the wrong material.
Rainfall runs about 15 to 25 inches a year across the High Plains of western Kansas, arriving in heavy summer storms. Wind does the rest of the work, drifting bare silt and loose sand across drives and stripping unbound surfaces.
Winters here are the coldest, windiest and driest in Kansas, with hard freezes and rapid thaws. Ford County sets its own footing depth, so check with the county before you pour.
Questions About Gravel in Ford
Do you deliver AB-3 to Ford, KS?
Yes. Kansas Rock Supply delivers AB-3 to Ford and the rest of Ford County, including Dodge City, Spearville, Bucklin, Fort Dodge and Wright.
You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on your site.
What gravel is best for a driveway in Ford?
AB-3 is the dense-graded crushed limestone base for a drive, because the rock and fines lock up tight when moisture-conditioned and rolled. 1 Inch Minus tops a drive or patches soft spots where a full base is more than the job needs.
Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted AB-3 base.
Order Bulk Gravel and Aggregate in Ford
Kansas Rock Supply delivers AB-3, washed stone, sand, topsoil and decorative rock across Ford and Ford County. Size the load on the calculator, choose your material and quantity, and pick a delivery date at checkout.
Order online when you are ready and a truck will tip it on site.