Order AB-3 and Crushed Stone in Marshall County, KS
Kansas Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Marshall County, KS. Start with the calculator on any product page to size the load, then pick the material.
AB-3 is the base material here, the dense-graded crushed limestone Kansas contractors order by name.
The ground across the Glaciated Region of northeast Kansas is glacial drift over limestone and shale, with thick windblown loess on the uplands. Clay subsoil under the drift drains slowly, so water stands on drives and pads after a wet spell.
Ground Conditions Across Marshall County
Base, drive and paver work runs from the time frost leaves the ground in spring through late fall. Wet spring weeks and frozen winter ground both stop compaction, so timing a delivery matters as much as the material.
Cold winters bring repeated freezing and thawing. Gravel drives heave through the winter and go soft as the ground thaws from the top down in late winter.
Frost depth in Kansas is set by each city or county rather than by any statewide table, so check with your local building official.
Loess cuts easily and washes easily. Bare slopes and roadside banks gully fast after heavy rain, and creek banks scour in spring high water.
Rip rap armours those banks, ditch lining and culvert outlets against flash runoff.
Clay subsoil holds water, so a drainage layer under a drive or pad matters as much as the surface stone. Clean washed stone lets water move; a fines-bearing material does not.
Materials Delivered in Marshall County
AB-3 is the Kansas name for dense-graded crushed limestone base: crushed rock and fines together, graded roughly 1 1/2 inch down. It locks up tight when it is moisture-conditioned and rolled.
The requirements for aggregates for base construction sit in Section 1104, inside Division 1100 of the Kansas Standard Specifications for State Road and Bridge Construction.
City and county work references the same class, so AB-3 is the term a Kansas contractor uses when ordering base.
AB-3 goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and shop bases and road shoulders. It is the compacted base a surface course sits on.
Other sizes are available by the ton or by the yard, including #4 Crushed Stone for heavy drainage and Mason Sand for brick and block work.
Choosing the Right Material
Nemaha County shares this ground region, so the drift, loess and clay subsoil there are the same. The base and drainage choices work the same way on both sides of the line.
Riley County sits on Flint Hills ground: thin cherty clay over flat-lying limestone and shale, with rock often only inches below the surface. That shallow rock changes the base choice, because there is less soil to work with before you hit stone.
Washington County ground runs over Cretaceous rock, from Dakota sandstone to Greenhorn limestone and Niobrara chalk, with loess on many uplands. The Post Rock country through the middle is limestone close to the surface, so drainage still has to be planned rather than assumed.
On this county's clay subsoil, put a clean stone drainage layer under a drive or pad and save the fines-bearing material for the compacted base above it. For a walkway or bed, a rounded stone such as 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel gives a comfortable surface underfoot.
Delivery Across Marshall County
Kansas Rock Supply delivers bulk material across Marshall County, including Marysville, Blue Rapids, Waterville, Frankfort, Axtell, Beattie, Bremen, Summerfield, Oketo, Vermillion and Home. You order online and a dump truck tips the load on site.
Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load. Pick a delivery date at checkout and the truck arrives with your material.
Order Gravel and Stone in Marshall County
Kansas Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Marshall County, from Marysville to Axtell and the smaller places in between. Size the load with the calculator on the product page, order by the ton or the yard, and pick your delivery date at checkout.