About New York Rock Supply: What We Sell & Don't

The single most useful thing this page can do is explain why the catalogue is worded the way it is. Bulk aggregate is ordered here from product pages, with delivery arranged at checkout by ZIP code and the load brought out by dump truck, which means there is no pile to inspect before you buy and the wording on the page is carrying the whole description of the material. Getting the names right is therefore not a detail.

Why the catalogue is written in Item 4 and grade numbers

A national aggregate list is no use to somebody standing on stony glacial till in the Southern Tier or on sandy outwash in Suffolk County. New York base material is specified under NYSDOT Section 304 Subbase Course, with crushed stone sizes set separately in Table 703-4, and that is the vocabulary a plan sheet, an excavator and a town highway department all use here. So the catalogue names Item 4 before it names road base, lists the washed crushed stone under the grade numbers buyers here ask for rather than under a description, and calls screenings stone dust. Grade numbers such as #1 and #2 are counter and plan-sheet shorthand; the size and grading each one actually refers to is printed on its own page in the catalogue, which is what to check a spec against. All of it describes how material is specified locally, not a certification this storefront holds.

The same logic runs through the depth guidance on each product page. Frost reaches roughly 4 feet down across most of the state, the building department in your town sets the exact footing depth, and base work stops when the ground freezes. Advice written for a milder place would be wrong here about half the year.

Material, a ZIP and a date: the whole of what is decided online

An order is four decisions. Pick the product. Set the quantity, in tons or cubic yards depending on how that product is sold. Choose a delivery date. Enter the ZIP where it goes. From there the order is matched to a supplier in the network near that address, an agent contacts you to confirm the exact delivery address, and the confirmation email names the date you chose and a local contact for the load. What the truck needs at your end is set out separately, and what happens on your ground after the pile lands is yours, or your contractor's.

Questions before that point go through the contact page rather than a quote form. Measurements, the ZIP and a sentence about the job are the things worth putting in the message.

What gets handed to a contractor, an engineer or the town

A storefront can sell you the right stone. It cannot stand on your site, and there are New York jobs where that difference matters:

Anything structural. Footing depth, frost protection under a slab, and the design of a retaining wall are engineering and code questions. Your building department sets the depth, not a product page.
Shorelines and stream banks. Placing RipRap along the Hudson, a Lake Ontario bluff or a Suffolk County shoreline usually involves permits and, on a graded bank, a design. We can supply the stone and say how it is sized. We cannot tell you that a given slope is stable.
Septic and stormwater. Bed and trench stone gets specified by the designer and inspected locally. Order what the approved design calls for, not what looks similar in the catalogue.
Compaction testing. If a job requires a density test on the subbase, that is a field service. The calculator estimates loose volume; it does not certify a lift.
Site access and ground conditions. Whether a tri-axle can get down your lane in April, and whether the ground it parks on will hold, is a call somebody has to make standing there.

What you can reasonably expect from this site

An honest catalogue of two dozen materials with sizes and grading stated, calculators that use this site's own published weight for each product rather than one generic figure, and delivery arranged at checkout by ZIP with the truck needing clear access to a spot you mark. Beyond that, ask. It is a short list on purpose.

Common questions

Is there a yard I can collect from?

No. Ordering and delivery both run through the site, and material comes out by dump truck to the ZIP entered at checkout. That is why the product pages carry sizes and grading in more detail than a yard sign would.

How do I know the material matches a spec my engineer gave me?

Compare the size and grading listed on the product page against the spec you were given. New York plans usually reference NYSDOT subbase types or Table 703-4 stone sizes; the catalogue describes what each product is, so you or your engineer can check it against the sheet. Where the two do not line up, ask before ordering.

What happens after I place the order?

The ZIP you entered puts it with a supplier in the network near that address, an agent gets in touch to confirm exactly where the load is going, and a confirmation email follows with the date you chose and a local contact. The material arrives by dump truck and is tipped in one pile at the spot you designate.

Do you work with contractors and landscapers as well as homeowners?

Yes, and the process is the same either way. A single delivery can carry more than one product, which is how a base course and a surface course reach a site together.

About New York Rock Supply and the Names on the Product Pages