What is the difference between crushed stone and Natural Pea Gravel?

Crushed stone has angular, fractured faces, so it locks together and compacts. Item 4, #2 stone and #57 stone are crushed. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded and smooth, so it stays loose. Crushed stone carries a base or a drainage bed, while Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas and decorative beds.

Should I order material by the ton or by the yard?

Both work, and the calculator converts what you need either way. Order by the ton when you buy stone by weight, and by the yard when the job is measured in volume, such as topsoil or fill. Enter your measurements and the calculator tells you the quantity to put in the cart.

Which stone is best for drainage in Tompkins County?

It depends on the job. #2 stone and #57 stone handle septic beds, pipe bedding and backfill. Drain rock suits French drains, drywells and downspout runs. On flatter uplands, where dense subsoil holds water near the surface, clean washed stone keeps the voids open and moves water away.

Tompkins County Landscape Rock and Gravel, NY

Start with the load calculator, then pick your material. New York Rock Supply handles gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Tompkins County, NY, and item 4 is the stone most jobs here start with. Under it all sits stony, silty glacial till over layered shale and sandstone, and plenty of upland ground holds water near the surface. Size the load by the ton or the yard, choose a date at checkout, and a dump truck drops it where you need it.

Materials Delivered in Tompkins County

We stock coarse stone down to fine sand. Here is how the sizes break down and what each one does on a Tompkins County job.

Item 4 carries the most weight in this county. It is the trade name New York yards use for compacting subbase stone. Crushed stone sizes such as 1A. Compacted and watered in lifts, item 4 is what a drive, pad or shed base sits on.

Ground Conditions Across Tompkins County

Base and driveway work runs from spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction in winter, and hillside sites and back roads can stay soft and wet well into spring, so timing a delivery matters as much as the stone itself.

Long, cold winters bring repeated freezing and thawing, and wet silty till can heave and turn soft as the frost comes out of the ground in spring. Frost depth is usually about 4 feet down for footings, and the local building department sets the exact depth.

Heavy rain runs quickly off steep hillsides into narrow valleys, so creeks rise fast and flash flooding is a recurring hazard here. That is why rip rap goes on stream banks and culvert outlets. On flatter uplands, the dense subsoil keeps water sitting near the surface after rain and snowmelt, and drain rock in a French drain or drywell is how you get it moving.

Choosing the Right Material

Match the stone to the job, not to the label. A compacted item 4 base with driveway gravel on top suits most drives. For drainage, #2 stone, #57 stone or drain rock all work, and the size you pick follows the pipe or the trench. Stone dust beds pavers and flagstone, while Natural Pea Gravel and walkway gravel finish paths and play areas.

Ground next door shifts the choice. Seneca County spans two zones, the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario lowlands and snow belts plus the Southern Tier, Catskills and Finger Lakes hills, so parts of it drain very differently. Cayuga County spans the same two zones. Chemung County sits in the Southern Tier and shares this county's zone, with the same stony glacial till and dense subsoil, so the ground is similar and the projects are similar.

Delivery Across Tompkins County

Order online and the load comes to your site. Coverage runs across the county, including Ithaca, Lansing, Groton, Dryden, Trumansburg, Newfield, Freeville, Brooktondale and Slaterville Springs.

Size the load by the ton or by the yard, then pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck delivers to the site, so leave clear access and a firm spot for the pile. If you are unsure how much you need, the calculator on the product page does the math.

Order Bulk Gravel and Stone in Tompkins County

New York Rock Supply delivers gravel, stone, sand and topsoil across Tompkins County, from Ithaca and Lansing to Groton, Dryden, Trumansburg, Newfield, Freeville, Brooktondale and Slaterville Springs. Size your load with the calculator, pick a delivery date at checkout, and place the order online.

Bulk Gravel and Stone Delivery in Tompkins County, NY