Landscaping Material Delivered in Prather, CA

California Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Prather, CA, and the material most orders start with is Class 2 base. It packs hard under a drive, a parking pad or a slab. In the Sierra Nevada foothills, that matters, because hillside soils here are often shallow over bedrock and move with winter runoff.

From there you pick the surface: decorative rock, beds, dry creek beds and ground cover for the yard around it.

Delivery to Prather and the Surrounding Area

Order online and the whole job stays in one place. Pick your material, then set the quantity in tons or cubic yards. Not sure on the number? Run your measurements through the calculator on the product page and let it size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck brings the material to your site. Bulk loads get dropped where the driver can reach, so think about where you want the pile before the truck arrives. A drive or pad is easiest.

Prather sits in Fresno County, and we also deliver to Fresno, Clovis, Sanger, Reedley and Selma.

Materials for Prather Projects

Landscape work is where most Prather orders land. You are usually building a surface that has to look right and drain right at the same time.

• Stone Screenings, called DG locally, for paths and patios. It packs fine and firm, and it is the usual ground cover over a compacted base.
• River Cobble and Large River Rock for dry creek beds and borders. Large cobble slows runoff in a swale, which is what you want on a slope.
• Natural Pea Gravel for play areas and walkways, and Shredded Mulch for beds and tree rings through the dry season.
• RipRap, also called rock slope protection, for slope and culvert outlet armoring where storm runoff comes off a hill.

Under all of it sits the base. Class 2 base, also called Class II base rock or Class 2 aggregate base, is the standard California base material, specified by Caltrans as Class 2 aggregate base. Recycled base rock does the same job when it is made from Road Base or asphalt.

For hardscape and drainage, the common picks are Mason Sand for paver joints and block work, Washed Sand for bedding under slabs, and Drain Rock for French drains and drywells.

Ground and Conditions in Prather

Start with the soil, because it decides how much base you need. Foothill ground here runs rocky and shallow over bedrock in places, with clay pockets in others and fast-draining Stone Screenings in the rest.

Heavy winter rain runs off quickly over shallow soil and rock on slopes. Clay pockets hold it. An under-built base fails either way: water sits in the clay, or it scours the edge of a drive on a slope.

So grade for shed. A drive or pad wants a slope away from the building, and runoff coming off the hill above needs a path around the work, not through it.

Erosion follows the same water. Runoff down steep slopes, drives and road cuts does the damage in heavy winter rain, and intense rain on recently burned slopes moves debris.

Timing is practical too. Work runs best from late spring into fall. Winter storms turn clay and steep drives to mud, and the higher towns can see snow delays in mid-winter.

Order Class 2 Base and Landscape Rock in Prather

Class 2 base is the material most Prather projects start with, and the landscape rock, DG, cobble and mulch go on top of it. Build the pile in your cart, size it with the calculator, and set your delivery date. Place your order online and we will bring it to your site.