Buy Bulk Gravel, Sand and Soil in Tennessee

Every Tennessee job starts with the ground under it, since the base has to drain and compact before any surface stone holds up. Tennessee Rock Supply handles bulk gravel and aggregate delivery across Tennessee, and crusher run is the base most jobs here start from.

Materials Delivered Across Tennessee

We stock the sizes Tennessee crews actually ask for, listed coarsest to finest so you can match stone to the job in front of you.

Crusher run carries the most weight in Tennessee. So if you are building a road, a lot or a heavier pad, order graded base stone as Crusher Run (Mineral Aggregate Base). For a driveway, a parking pad or a barn pad, order Crusher Run and compact it in lifts. Washed stone is specified by size number here, which is why you will hear #57, #67 and #4 on a Tennessee job, and screenings come in as Size No. 10. Top them with Driveway Gravel or a finer walkable surface in Walkway Gravel.

Beyond the crushed sizes, we deliver Mason Sand for brick and block work and paver joints, Washed Sand for bedding and base under slabs, and River Rock for decorative beds and dry creek beds. On the ground side, Top Soil goes over heavy clay and thin, rocky ground, and Fill Dirt builds up a pad before a base course goes down.

Ground and Climate Across Tennessee

Winter and spring are the wettest seasons statewide, so timing a delivery around wet ground saves you a wasted load. Wet clay and high water cause most delays in the lowlands and valleys, and the Plateau and mountains get more snow and ice on top of that.

Ground changes west to east, and so does the fix. In the Mississippi River Bottoms and Reelfoot Lake Lowlands, deep river-laid silt, sand and heavy clay sit on flat floodplain ground that drains slowly and stays wet in low spots, so plan on a thicker, better-draining base and keep the grade moving away from the pad.

In the Highland Rim, cherty clay soils with chert fragments sit over limestone and chert bedrock, hilly and deeply cut in the west and flatter in the east. In the Central Basin, clayey soils over limestone run thin, with rock at or near the surface in the flat cedar glade areas. Both areas drain underground through sinkholes and limestone openings, so do not push water into a low spot and expect it to leave.

In the East Tennessee Valley and Ridge, including the Sequatchie Valley, cherty clay, often red, sits over limestone and dolomite in the broad valleys, with thinner shaly soils in the knobby shale valleys and rocky, sandy soils on the long ridges. Creek bank scour is common in the limestone areas of Middle and East Tennessee, so arm the banks and culvert outlets with rip rap rather than letting the channel cut back.

Frost is shallow across Tennessee, and the residential code puts footings at least 12 inches below grade, with the local building department setting the frost line. The colder Plateau and mountains freeze more often than the western lowlands and the valleys, so schedule high-ground work when the ground is not locked up.

Where We Deliver in Tennessee

Tennessee Rock Supply covers the whole state, from Shelby County and the river bottoms in the west through Davidson County, Rutherford County, Williamson County, Montgomery County, Sumner County and Wilson County in Middle Tennessee, on to Knox County, Hamilton County, Sullivan County, Blount County and Washington County in the east.

Loads go out to contractors, farms, builders and homeowners, and lead time depends on your location and how the ground is holding water when you order. In wet stretches, a driveway or pad too soft to take a truck can hold up a delivery, so check the ground before you pick a delivery date at checkout. Order what the job calls for and we will route it to your site.

How to Order and Size a Load

Order online and choose by the ton or by the yard. Tons are the cleaner way to buy base and washed stone because weight is what governs compaction and coverage. Yards work well for sand, soil and mulch where volume is easier to picture.

Estimate quantity before you order. A materials calculator will take your length, width and depth and return a tonnage, and it is worth running twice: once for the compacted depth you want and once for the loose depth you will spread. Crusher run and graded base stone settle under compaction, so a driveway base ordered at 4 inches compacted is not the same as 4 inches dumped.

Have three things ready: the material name as you would say it on the job, the dimensions of the area, and where the truck can safely get to the pile. From there we match the size to the use and confirm the load.

Order Bulk Gravel and Aggregate in Tennessee

Tennessee Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, sand and soil to jobs across the state, from Shelby County to Washington County, with the sizes Tennessee crews ask for by name. Figure your tonnage, pick your stone, and tell us where the truck is headed. Order your load today and we will get it on the road to your site.