Bulk Gravel Delivery to Sherwood, OR

Gravel and aggregate delivery in Sherwood, OR runs on the weather. Most of the rain lands between November and March, so the ground here is wettest when the days are shortest.

Oregon Rock Supply sells bulk 3/4 minus, stone, sand and soil online and delivers across Washington County. Order when the ground is ready, not when the calendar says spring.

Ground and Conditions in Sherwood

Across the Willamette Valley and Portland Basin, the ground is tight silt and clay that sheds water slowly. Winter rain sits on top instead of soaking away.

A thin base fails first at the edges. Water reaches the fines underneath, the material pumps, and the surface rocks and ruts under a tire.

The fix is a compacted base that is thick enough to move load off the soft layer. 3/4 minus is the standard Oregon base under driveways, parking pads, shop floors and shed bases.

It is crushed rock graded 3/4 inch down to fines, so it locks up and stays put once it is compacted. Clean rock does the opposite job and drains.

The county sets frost depth at 12 inches below about 2,500 feet, which covers the valley floor. Frost heave is a minor problem next to winter saturation and soft subgrade.

Portland treats October 1 to April 30 as the wet weather season. Bare ground has to be stabilized within two days during that window, against seven days from May 1 to September 30.

That pushes base and paving work into the dry season. Timing a delivery around it matters more than anything else on a winter project.

Materials for Sherwood Projects

Under pavers and flatwork, the bedding layer is what keeps the surface flat. Get it wrong and the pavers rock, no matter how good the base below is.

1/4 minus is the fines product Oregon yards sell as quarter minus, and it is the bedding layer under pavers and flagstone. It also tops a compacted base and fine grades paths.

Below the bedding sits the base. 3/4 minus, also called 3/4-0 or dense-graded base rock, carries the load for patios, walkways and drive aprons.

Where the ground is too soft to start, quarry run, also called pit run, builds up grade. It is raw rock straight from the pit face, not crushed material, so it is a build-up layer rather than a finished one.

Water still has to go somewhere. Drain rock is washed and open, so water moves through it instead of sitting.

Use it for French drains, footing drains, drywells and downspout runs.

Around the work, 3/4 clean is angular crushed rock with the fines screened out. It backfills retaining walls, lines drainage trenches and bridges soft wet ground.

For a walkable surface over a compacted base, walkway gravel stays put underfoot on garden paths. Natural Pea Gravel, which Oregon yards call 3/8 round rock, suits paths, play areas and dog runs.

Willamette River Rock is rounded water-worn stone off the valley river bars. It goes in decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds, where a crushed quarry rock would look wrong.

Lawns and beds come back to soil. Screened topsoil is screened because the valley ground it comes off is silty and clods up when wet, and garden soil goes into raised beds and vegetable plots.

Delivery to Sherwood and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Both are normal ways to buy bulk material, and the choice comes down to how you measured the job.

Each product page has a calculator to size the load. It takes your project numbers and returns a quantity, so you order once instead of guessing.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site as one pile. From there it is your material and your schedule.

Oregon Rock Supply delivers to Sherwood and the rest of Washington County, including Hillsboro, Beaverton, Forest Grove, Tualatin and Cornelius.

Questions About Gravel and Delivery in Sherwood

What gravel is best for a driveway in Sherwood?

On most Oregon drives that means a minus rock that will compact rather than a clean rock that will roll underfoot. 3/4 minus is the standard base, graded 3/4 inch down to fines so it locks up.

Driveway gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base. Match the material to whether you are building the base or refreshing the top.

How much material will my project need?

It depends on the area you are covering and the depth you are building to. Each product page has a calculator that turns your numbers into a quantity, and you order by the ton or by the yard.

Measure the footprint first, then set your depth, then size the load. That keeps the order close to the job.

Size the Load, Then Order for Sherwood

Start with the calculator on the product page for the material you want, and order by the ton or the yard. 3/4 minus and 1/4 minus cover most base and bedding work in Sherwood.

When the numbers look right, place your order online and pick a delivery date at checkout.