Stone Screenings for Pathways in Brandon, MS

Mississippi Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Brandon, MS, and the working season here runs nearly year round. The clay is at its worst in a wet spell after a long dry summer, when it takes up water fastest.

Timing a load around that stretch matters. Start with 610 limestone, the compacting base Mississippi yards sell by that name.

Ground and Conditions in Brandon

Brandon sits in Rankin County, on the Jackson Prairie and the Yazoo Clay belt. The clay under this ground is alkaline and calcareous, and it is expansive.

It lifts when it takes up water and pulls down as it dries. That movement is almost never even across a slab or a drive.

A thin base course shows the problem first. The clay moves underneath, the surface loses its shape, and low spots hold water that keeps feeding the clay.

Water that gets under a slab or pavement through an open joint or a downspout causes more damage than a wet season does. Grading water away and keeping it away is the first move.

Slumping shows up where the clay has been cut or loaded. Slides happen where sand and silt sit on top of the clay and water perches at the contact.

Frost is not the driver here. A Mississippi winter does not compare with what the clay does between a wet spring and a dry August.

Materials for Brandon Projects

Fines and screenings do the fine work on paths and walkways. They bed pavers, fill joints, and surface a path over a base that has already been built and compacted.

Stone Screenings are the fine material for paver and flagstone bedding and for joint filling. They also top dress a compacted base.

Walkway Gravel gives garden paths and walkways a finer, walkable surface than drive gravel. It suits a path that carries foot traffic rather than trucks.

Under a path, the base still has to hold.

Where the ground is soft and you want a graded surface that binds, Clay Gravel is pit-run gravel with enough clay and fines in it to pack. It has been the Mississippi drive and farm-road material for a long time.

Water still has to leave. #57 Limestone is a clean.

For tighter bedding and joints, #89 Crushed Stone is a small washed stone. Drain Rock covers French drains, foundation drains, drywells and downspout runs on ground that holds water.

Delivery to Brandon and the Surrounding Area

You order online, and the quantity is chosen by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to size the load.

A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Have the spot clear and reachable before it arrives.

Delivery covers Brandon and the rest of Rankin County, including Pearl, Flowood, Richland, Florence and Pelahatchie.

Questions About Ordering in Brandon

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with nothing overhead and no parked vehicles in the way. The truck tips the load in one pile, so pick a spot where that pile can sit without blocking a door, a drain or a driveway you still need to use.

If the ground is soft after rain, the truck needs firm footing to reach the spot.

What is the best base under pavers in Brandon?

610 limestone is the compacting base for paver work here.

Stone Screenings then bed the pavers and fill the joints. Keep water graded away from the edge, because the clay under this ground moves when its moisture changes.

Order Gravel and Aggregate in Brandon

Size your load on the calculator on each product page, then order by the ton or by the yard. Mississippi Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone, screenings, drain stone and soil across Brandon and Rankin County.

Place your order online when you are ready.