DENNIS ROBINSON LTD
Since 1960
GRANULAR PRODUCTS
1994
We provide flexible delivery options for all of our customers with expeditious and friendly service. We also provide loading of materials to customers wishing to transport their own material.
If you're unsure about how much material you need, give us a call! We'd be happy to provide a free estimate for your project. As a rule of thumb, granular products typically compact by 25% to 30% and rock products by less depending on application. For a driveway application, a 20 cubic yard load of material will provide a 2 inch cap on approximately 200 feet of a 12 foot wide driveway. Free delivery on loads 10 cubic yards or larger.
Rock Products
Crusher Chips
Our crusher chips are the ideal choice for a beautiful driveway or pathway. Sourced from the Fort Frances area, this product is made from pure granite crushed to down to as small as sand-sized. With a beautiful dark grey/blue colour, excellent compaction performance, and grass growth resistance, our crusher chips are the most popular choice for driveway applications in the past 30 years in the Rainy River District.
We carry two crusher chip products: one with a maximum size of 3/8" (shown in the picture) and one with a maximum size of 7/8".
Crusher Chips
1.5" Clean Stone
This rock product is ideal for situations requiring extremely rapid drainage, particularly for septic field applications or high-performance tile drainage systems. This product contains virtually no fines and has a particule size range from 1.5" to 3/4". It also can be used as an economical option for specialty applications such as isolation stone, railway ballast or minor erosion control applications.
Additionally, this product has the same beautiful dark grey/blue colour as our crusher chips and can be used for decorative/landscaping as well!
1.5" Clean Stone
3/4" Clean Stone
Similar to the 1.5" Clean Stone, our 3/4" Clean Stone provides excellent drainage performance for typical basement backfill and weeping tile systems. This is the most popular choice for drainage and tile projects and has a minimum rock size of 1/2". Its beautiful dark colour also makes it a viable choice for decorative stone or landscaping applications.
Blasted and processed from pure granite near Fort Frances, this material will not break down or degrade.
3/4" Clean Stone
Granular Products
"A" Gravel
"A" Gravel is one of the most popular choices for structural backfill and for gravel roads/driveways due to its low cost compared to rock products, and ranges from stone sized down to sand size particles. Our A gravel has been supplied to many municipalities through the district. If you've driven on any gravel roads in the Rainy River District, there's a good chance you've driven on our gravel! With many sources throughout the Rainy River District and a high quality production process, we offer high quality A gravel at low prices.
We typically stock two sizes of a gravel: one with a maximum size of 5/8" and one with a maximum size of 7/8".
"A" Gravel
"B" Gravel/Pit Run
"B" Gravel and Pit Run are both low cost materials that are used for larger backfill projects/bulk fill due to its lower cost than "A" gravel. The difference between the two is that "B" gravel is processed and crushed to a maximum size of 6" whereas Pit Run (shown in the picture) is unprocessed and may contain sporadic stones larger than 12". Both have excellent compaction performance are sourced from the highest quality glacial deposits throughout the Rainy River District.
Give us a call to learn which materials are best for your project!
"B" Gravel/Pit Run
Screened Sand
Screened Sand is a processed coarse sand screened down to less than 1/4". It is the preferred product for many uses including pipe bedding, general backfill, concrete mixes, or for playground sand (along with our Sand Fill product). With great compaction performance and a consistently low silt/clay content, this is material has the most diverse uses of all our products.
Screened Sand
Recycled Asphalt
Looking for an inexpensive and more sustainable alternative to a paved driveway or pathway? This is your product!
With a proper application, this product will provide high performance for small parking lots or driveways at a fraction of the cost of new paving. Recycled Asphalt also has a very high resistance to organic growth, similar to new pavement.
Recycled Asphalt
Sand Fill
This product is unprocessed sand fill sourced from Morley Township, this naturally occurring material is very fine grained sand material and is ideal for playgrounds as it is nonabrasive on skin. Additionally, it is also our lowest cost product, making it ideal for bulk fill applications or lower-grade backfill purposes!
Custom Crushing & Screening
Have a large project and need a specified product that we don't have in inventory? No problem! We have considerable crushing & screening capacity, extensive experience, and several pits & quarries to produce custom granular materials.
Please contact us for availability and pricing.
Oversized Rock/Rip Rap
Available in fragmented (blasted) rock or fieldstone (round rock), these products are usually used for erosion protection along shorelines or water control structures as well as for decorative use.
Our inventory of these products vary throughout the year, so call today learn about product availability.