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405 Rubber Mulch — Jameson's 405 Rubber Mulch Bulk & truckload delivery
Serving: Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Arkansas
Serving Arkansas schools, parks & towns

Bulk rubber mulch delivery across Arkansas

IPEMA-certified playground and landscape rubber mulch delivered by the load. We're your quote and spec partner for surfacing tied to Arkansas's Tire Accountability Program.

Bulk savings, delivered

We deliver IPEMA-certified rubber mulch by the load across Arkansas. Tell us your square footage or send an address and we'll measure it, spec the supersacks for your depth, and quote a single delivered number — no surprise freight.

$425 per supersack at a full truckload, delivered
~150 sq ft covered per sack at 6-in depth
Net 30 for schools & municipalities

One 2,000-lb supersack is about 3 cubic yards — roughly 150 sq ft at 6 in, 300 sq ft at 3 in, or 450 sq ft at 2 in.

Discount roots · Truckload math

Why our delivered price beats everyone else's

405 Rubber Mulch grew out of Jameson's Discount Home Improvement in Oklahoma City, and the model is pure discount retail: buy in bulk, move it cheap, pass the savings on. We run full flatbeds — 22 supersacks, 44,000 lbs — because a full truck is the cheapest way to move rubber across Arkansas. At a full load it's $425 a sack delivered, and on smaller orders every sack you add pulls your per-sack price down. No showroom, no sales crew, no installer markup — you unload it yourself and keep the difference.

And here's the number to anchor on: what wood mulch costs you every single year. Wood looks cheap the season you buy it — then it fades by August, floats off in the first gully-washer, and has to be re-bought and re-spread next spring. Rubber costs more on day one and then just about nothing for a decade. It doesn't float, doesn't wash away, doesn't rot, and holds its color. Most beds pay back the difference in a few seasons of skipped wood mulch.

Wood mulch, year after year
✗  Re-buy and re-spread every spring ✗  Floats and washes out in heavy rain ✗  Fades by late summer, feeds termites
Rubber mulch, once
✓  Install once — no annual topping off ✓  Won't float or blow away — stays put in storms ✓  Holds color for years; no rot, no termites
The DIY unload

Meet the truck, grab a wheelbarrow.

This is the part that keeps the price down — and it's easier than it sounds. Arkansas crews do it the same way every time:

Step 1 Meet the truck Pallets come off the flatbed with tractor forks, a skid steer, or a forklift. Somebody in town has one — they always do.
Step 2 Put a tarp down Stage each 2,000-lb supersack next to the bed or playground it's headed for, tarp underneath to keep the grass clean.
Step 3 Slice the sack open One cut and the mulch pours out onto the tarp — clean nuggets, no wire, no dust cloud.
Step 4 Wheelbarrow & rake A handful of volunteers with wheelbarrows and rakes spread a whole playground in an afternoon. Then it's done — for years.

Arkansas Tire Accountability Program (TAP)

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) runs the Tire Accountability Program (TAP) under Act 317, which is required to develop market opportunities for the beneficial use of used tire material. Unlike a direct school-purchase grant, Arkansas routes funding through market and economic-stimulus incentive grants to used-tire programs, local governments, or state agencies, and through regional used-tire management districts.

What to know

DEQ can use up to 10% of the Used Tire Recycling Fund each year for grants. Market and economic-stimulus incentive grants go to eligible used-tire programs, local government, or a state agency, board, or commission. Arkansas is required by Act 317 to develop markets for beneficial use of used tire material, including playground and surfacing uses. Schools and parks typically work through their regional used-tire management district rather than applying directly.
Official program: Arkansas DEQ — Tire Accountability Program (TAP) →

Contact your regional Arkansas used-tire management district and verify options with Arkansas DEQ. Programs, deadlines, dollar amounts and eligibility change; always confirm current details on the official state page before applying.

How we help

Arkansas funding works differently than Kansas or Missouri, so the right first step is to talk to your regional used-tire management district about beneficial-use and market-incentive options. We'll back you up with a delivered quote and product spec sheet for any conversation or proposal.

Why rubber mulch for playgrounds

IPEMA-certified rubber mulch provides consistent fall-height protection, doesn't compact or decompose like wood fiber, won't blow or float away as easily, and doesn't need yearly topping off. For schools, parks and daycares it means a safer surface and far less maintenance over its life — which is exactly why state tire programs encourage it as a recycled-tire end use.

What we deliver

Unpainted black chunk-nugget rubber mulch in 2,000-lb supersacks, delivered to your site on the truck and set down for unloading with bucket forks, a forklift, or rented equipment. Need a specific color or depth spec for an application? Tell us and we'll put it in writing on your quote.

We also deliver in these states

405 Rubber Mulch runs flatbed loads across the region. Pick your state for local grant info and delivered pricing:

Get a delivered price for your Arkansas project

Send your square footage or just an address — we'll measure from satellite imagery and quote one delivered number. Schools and towns get Net 30.

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