RE: RV Pads Gravel/Concrete

[Y-Guy]

 
Any tips/hints for RV Pads on the side of their house?  I ll be adding one at our new house and will probably start off with gravel but would like concrete perhaps.  Any thoughts from those with more experience?  What type of gravel works best, compacted or just spread? Depth?
 
 TIA

[campingboaters]

 Y-Guy
We just park our Hybrid next to our garage on compacted mulch.  It get s " compacted"  everytime we drive over it with the camper. []    If I could put anything down, I would have to say concrete.  The camper wheels will make indentations in the asphalt over the years.  Our cars have done that to our asphalt driveway over a couple years.
 
 If you plan on eventually upgrading to asphalt or concrete, I would consider getting an estimate for the work and asking the person that comes out what would be best for you to put down now if you wanted to upgrade later.  We had put stone (about 1 inch in size) down on the side of our driveway and when we wanted to get asphalt in that area, they had to remove the stone and put in crushed stone.  Also, no matter what you put down now, you will have to get some removed to make room for the asphalt or concrete so the area remains the right level.
 
 Hope this helped.
 

[Gone-Camping]

 Y-Guy
Since I don t own the yard I park my new Hybrid in, I m going to make a less permanent storage solution. I m going to place five large concrete square s down, two under each side for the tires, and one for the tongue jack. I ll have to make sure I can park this thing in the same place each & every time, but that shouldn t be too difficult to do once I get used to the thing...

[Ab Diver]

 Y-Guy
Steve, if you decide to go the gravel route instead of concrete, go with crushed rock instead of gravel. The rock will *lock* together better. Gravel can be like ball bearings-- just rolling around against each other and never really compacting. If you wanna leave yourself some wiggle room for a final choice at a later date, Cliff s suggestion has real merit. A few small concrete sections that will support the trailer, and still be easy to remove later, might be just the ticket as a temporary solution-- until Sandi tells you what you like best. []

[Y-Guy]

 Y-Guy
Thanks for the tips, since they will probably hydroseed I will have them leave that area out and see if the guy that does the concrete can leave me some extra crushed rock for me to spread about, might even see if he can use pounder to compact it firm then I ll place a few concrete blocks.  
 Great ideas.
 
  Oh Honey I need the check book!

[TeacherMom]

 Ab Diver

until Sandi tells you what you like best.

 Ah, I knew there was a reason I liked you Dave!!! You are a good man and have that right. J/K - I have NO IDEA what would be best.
 
 Sandi

[TeacherMom]

 Y-Guy

Oh Honey I need the check book!

 Surely your kidding me!!! []
 
 Sandi