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ECones
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Mar 08, 2015

Parking pad on a slope -- on a budget

I know "on a slope one a budget" may be an oxymoron.

RV is a 28 footer with 212" wheelbase.

The only reasonable place we have to park it is on a slope that drops about 5" every 8 feet or so.

We'd like to use 12" x 7" concrete wall blocks to build a level pad about 20' long going down the hill. The pad would be about a foot thick at the deepest end. The RV would be parked facing down that hill, so the cab / engine end will be on the deepest part.

We've been told we can just fill it with SB-2 gravel, but I'm concerned about filling it that deep.

Advice / suggestions would be welcomed and appreciated.

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  • How about digging out to make pad level?
    Should only take a couple of hours to do.(to dig out) Than gravel and then your blocks.
    You will also need to put something in where you dug out. To keep dirt from falling back in.

    This would be my personal choice. But not seeing you lot. Only a guess.