Advice on building a gravel parking pad
If all goes well this fall, i will be installing a gravel parking pad for the RV. It will be 36ft long, by 12ft wide. And will make it 4 inches deep. Rough estimate of 3/4 crushed stone needed is 4 ...
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OP, as you've seen the terminology for different aggregates is different everywhere.
Don't call the pit and ask for pit run without knowing what it is there......
To me pit run is exactly that. Whatever comes out of the pit before crushing and screening.
What you use for the pad depends on first if it's soft wet soil and you need a "base" or if it's fairly unyielding and all you need is a top course.
High traffic areas, base course (gravel and fines) will pack in and make a hard more structural surfacing. Recycled asphalt millings or recycled concrete, even better.
This stufff is not aesthetic.
For occasional use on a small pad like you're planning, I'd just get crushed rock. Anywhere from 1-1/2 to 3/4 depending how coarse you want it. Bigger rock will shove less.
Also, buy extra. If you need 6cy neatline, get a few extra yards. Grade it up in an area that won't get packed in and then you have a stockpile to freshen it up, fill in ruts, cover up silted areas etc.
Don't call the pit and ask for pit run without knowing what it is there......
To me pit run is exactly that. Whatever comes out of the pit before crushing and screening.
What you use for the pad depends on first if it's soft wet soil and you need a "base" or if it's fairly unyielding and all you need is a top course.
High traffic areas, base course (gravel and fines) will pack in and make a hard more structural surfacing. Recycled asphalt millings or recycled concrete, even better.
This stufff is not aesthetic.
For occasional use on a small pad like you're planning, I'd just get crushed rock. Anywhere from 1-1/2 to 3/4 depending how coarse you want it. Bigger rock will shove less.
Also, buy extra. If you need 6cy neatline, get a few extra yards. Grade it up in an area that won't get packed in and then you have a stockpile to freshen it up, fill in ruts, cover up silted areas etc.
