I'm going to park my RV behind a fence along side my house on what is now part of my lawn. The entire lawn is irrigated and I will remove some sprinklers, redirect some and add some so that the RV won't get watered but the remaining lawn will.I don't want to pour a slab. I was thinking of some sort of edging and filling in the space with gravel. I don't know if you've seen those woven rubber tree rings that Walmart and others sell. I'd love to use that material just rolled out over the existing lawn but it's $10 a square foot and I need to do about 200 ft.Any other ideas or have I exhausted them all? TIA,Eric

A few concrete pavers placed at the wheel locations will be the cheapest alternative. The lawn underneath the trailer will gradually die out from lack of sun.

I would just remove all the grass and block off the sprinklers to the area and bring in Gravel. Other option would be to just pour 4 separate cement pads large enough for the tires and landing gear.

My first pad was 5/8 minus gravel, with pavers under where tires sat. Then I put a plastic pad between concrete paver and tires.

You want to keep the area under the trailer as dry as possible especially where the wheels will set.

I would suggest that drainage is a serious issue. You want to create a slope that will drain the pad well.

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Pepperoni
Explorer
Jun 17, 2015
Forget removing the grass unless you need the soil some where. Lay down back plastic "mulch" , perforated membrane for drainage and blocks sunlight to kill grass beneath and prevent new sprouting through the gravel. Garden department

Try to find a few 24 in. square patio blocks (about 2 inches thick). They may crack but too heavy to move much. two on each side for rear and one each side for front. You only need enough fill to make the wheel tracks level and hold the membrane down.
cbshoestring
Explorer II
Jun 17, 2015
I just used gravel, with 2'X 2' concrete pads for the wheels and one for the jack. The gravel and yard slopes a bit for drainage, but I set the pads level and added some 1/2 pads at the stabilizers in case we want to enjoy camp driveway.

OH, and I set those pads before putting in the gravel...they have remained level for several years now, because they were set on hard packed earth....not gravel.
vic46
Explorer
Jun 17, 2015
I would suggest that drainage is a serious issue. You want to create a slope that will drain the pad well.
N-Trouble
Explorer
Jun 17, 2015
You want to keep the area under the trailer as dry as possible especially where the wheels will set.
AllegroD
Nomad
Jun 17, 2015
My first pad was 5/8 minus gravel, with pavers under where tires sat. Then I put a plastic pad between concrete paver and tires.
the_bear_II
Explorer
Jun 17, 2015
I would just remove all the grass and block off the sprinklers to the area and bring in Gravel.

Other option would be to just pour 4 separate cement pads large enough for the tires and landing gear.
westend
Explorer
Jun 17, 2015
A few concrete pavers placed at the wheel locations will be the cheapest alternative. The lawn underneath the trailer will gradually die out from lack of sun.

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