What did you do to your Class A MH today???

anemic wrote:
I bought 'er some tools so I don't have to run my home toolbench tools out to the rig, and I can leave them in for road trips. Also began planning a parking spot next to the house which will include a driveway made using those bricks that grass grows thru; hollow center type of brick. I will have the chance to do some bobcatting for moving dirt about.

We did our driveway/parking area in that type of block(Brand name was Turf Stone I believe) More than 15 years later we have had no cracks, though the centre area has sunk very slightly. It is standing up well to our 32" Horizon DP and I have seen it in parking areas for aircraft in small airstrips. We also had a large crane truck (100' boom) on it lifting our hot tub over the house.

The key is prep: 10 to 12 inches of gravel or 3/4 road base, very well compacted, then 4 inches or so of sand. Pour a small curb of concrete around the edge after the blocks are laid (below the top so it doesn't show) to make sure the edge stays put.

Cover with a lawn mix topsoil, sweep into the holes with a push broom, seed, water and stand back. People always look at me strangely when I tell them that I have to mow the driveway!

After many years you may have to dig out some or all of the grass spaces as ours tend to fill to the top and get too compacted for the grass to grow. However we will never change it. Cool in summer, drains well in the rains and easy to shovel and snow. (Not that we have seen any snow in years--we winterise by going to Mexico!)

A local Technology Park here has used a version using blocks made of plastic tubes with about a 2" diameter. Don't know how that would stand up to heavy vehicles though.