Hard Standing

[Pamlogan59]

We are parking our RV (Alante 27A) in our back yard but it is very sandy and not flat. We need a hard standing of some sort and are looking for ideas, suggestions, advice etc....concrete, gravel, can we do it ourselves? Any help appreciated, thanks 😊

[RogerR]

Not sure where you are located. We have a place in Illinois where we get freeze and thaws, etc. I laid down 4 inches of white rock type gravel on grass growing in a clay soil. The first year there was some subsidence but I learned to put a piece of 2 x 6 a few feet long under each tire and under each leg. I also put some under the tongue jack.

Since, no subsidence and 6 winters later it has worked well and wasn't to expensive.

[mkassab]

I bought six 1/2" thick commercial HDPE Poly plastic cutting boards from Amazon like this: https://www.amazon.com/Commercial-Pl...%2C245&sr=1-20

Easy to wash, etc. and there are several sizes to choose from. Larger sizes = larger surface area = less sinking in your sandy soil.

Mark

[robkelly]

The portion of our driveway that we park the rig on is 3/4" crushed stone, about 3" deep. It's worked very well for us for seven years so far. I do use 12"x12" pads under each jack to help prevent settling, though at this point they probably aren't necessary

[Pamlogan59]

Thanks all for your ideas. I think we will try to do something ourselves first with stones/crushed shells.....we are in Florida 😀

[Foretm]

Originally Posted by Pamlogan59

Thanks all for your ideas. I think we will try to do something ourselves first with stones/crushed shells.....we are in Florida 😀

Get you a load of crushed limerock... .when that stuff packs down its as hard as concrete and much less expensive...

[Pamlogan59]

‘Much less expensive’ works for me! Thank you 😊

[TGoldsbury]

I certainly understand the "Less Expensive" idea. I bit the bullet and did concrete. Nice part is if you do any work on it yourself you can get on a mechanic's creeper and roll around under the whole thing. Nice and flat, no pot holes, etc.