Building Additional Gravel Parking Pad
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Watch this video to see 2 men building a parking addition to allow for a future carport to be installed. This addition is about 22 feet by 22 feet. The existing dirt was graded to create a level platform. The pad consist of a crush and run base layer and a washed stone for the finish coat. I used a takeuchi tl8 machine to move the gravel.
Always refreshing to see someone take their time and take pride in what they do. Hats off to you my guy came out excellent 💯👌🏽👍🏼
I appreciate good work and that, my friend, is good work. Thumbs up.
Thanks!
Very nice job boys!!
Thanks!!
Nice music choice
That was some hard ground yeah? Looks good man.
Thanks! yeah it was tough right there.
I would have liked to see you put the landscape timber down on the edges
I should have filmed that.
Outstanding!
Thank you!
@@JustinBiddix You are most welcome. Are you in the earth moving business professionally now?
I love your channel, you certainly are a jack of all trades.
Thank you very much. I am not really exclusively in the earth moving business. I just do whatever I can to earn money. Little bit of everything.
Wow that looked perfect. I can tell you pay attention to the fine details. Most people wouldn’t have even bothered making it look that good. How long did that take you ?
Thanks for the compliment!! It probably took 10-15 hours. I didn’t really keep track. I was going to school when I did it. So I hauled gravel before school and would work on it on my lunch break from school then after school. And on a Saturday morning. It was kinda hard to catch a groove and be proficient, but we got it done. Thanks for watching!
I want to add a gravel drive and parking area from my existing drive to my back garage, about 200" long and 12" wide, till it opens up by the garage at about 18' wide. I'm using railroad ties as a border. Do you see any issues with simply cutting the grass as low as possible (scalping it), then spraying with grass killer, covered with landscaping fabric and then gravel? Drainage is great in the area and not a concern.
I think you would be fine with that. Especially if it has good drainage and is not a soft area.
@@JustinBiddix I want to do the same thing, an additional parking pad for visitors on the side of my driveway & house. Only thing is it slopes down towards back of house. I will need a small retaining wall, I was thinking blocks for this. It also is grassy. should I remove grass/topsoil, lay down landscape fabric and then gravel? Do you recommend that mulch glue ive been seeing? Drainage also should not be a concern.
Good job! How many hours is on your TL8 and what year is it?
Thanks! It is a 2016 with about 2600 hours on it. Do you plan to make some videos working with your TL8?
@@JustinBiddix I’ve thought about it some but really haven’t slowed down to do it lol
@@hendersonlandworks6158 I totally understand that.
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Is it easy to walk on the crushed rock top layer?
Yes because it is such a thin layer. If you go too thick it gets difficult to walk on.
I’m looking to do this same thing parallel to my asphalt driveway. Do you suggest doing anything between the asphalt and those two layers? You mentioned it being cheap, if you don’t mind me asking how much material was that layer?doesn’t look like you did it but any benefit to doing landscaping fabric or is that overkill? Sorry for all the questions
What was the square footage and how deep was each layer of rock ?
I don’t remember. It’s been a while. I use calculator.net to figure a lot of stuff like that. I like to make the base layer of crush and run at least 4 inches thick
And the washed stone about a inch and half thick
Is the paver base necessary? I’m doing a gravel firepit area and am wondering if I need to do that
You can just do gravel alone. I have done that. Gravel alone is a little more hard to walk in. If you do it like I did it in this video it will be more stable. But either way is acceptable in my opinion!
Where did you get the wood for this?
The homeowner had this wood. He got it used from somewhere. I am not sure exactly where he got it.
Nothing else to do but check your trailer tires at night. Lol
That was in the morning. I get up early
What's the price tag I want to do something similar
Around $1500
How much gravel/stone did you use for this project?
I think it was about 24,000 pounds of the crush and run. And about 6,000 pounds of the washed stone
Looks very nice, what type of gravel is that?
Thanks! That is granite gravel. The base layer is ABC (crush and run) and the top finish layer is #67 (3/4 inch stone)
@@JustinBiddix Thanks for sharing the info.
You dont need the weed mat underneath?
No. You don’t have to have that.
@@JustinBiddix Why?
@@wangzile2008 depends on native soil density. Not soft, okay without
I just spray herbicide
The local tire guy told me that he finds open end wrenches and other big objects impaled into tires.
Wow. I guess that happens often.
@@JustinBiddix seriously I got a 10mm box wrench in my tire. I was amazed
How much was this
I don’t remember exactly. This was for a friend. I didn’t write out a bill or anything. Probably 3,500