how big a pad ?

[Dorn Hetzel]

Actually, the two pads I'm pouring for "easy in - easy out" nightly spots will be 6" at the thinnest spot and 12"+ at the edges.

I'm mostly trying to decide if 40 feet is long enough for the wheelbase of most rigs or if they need to be longer.


The terrain in my campground has some slope to it, so it's always a war keeping the gravel sites properly level over time.

Folks that are setting up for a month don't seem to mind spending some time setting level, but I wanted to make a couple of guaranteed dead-level pads for the one night campers (we're quite close to I-85, so when we turn the exit signs back on we know we'll get some of those).


I have a limit on the number of sites with water I am allowed to put on my well without paying for a state-mandated metering system, so the "one night" spaces will be electric only for now (though I'm setting pipes for water and sewer for the future).


Thoughts?

Dorn Hetzel
77FC35
Hogansville, GA

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Leroy Eckert <"jwasnewski@yahoo.com"> wrote:

I personally do not have any problems with a level gravel parking area with a nice concrete pad large enough for a table and BBQ, say about the size of the main awning. These pads can be concrete or asphalt. A concrete pad for the bus would need to be 6" thick or the bus traffic will crush it. Just my opinion.

My coach sits on asphalt here at home.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
Dahlonega, GA
Royale Conversion

Dorn Hetzel <"dhetzel@gmail.com"> wrote:

My wife and I have a small campground here in Hogansville, ( see http://www.campground.flatcreek.us )

The place is fairly old and we're doing some fixing up. All of the sites are presently gravel/grass and a little on the small side, since the park was built a long time ago when rigs were smaller I guess.


We're working on some new pull-thru sites with poured concrete pads, and I was hoping to solicit opinions about how big a pad would be big enough? Concrete is ridiculous around here ( sometimes over $100/yard ), so we don't want to overbuild them, but we don't want them to be too small either.


Any opinions in this very unscientific poll welcome

Regards,

Dorn Hetzel
77FC35
Hogansville, GA

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