Making a Parking Spot on Grass?

[Bob5150]

What do you guys think about gravel? I know I said I wanted to avoid it, but I can get enough material to do the space for under $100, quite a bit less than my other options.

Also, I appreciate all the replies. I've been reading through posts here and I've never seen a more professional and mature group of people on a forum, especially an automotive-geared one.

 

[The_Jeff]

Pavers or gravel. You want water out of there.

 

[The_Jeff]

BTW not all gravel is the same, "Bank run" is cheap stuff and full of sand and isn't sorted. If you get screened you're guaranteed a certain more uniform size.

 

[Shannow]

It's probably not the best unless you can move the triler a few days a week, but you can get concrete structured tiles that allow the grass to grow over/through them.

They support the vehicle, and stop the depressions...but do need sun and mowing.

 

[UNC017]

Define the perimeter of the parking area with those interlocking sidewalk edge-stones you can get at Home Depot, then fill in with crushed/decomposed granite. Looks nice, blocks weeds, doesn't cake into solid slab like roadbase would do, so you can remove it later (well, relatively easily).

 

[kkreit01]

Make sure to check your local laws before buying and parking. It only takes 1 neighbor to complain. Our old neighbors had a painting business. They pulled a very nice enclosed trailer -- which they kept parked in their driveway. One old neighbor complained. Turns out since it was for commercial use, the trailer was 4' too long to be parked in their driveway. We have no HOA. There's also city ordinances about recreational vehicles: campers, boats, etc. You can only have 1 parked outside your home.

 

[mrsilv04]

Use gravel, specifically CA-6 (aka "road pack").

http://midwestcompostllc.com/sand-gravel/ca6-stone/


If you'd like, you could put some of the heavy landscaping felt underneath the gravel to keep it from pushing into the soil, and to keep vegetation from sprouting up through it.

You could also use landscape timbers as a clean edge around the gravel pad as well... to separate the gravel from your grass. Drill 1/2" holes in them (3 per 8' timer should be sufficient) and anchor them down using 2' long sections of 1/2" steel rebar.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded-8-ft-Landscape-Timber-129430/100037766#

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded-1-2-in-x-20-ft-Rebar-REB-4-615G4-20/202532809#.UtcMKtKwJjc

 

[supton]

For some reason I had a sandy spot next to my house. I think the prior owner was thinking of an addition. I park my trailers there, utility just has something under the jack. Popup I used some paver stones to put the tires, jack and stabilizers onto. Seems ok. I keep the grass trimmed.

I saw in one thread where the popup owner made a short simple roof over the trailer, to keep rain and snow off. I like that idea. Would like to be able to open mine up, but just keeping the rain off would be nice.

Edit: lost post here. http://www.popupportal.com/index.php?topic=79128.0