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Building a driveway & RV PADS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2024
- ℹ️ IN THIS EPISODE: In March, we bought a house in Citrus County, Florida. We bought a property with enough space to build some RV pads to store our Travel trailer on, but also so that friends can moochdock. Here is our journey of installing the pads. Concrete prices were ridiculously expensive, so we had no choice but to go for gravel. We show you the challenges and decisions that we had to make to make this happen.
Since filming, we have had more challenges with the power supply. That's a subject for a whole other video that we will release once we have it solved.
⏰ TIMESTAMPS ⏰
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Up early to start work
0:58 - We're building RV pads
2:18 - Designing and clearing the brush
6:37 - How much does Concrete RV pads cost?
8:50 - Testing access with our Grand Design 312bhts Travel Trailer
10:35 - Gravel Driveway access
11:29 - Crushed concrete or #57 gravel
12:10 - It's from a power station!
13:06 - 50 amp Power is the next challenge
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Can't wait to stay at the Brazen Brits RV resort.
You say that, but you’re driving the wrong way! 🤣🤣
I can't wait to see you back in!!
Looking good! An idea for planting a privacy screen between the neighbors is graceful bamboo. It is a clumping bamboo so it doesn’t run and is not invasive, it is fast growing a provides an excellent screening. They use it a lot in he big theme parks. I agree that it is an excellent spot for a boat!
Awesome! Thanks Stephen, we’ll look into that 👍👍
Wow!
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Nice, looking good 👍
Thanks 👍👍
Looking good!!!!!
Thanks Jennifer 👍👍👍
@@BrazenBrits I’ll be anxious to see how you end up getting the power and water. Definitely a nice set up for guests! The next thing you know you’ll be building a bathhouse!
Awesome 👌 how exciting
Thanks Carol! 😁
I sold my house in Florida. I’m in the smoky mountain area looking for land for the next month. I’m hoping I can get the land, the septic, the well drilled and the excavation and grading done along with the gravel driveway. The companies here when I call them they act like are too busy. Business must be good for them. Lord I am not going to back to FL there’s no turning back. I’m getting a 40 foot 5th wheel with 4 slide outs to live in full time. With a carport to protect it from the rain and sun. Some of this land is so scary driving on. Steep. Im super scared things won’t work out but trying to have faith that God has a plan
Looking good! Can’t wait to park our rig in one of those two spots. Let us know when you are ready for us to come back and visit. Michael & Tiffany 👍😎🚍
You’re welcome anytime! Once we figure out the power and water we’ll let you know. But it’s all ready for boondocking 😁
What a great moochdocking spot. Well done.
Maybe we shouldn’t have put this on the public channel. I feel like we are going to have a LOT of moochdocking requests in the winter 🤣🤣
You've got another option that would save you money on the power. Have him set a nema 3r subpanel and then branch off of that for your 50a circuits, if sized properly, and if your service is big enough you could also put some 15a receptacles there as well
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@@BrazenBrits nema 3r just means its an outdoor rated load center or panel
Looks like a future Boondockers welcome site! Looks awesome guys! Drop the Ford into 4WD low when backing up that first bit.
Haha. I think we’re done with boondockers welcome. Long story, will tell you in person when we meet. Yup, thought 2wd would have been fine. No problem with 4wd 👍👍😁
@@BrazenBrits yes, would like the details on that.
Dustin Waggoner is not going to like having to back up that far, lol
To be honest, we could have made it easier for him, but we are kinda looking forward to making a whole video out of him attempting this. Hopefully he won’t disappoint by doing it perfectly, first time, like last time 😒
Looks like you got a good start, nice couple little RV spots.
Thanks Denny! We’re really happy with it. Just need to figure out the power and water situation!
Where do you make reservations?!?! Does pool access come with the price and do you rent paddle boards? lmao Well done :)
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Alrighty then…I think my 5th wheel will fit back there. See ya for a visit this fall!
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Very nice! We can’t wait to park there!
🤣🤣🤣 you’re welcome any time! You’re already on the guest list!
Looking good so far Laurence and Natalie. Dustin and Leslie would be able to come and stay there on your pad and Rv Diem. Love both of those Rvers. . Great idea to do that. Thank you for this video. Have a great week and see you soon!
They are both welcome of course 🥰
Very helpful video thank you!!! 8k to have all that work done is not bad!!
Very nice plan and progress. Congratulations!😎
Thank you Rick! 🙏
Great work 👏👏
When you guys coming over?? 😁😁
@@BrazenBrits when our numbers come up 😂
Wow! You built a pad just for us!? Guess we'll have to upgrade our driveway and power supply before your next visit. You're always open to suggestions, so... If the space was there and the money was there I personally would have made it a loop so you could pull all the way around and be able to drive straight out. It would also have your camp side facing the house. Maybe in phase 5.😉
As far as getting to the house, a nicely designed garden path would be nice maybe with a bench half way to just sit and enjoy nature.
As far as water and electricity, run it to the back between the pads. That's why they make extension cords and extra hoses.
Concrete 67K+/-
Yup, these are all things we need to figure out. Good plan about the path. Luckily, most of the land is small trees and shrubs, so won’t take a lot to clear a nature path.
We did consider the loop, but cost and ongoing maintenance along with the fact of cutting down more trees was off putting. Not scared of a little trailer backing are you Chief? 😉
@@BrazenBrits a little, no. A big ass long tight run, maybe.🤣
$9000 or $42000, that must have been a hard choice😂
Here’s how the conversation went:
Us: We want concrete, not gravel
Them: you can’t afford gravel
Us: Don’t tell us what we can and can’t afford!
Them: ok, it’s around $42k
Us: We can’t afford that. Let’s go with Gravel
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How expensive would it be to just have a separate power supply run to the pads? I know it means another meter etc of course. Just a random old guys thought
Good thinking Mr Hanlon……watch this space 😉
Ha! We just did something similar here in West Palm but instead of gravel, we went with crushed asphalt. Mind blowing how much concrete is in Florida. What is nice with your project is that you have some natural cover for the RV.
Hi Fellix, we are really happy they managed to keep the tree cover and keep a lot of the brush to shield our neighbors from having to look at our rig. We didn't really consider crushed asphalt as we worry about how it would hold up in the middle of summer. Is your working out ok?
That’s an awesome idea, looks great. We’ll be down lol
We’ll add you to the list! But we do owe you a hosted evening, so hit us up once we have the power and water installed
I wonder if they have portable axle and wheels you attached to the rear end for backing up steep slopes?
Why not bring in a service line with meter, then split it off into two 50 amp services
Watch this space! It’s a great idea and it might actually be our only option as the distance from the house to pads could be an issue. We didn’t really want to pay another monthly service fee, but we might have no choice
You might also. consider asphalt rather than concrete. Much cheaper, and easier to repair if needed.
We worry about the Florida heat and it melting. Not sure if that’s a thing here, but asphalt in the UK got all kinds of weird if there was ever a heatwave. Especially with things like stabilizer jacks.
@@BrazenBrits I would check it out. All of the roads and travel area at the fairgrounds at the Tampa RV show are asphalt, and it was HOT there a couple of days AND Tampa gets hammered by storms. Just food for thought. And if it does get a little wacky, it's easy to repair without hiring someone.
@@BrazenBrits I'd even come down and help you fix it.
For water, can you put a well in back there between the pads?
My concrete figure was based on prep, minimum 6"depth, and edged.
I know it's "done" but I would extend the incline going in to decrease the rise in the angel. It only scratches a little, but enough "little" times will make a big gouge sooner or later.
Not sure about the Well. I don’t thing it would take much to run water from the house. I guess it’s all about weighing up costs. We do actually have a dedicated irrigation well, but it’s the other side of the property.
@@BrazenBrits if you could connect to it you would eliminate some water bill cost even though they would be minimal.
When can we make a reservation?
🤣🤣🤣 looks like we’ll need to open up a sign-up sheet 🤣
I missed something, when did you move to FL?
Looks like we’ll be getting a a bunch of views from you sir! 🤣
Here’s the answer: th-cam.com/video/G_pXamUjNxs/w-d-xo.html
@@BrazenBrits We were on a 35 day trip to the southeast when you posted that video.
Paused at 7:00 min in. Guess for concrete is $80k. Am I close? Over? Under? “Now back to regularly scheduled programming” as they say.
So I was off just a bit! I don’t think concrete is really necessary anyway. But inquiring minds want to know, did the tree stay or go in the end?
Sorry Todd, somehow missed this comment! Concrete would have been great, but not for that price! The tree stayed! :)
Wow very nicely done. We also live in citrus county and are building our RV pad for our Motorhome. Faced many of the same challenges, but my property slopes downward so it’s taken some work to make the slope gentle. I’ll be tackling the power issue as soon as we get the stone in, right now just letting the road base settle a bit.
Hi Dave, sorry for the delay in replying. We are still struggling with the power. If you know of any reliable electricians, we’ll take any recommendations we can. Finding a reliable one has been the biggest challenge!
Cut the trees down
We did have to cut a few down, but wanted to keep the largest ones. It’s tight, but easily doable 👍