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Building a Gravel Parking Pad on a $700 Budget.

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2022
  • I needed a place to store my boat and a trailer to be ready for the 2022 gold mining season. For those who are also on a budget, I hope you can get some ideas for your own gravel pad projects! This was a lot of work, but on top of being useful, it will also help increase the value of my home.
    I was annoyed with how the grass would always grow up around my stuff while it's parked, and it also helps when moving trailers around by hand, since the tires used to sink into the grass over time and make it hard to wheel things around. I'm so happy with how it turned out, I gave my fence a coat of paint to complete the look!
    UPDATE OCT 06, 2022: The pad and concrete has held up excellent so far. I had a few little weeds poke through here and there but nothing a few sprays of weed killer couldn't keep under control.

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  • @UtmostOutdoors
    @UtmostOutdoors  ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Update as of the end of the summer in 2022: The gravel pad has held of great! the bit of landscape fabric I placed near the lilacs has kept anything from growing through in that area, and the rest of the pad with just the gravel has been pretty good. There was a few weeds that came up, but not very many and I just sprayed them with a little hand spray bottle twice to keep them down. The gravel is a much nicer surface than the old grass and weeds and makes moving my boat around by hand a much easier task. Thanks for watching!

  • @Mumumama205
    @Mumumama205 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wonderful video, looks amazing! Great job, I’m inspired, I need a camper pad and this looks perfect for that purpose. I love that you saved the lilac, they are such gorgeous trees and they smell so good. Extra plus for being to the point and pleasant to watch and listen to.

    • @UtmostOutdoors
      @UtmostOutdoors  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks so much! The lilacs are still going strong and I'm so happy I kept them!

  • @vdubskiee5356
    @vdubskiee5356 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    clean parking pad! you did a great job!

  • @dew9423
    @dew9423 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great job 👍. Looking forward to more of your future projects.

  • @aloofbit338
    @aloofbit338 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the three trillion dollar sheet of plywood, i felt that

  • @randydinglehopper62
    @randydinglehopper62 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Inspiring. Thanks for making and sharing. Useful to me thank you

  • @janebray9392
    @janebray9392 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome! Good job!👍🏼 watching from Vancouver Island🙋‍♀️🇨🇦‼️

  • @iSTAYuGO
    @iSTAYuGO 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Id run it true the high banker just to be sure ;) Nice job- nice done!

  • @unsilentzone3357
    @unsilentzone3357 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome content, thank you.

  • @bartbley1269
    @bartbley1269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I done something similar in my back yard to set some storage sheds on . I used a aluminum grain shovel. Got her in a day . Weeds will try to take hold eventually . They tried to do such on an open area I graveled. You made one mistake . Your electrical conduit going into the garage was completely covered by concrete . Your concrete will go up and down as much as a inch or more over the year . I lost my garage power one day because of that movement looks good Kyle

    • @UtmostOutdoors
      @UtmostOutdoors  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, I hope that my conduit stays together over the winter... Time will tell! It's sure going to be a useful space!

  • @jrparker4804
    @jrparker4804 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks 🫡

  • @B.Salcon
    @B.Salcon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    cheers from mexico

  • @goldentroutprospecting1821
    @goldentroutprospecting1821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I thought for sure you would order the gravel from Edmonton so you could highbank it first.

    • @UtmostOutdoors
      @UtmostOutdoors  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I should totally do one pan of it just to see... haha!

  • @brad238899
    @brad238899 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They make a tool to round the concrete edges. A perfect 90° corner will eventually chop off.

  • @KDD8
    @KDD8 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jamie Lannister lmaooo

  • @monarch1957
    @monarch1957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I did something like that years ago built a carport beside the garage using ashphelt for a pad and built the open carport and finally closed it in when finances allowed me too.

  • @Pa.PatriotProspecting
    @Pa.PatriotProspecting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very nice brother! For not knowing what you're doing you did well!

    • @UtmostOutdoors
      @UtmostOutdoors  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I appreciate that!

    • @Pa.PatriotProspecting
      @Pa.PatriotProspecting 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@UtmostOutdoors nuthin to it but to do it! 🍻

    • @Pa.PatriotProspecting
      @Pa.PatriotProspecting 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hell of alot of work for one guy! How long?

    • @UtmostOutdoors
      @UtmostOutdoors  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Pa.PatriotProspecting I did it over five days if you include getting the material and painting the fence. I'd say the middle 3 days were full days and the first and last were sort of partial days.

    • @Nttt739
      @Nttt739 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've been fixing problems for years, you have a good grip on what your doing .

  • @grapplerguy2007
    @grapplerguy2007 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    was curious how something like this setup like this would hold up against heavy rainfall

    • @UtmostOutdoors
      @UtmostOutdoors  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Crushed aggregate mix works great in the rain, but as the ground bellow it gets wet, it will become soft. The solution to this is to go thicker. Much thicker. This same crushed rock is used as a patio base about 4 to 6 inch's thick, but for use under a vehicle you should probably aim for 12" thick if it's not very hard ground beneath it. If you go thinner, it will still work great, but your tires will dip into it a bit. I think the thicker recommendations are more for if you plan on putting pavers on top and don't want much flex.

  • @CASG93
    @CASG93 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No fabric 😢

  • @lfuentes4098
    @lfuentes4098 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Update?

    • @UtmostOutdoors
      @UtmostOutdoors  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So far the pad has been great. The concrete is all still very strong and the pad has remained level. Only a few small weeds popped through some of the thinner spots, and maybe a fifth of a little spray bottle of week killer has the pad back to looking like it did on day one.

  • @mohammednovalija
    @mohammednovalija 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What is your day job ?

    • @UtmostOutdoors
      @UtmostOutdoors  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At the moment I sit at a desk and press buttons most of the day... If I look at the majority of where I've spent my time working over the years, I think I could most easily identify as a carpenter by trade.

    • @mohammednovalija
      @mohammednovalija 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@UtmostOutdoors Okay.
      I was curious how you seem to be able to tackle and complete various unrelated Huge tasks like this one and jon boat.
      My brother was like that - I guess it just a mental issue in wanting to get somewhere better rather than just drifting along with our present lot.

  • @Nttt739
    @Nttt739 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not that you did anything wrong but....
    Not sure why you didnt use concrete ready in bags? I guess you did not rent skid steer to spred gravel is cost. Delivery fees are outrageous.

    • @UtmostOutdoors
      @UtmostOutdoors  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The reason I chose to mix my own concrete was due to cost. Since I had a big dump truck deliver my road crush anyways, the cost of mixing that with Portland cement worked out to quite a bit less than buying ready mix bags which are about 1 part Portland cement to 5 parts gravel and sand. I was also lucky a neighbor leant me his concrete mixer, that sure helped!