Building a Gravel Parking Pad on a $700 Budget.

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.

[UtmostOutdoors]

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!

[dew]

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

[vdubskiee]

clean parking pad! you did a great job!

[Mumumama]

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.

[paulgreen]

They do make rock glue. You might want to check into that. Spraying a few gallons of glue on the top of your gravel. Could eliminate gravel being spread throughout your existing lawn. Just a thought. Looks good!

[aloofbit]

the three trillion dollar sheet of plywood, i felt that

[bartbley]

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

[janebray]

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

[goldentroutprospecting]

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

[iSTAYuGO]

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

[brad]

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

[Pa.PatriotProspecting]

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

[grapplerguy]

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

[monarch]

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.

[Nttt]

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.