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Parking base for 1989 (split from another topic)


I spent the last two days clearing a space for it..  I've got a dump truck delivering 12 yards of Limestone at noon tomorrow.
 
My plans are..  Friday ,  install batteries, run over check list, and get it started.

Then Saturday or Sunday, drive it home..  :P  :P

1989 Grand Villa, U300 6V92TA Detroit 40'
Mark, Houston Texas,  East Side

If you are so inclined to burn the American flag,  wrap yourself in it first please.

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Reply #1 –
Just out of curiosity: what will be under the limestone? Our coach is a 36' GV and our asphalt driveway is about 12 years old, 3"+ thick, with crushed rotten granite underneath. Our rear jacks have coined down into the blacktop, even tho I have 16" dia by 3/4" thick solid steel discs under the jack pads. When I say coined down I mean that there are two depressions about 1-3/4" deep. The rear duals also have sunk the asphalt.
Oh, under the rotten granite is pure sand all the way down to hell, as far as I know.
I made some ramps for the front because our drive slopes down quite a bit. I used 2"x12" planks stood on edge and sandwiched 6 planks wide. Overall length of each ramp is 5' and I also made sandwiched blocks for the front jacks. 2"x8" stood on edge, sandwiched 5 wide and 16" long.
All the above things done to lessen the coach sinking any deeper.
Newest project is cutting a pad 8" deep where the rear wheels and jacks sit and filling it with 6 bag rebarred concrete. The pad will be 96" wide x 84" long x 8" deep.
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD

Re: Parking base for 1989 (split from another topic)

Reply #2 –
Hey Nighthawk,

Yeah..  lots of limestone for my base...(not using crushed) the ground beneath is sand and dirt with
East Texas Gumbo "hard clay" a foot below... someday I'll finish it with concrete or asphalt.

Your undercut pad sounds like a good idea..  I would consider another foot each side wider if you
have the funds.  The wheels will be sitting on the outskirts of that 96" width.. every foot wider
will make a huge difference,    just my 2 cents..  I'm a retired general contractor.
I admit, I tend to overkill every thing I do, ...... Yah, and lots of rebar  :)


Quote from: nitehawk –
Just out of curiosity: what will be under the limestone? Our coach is a 36' GV and our asphalt driveway is about 12 years old, 3"+ thick, with crushed rotten granite underneath. Our rear jacks have coined down into the blacktop, even tho I have 16" dia by 3/4" thick solid steel discs under the jack pads. When I say coined down I mean that there are two depressions about 1-3/4" deep. The rear duals also have sunk the asphalt.
Oh, under the rotten granite is pure sand all the way down to hell, as far as I know.
I made some ramps for the front because our drive slopes down quite a bit. I used 2"x12" planks stood on edge and sandwiched 6 planks wide. Overall length of each ramp is 5' and I also made sandwiched blocks for the front jacks. 2"x8" stood on edge, sandwiched 5 wide and 16" long.
All the above things done to lessen the coach sinking any deeper.
Newest project is cutting a pad 8" deep where the rear wheels and jacks sit and filling it with 6 bag rebarred concrete. The pad will be 96" wide x 84" long x 8" deep.
1989 Grand Villa, U300 6V92TA Detroit 40'
Mark, Houston Texas,  East Side

If you are so inclined to burn the American flag,  wrap yourself in it first please.

Re: Parking base for 1989 (split from another topic)

Reply #3 –
Mark, what side of Houston do you live on?  I am leaving for Austin in morning but will be back Monday.
2014 ih45  (4th Foretravel owned)
 1997 36' U295 Sold in 2020, owned for 19 years
  U240 36' Sold to insurance company after melting in garage fire
    33' Foretravel on Dodge Chassis  Sold very long time ago

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Reply #4 –
Quote from: turbojack –
Mark, what side of Houston do you live on?  I am leaving for Austin in morning but will be back Monday.

Hey Jack,

I'm in east Houston..  but the coach is in Conroe Texas..  I should have it here by Sunday if
everything pans out.. :)

I've got to get a tractor now to level out the limestone pad..  I am going to fire up
the coach Friday (tomorrow)  I think I've got someone showing up that's a Detroit mechanic
an so was his Dad for 33 years..  He specialized in Detroit's.  It will be smooth sailing if he shows up :)
I've been knowing him for a couple years..  if he gets rained out tomorrow, he'll be there for sure.
There is a God... :)  :)


1989 Grand Villa, U300 6V92TA Detroit 40'
Mark, Houston Texas,  East Side

If you are so inclined to burn the American flag,  wrap yourself in it first please.