What size gravel would you put in a shed for machinery storage? I want to rock a slope around the back and one side of the building to prevent erosion but want to put some gravel in it to avoid just a dirt floor. Would you put dense grade? Or would it sink into the ground too much? I actually thought about what they call 57's here to put a thin layer down inside and around the building then put dense grade on top of it.
What size gravel to put in machinery shed?
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Aaron
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3/4" crushed stone
Tom,
Everybodies ground is different, so take this with a grain of salt. 57s on my place, won't work for a base. I gotta go big on the bottom, and little on the top. I had some entrances widened, and some roads on hills redone last year. My dozer guy, talked me in to doing it his way, and I haven't been sorry. He packed 23s with his dozer, and we drove on them for a few months. Then we spread 57s, and packed them. I swore by 3s on bottom, and dense grade until then. The 23s seem to work themselves in to a mat of rock. The 57s fall in what pore space there is, and you've got a good smooth surface with a base under it. I'd never heard of a 23 till he brought some. Do what you gotta do, but that way is working for me. Also, we had a mud washing rain about a month ago. I had to have him come redo stuff that had been in place for years. The 57s on 23s didn't even need a grader blade.
Everybodies ground is different, so take this with a grain of salt. 57s on my place, won't work for a base. I gotta go big on the bottom, and little on the top. I had some entrances widened, and some roads on hills redone last year. My dozer guy, talked me in to doing it his way, and I haven't been sorry. He packed 23s with his dozer, and we drove on them for a few months. Then we spread 57s, and packed them. I swore by 3s on bottom, and dense grade until then. The 23s seem to work themselves in to a mat of rock. The 57s fall in what pore space there is, and you've got a good smooth surface with a base under it. I'd never heard of a 23 till he brought some. Do what you gotta do, but that way is working for me. Also, we had a mud washing rain about a month ago. I had to have him come redo stuff that had been in place for years. The 57s on 23s didn't even need a grader blade.
1982vett
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Might be just me....but if I were to ever work on the equipment under that shed and have to get down on the ground, I'd want a dirt floor.
SmokinM
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Inside I would use crush & run. Here 57s are clean stone and I hate them on a driveway or parking area. As for outside I have never heard of 23s but they sound like a good product. Here I would use 3s for a base then crush and run on top I hate 57s!!! Definately don't use them as base it will turn to soup and eat your rock up. Also make sure where you put them you cut the topsoil off or you will have a mess.
hillbilly beef man
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I always put down 2 inch and then a layer of crusher run thick enough to pack good on top of that. If I can pack it good after it gets a little rain on it it will hold up for years.
pricefarm
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For a base I use what they call 357 then but 57 on top makes a good rd
skyhightree1
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Most of the gravel driveways and parking areas I install I use #3's for base and #57's same would be for machine sheds
