How To pour a Concrete Rv Driveway 

Thank you for continuing to post these. I'm in Bakersfield, CA - and I wish you were close enough to take the job. I've been watching your videos, to understand if I've got the capacity to pour a few smaller slabs.. tool shed size and you make it look possible. Keep the videos coming!

here in Canada we always use rebar with 3/4" crush in the cement. 20mpa for compression strength. nice pour

Great job! I'll have to lay an RV driveway in the near future. This video is quite thorough, even dealing with sprinkler heads. Thanks!

The most important aspect in concrete, is the base. Pouring on dirt and tamping it with a little 100 pound tamper is not going to do anything. For high traffic areas such as a driveway,a 5000pound Bomag is what you need. Also putting the right aggregate and sand for a tight compaction. Clay compacts well, but you need the proper equipment to achieve it. As for concrete, rebar is essential for durability and strength. Also putting enough Cutts in is to control the cracking, vertically and horizontally. The slab should to be in sections to conform with the shifting and settling over time.

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i like the creepy voice in the background at 8:59 that tells him not forget to say subscribe XD

This guys work is legit

Hi Dave. I won't call as I'm in NZ but thanks for uploading. I'd be interest to see how you get your boxing straight and how you solve some of the problems of laying pads on unlevel ground. Cheers Mate

👏👏 look good brother! keep up the good work..

I could make great use of that topsoil. A cement raised garden bed with the irrigation I think you install would be a valuable upsell. If the area is for RV parking only, is it feasible to pour lanes for the wheels? That would lessen runoff, use less material, and possibly cost less? What about coating the parking area with a garage floor covering to make cleaning easier?

You guys need to invest in a walk behind dingo nice finish work

Damn that looks good.

Looks great. I will be doing a rv pad here shortly myself

G'day Dave, thank you for these videos. We live in Australia and are going to make our four skater Sons, a concrete slab, next weekend. Thanks Mate, you are a dead set, Legend, if only we could 'beam' you over to us for a few cold beers. Cheers, Glen and Liz.

I liked them joints! Nice,clean and sharp.Great video amigo 👍

That top soil looked very good. Did you charge him to remove it and then sell it to someone else?

Thanks for posting. Please keep it coming.

@OdellCompleteConcrete Do you spray sealer over the new concrete.?

Outstanding.

Very nice job!

always a perfect job

Thanks for posting your videos it's going to be a big help when I do my own driveway, patio, and extend my porch. I notice on some of your other videos there are times that you use rebar and gravel befor a pour but on this video saw you only compact the dirt then poured the cement on top. I'm in Denver Colorado, and I'm a one-man band do it yourself at home person. I am not going to order a cement truck because I've never poured concrete in my life. I'm investing in a cement mixer and a bunch of bags of Quikrete from Home Depot to do small sections at a time. I'm going to remove a slab that fits one car and pour a brand new 17 wide by 30 feet long driveway. will I need rebar gravel and a certain pressure of bag concrete.

Looks Great. Why did you choose to NOT use metal to reinforce the concrete? Wont this just crack in a few years? Why didnt you use a sand/gravel base? Or a moisture block? I feel like this was a DIY especially when you had 8 guys cutting up sod instead of a quick bobcat run.

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I just want to say that you are awesome. So is your crew( looks like).

Nice work!

thanks for video I don't remember using 4 inch concrete for big truck no rebar idk is this all code?

great video taught me a lot I appreciate it.

Nice job David!

Great work. Looking at your videos to learn the process. Would have been great to work with you guys to gain some experience. Keep the vids coming...

thats awesome quality work Man brother. Thanks!

***PLEASE RESPOND*** Do you think a 6 sack(4,000psi), 4" slab (9x50') would be enough to hold a 5th wheel toy hauler? The toy hauler weighs 12k lbs. I don't plan on using rebar or fiber. Or do you think I will need rebar or fiber?

the pour and mix spec kicks off 03:40

dude u do nice work.

I like your work

very good job.

I don't know how anyone could thumbs down this video, but I'm a concrete beginner...None the less, awesome video, thank you, I learned a lot!

Very nice

I kept getting rocks in the expansion joint, big rocks keep on popping up and made the joints look like shit. I ordered the cement that has more base rock in it was it my fault?

beautiful job !

You guys have nice good concrete there

clean job

great work and love the detail. What would you suggest for 41" 5th wheel. Do I need thicker slab with rebar.

How many inches think would I need to have a concrete slab reinforced with rebar to support a loaded Semi truck? I've heard of 6 inches thick reinforced with rebar but I don't know if that's too thin Any information would be helpful I enjoyed your video and you earned yourself a New subscriber

When would you have to put compacted gravel under the pad?

Hey Mike love your videos, I’m about to pour a driveway just like this, I was just wondering if I should put gravel down?

did not know that abt large aggregate replaces need for rebar

Great work! Any reputable company you can recommend in the NY, Long Island area? Waiting on a couple of quotes for some concrete slab on the side of my house. TY

good work would love to see steel forms and steel pins

This sold me odell! Where are you located @? If your not close enough any advice and estimate for me to make a 9'x15' pad for a car and steel frame tent? Thanks guys and good job

Would you reccomend Thomas concrete? Could you please give your advice on best mix if I'm not going to use any rebar. Thank you

this was all same day?

Anyway to show the final end result after the concrete dries in your future videos?

What determines when you need to use a power trowel machine?

Looking good

thanks for the video david, I'm 20 years old and just started a pavement maintenance business and I would love to start doing small concrete pours like this, are they reasonably profitable?

Man digging by hand

We are getting a slab to hold two cars. Do we need rods? Someone suggested rods for support.

3 quarter inch rocks can it be used on a concrete pump

Why won't you want to use rebar with 3/4 gravel or any type of base ? Won't it be reassurance thing for cracking purposes ?

that string line you set up for the forms. why did you go up a couple inches above the sidewalk?

Hello im from florida. Im planning to do the same 20x15 but do i need to put footings? If it needs what should be the size of the footing?

Damn you're good.

Can such a pad be done in increments?if so, what's the best method? My pad will be 25x16. I gotta do everything myself as I never have any help from anyone and can't afford to pay someone.

Does the homeowner have to maintain this in anyway? Like keep it wet for a certain amount of time?

What’s the cost of a Rv pad like this. Looking to do this or just go with a compacted stone

How much did the concrete cost? I assume you purchased it from a company and that truck isn't yours...?

would you advice buying bags and mixing them or calling a truck

3 days until they can park the RV on the concrete?

for a job like that how much would you charge?

Do h need any permit to do that

I need a rv driveway in north Illinois do you work in this area?

yes u did run that funny float

5:28 Guys, why did the guy make a straight whole as line? What is it for? Reinforcement or just asthetic value?

I am curious as to why you used the edger twice then floated out those margins you created.

What brand big blue frezno do you use in your videos ?

Do work in Arizona? and if you don't can you recommend someone?

what tipe of concrete you used for this job

So no mesh when using 3/4 rock? Thats good to.know, about how big is this area?

is there any reason Y'all don't use a gravel base?

How thick is this slab?

Soo no finisher? Just funny trowel and broom after

dont u order 5- 10 % extra in case you are short?

don't need rebar?

What about the area between the sidewalk and the road?

haha you stole that ramp good job

No rebar???? I wonder how long that’ll last

Are you from Michigan?....GPP?

What's the cost for something like this?

r u for hire, i live in san Antonio, tx

Do u have General Insurance .people keep asking if i have insurance which is the best one to have for HOAs or in general. Pls help anyone

is a rocker the same as a worm gear?

How much was the final cost?

How do you order the concrete? By feet, yard o how?

Do you quote work in 92308 high desert?

why didn't you use wire across before pouring

No mesh and straight on the dirt..? Never get away with that in Australia or NZ

nice job for a side walk. you need rebar in there if its a driveway

Dimensions?

No rebar????