"brooklyn1" wrote in message
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"Dan Listermann" wrote in message
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We bought a river camp and are parking a motorhome on it. The lot rarely
floods, but I want a little extra insurance. I am going to make a raised
pad using railroad ties. All I need is about two feet high.It would be
easiest to fill in with gravel, but I am wondering if clean fill topped
by gravel would be better. I intend to make it about 16 feet wide and
park the RV in the middle until things seem to settle enough to move
toward one side.

Any thoughts?

Do not leave an RV anywhere on that lot that has flooded previously, not
even if you raise your pad 50 feet into the air and place your RV on top.
Enjoy your lot but when you leave take your RV with you... if the river
begins to rise while you're there get out of there fast.



I will have three positions for the RV, one by the riverside when there is
no threat of flooding, one where it has only flooded three times in 20 years
( this is where I intend to raise the pad) and one where the river has never
flooded in modern times. We only live 35 minutes away and the neighbors
call around when things get dicy.