Need help with dimensions

[mrsnicks]

I am going to temporarily park my truck in the back yard behind my garage. I have 2 dogs that I don't want digging holes under the truck while it's parked back there so I'd like to put down some paving stones to prevent that. I am going to Lowes after work and did not get a chance to measure. How big of a slab do you think I will need. I have a shorbed F100 and I want the paving stones to extend at least a foot out around the truck all the way around to keep the dogs from getting under it and digging holes.

[71PA_Highboy]

Wheelbase is 115" and 131" for the F100 and F250 (SB/LB) and width is ~8 ft. So 8x12 covers the wheelbase, but you need to go longer to cover the 1' additional dimension.

hth,

eric

[fordman]

plus you may want to walk around the truck and stay on the concrete. or maybe some day someone will want to build a garge over the top of that pad some day.

[mrsnicks]

plus you may want to walk around the truck and stay on the concrete. or maybe some day someone will want to build a garge over the top of that pad some day.

The plan really is for it to be temporary. I'd pour some concrete for more permanent. I plan on driving up with the passenger side door to the wall so I can get out easily and keep it as close to the garage as possible. I'm cleaning out the garage to clean the floor and put epoxy floor coverning down and it's just a mess trying to keep 4 vehicles in the driveway of a 2 car garage.


Patrick

[fordman]

i misread it. i thought you said concrete. my bad. do you have a way to pack the soil so the stones don't sink?