Boat-Trailer and Tow-Vehicle Pads on Pinellas Waterfront Lots

A canal lot in Pinellas often needs a place to drop a trailer that is not the decorative auto court. Guest parking and a 7,000-pound tandem trailer are different loads. PaverForge Hardscapes builds a dedicated 80 mm pad with a thicker base under the wheel paths so the pretty field in front of the house does not rut.

Section under the trailer, not under the patio

We proof-roll, undercut organic soil, and compact crushed concrete in lifts. Geocell goes in when the native sand will not hold a plate. The pad gets a one-way pitch to a drain or the alley, never toward the dock box. Edge restraint is pinned through the base, not perched on bedding sand.

• Size the pad for the trailer plus the tow vehicle, not just the bunks.

• Keep the tongue jack on a small isolated pad so it does not punch a hole in the field.

• Do not run wash-down water across the decorative courtyard. Isolate the rinse pad.

This is not the same detail as a boat-lift approach or a dock-box pad. Those sit at the water. A trailer pad sits at the street or the side yard so you can hook up without blocking the neighbor.

Call 727-490-9798 or email PaverForge@gmail.com. Tell us the trailer length and axle count and we will walk the side yard before we quote excavation.