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I will be compacting the 2b or whatever gravel I get ontop of the 4” stone it will probably sit 6”-8” ontop of the 4” stone on the high side of the grade

I will be drilling 5’ deep with 18” auger for my piers, which in the front they will set in the ground about 4’ with approx 1’ of gravel ontop but in the back the posts will be set in completely compacted gravel with approx 1’ of gravel below before I hit dirt

Right now there’s a layer of 4’s (4” stone) ontop of the ground, would compacted gravel such as 2b be considered proper fill material? Not worried about compacting as I have a IR rt vibratory roller I will be using to compact the fill

Got ya, I just worded my thoughts wrong my bad, I understand the building gets built then the pad is poured, I guess I was trying to ask if there was any benefits of using gravel to bring the grade up to level instead of using fill dirt?

Questions are about the Pad under the concrete is that not a form of a foundation

Hey all, I’m planning my pole barn build and I have some questions about my foundation, I’ll be pouring concrete piers to set my columns on then pour my concrete pad, to bring the pad up to grade I have a 6’ difference from front to back, I was wondering if I could just use say 2B stone to bring...