in-too-deep
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My wife and are getting a pole barn this spring on our beef cow-calf farm. 40x56x14 unheated. It will mostly be used for calving and doctoring and temporary housing of critters. Possibly alley and squeeze chute someday. And chore TRACTOR storage. NOT full-time feeding/watering. Our farm is sloping, but yellow clay subsoil and black-rich claey topsoil. Poor drainage. Would love to have concrete floor, but it looks like at least $10k to get that. We're worried that gravel would get mushy and sloppy especially in the spring. I hate mud. We have enough of that. Would it be ok to compact subsoil, put down geo-textile fabric, and use 4-6" of good compacted gravel or crushed concrete? Could install rain gutters on the eaves to direct rain water away from building. Drain tile around perimeter? I know we could always do concrete later, but if I do gravel, I want to do it right in case it stays. What do you think? Thank you.