Excavating/grading question

[Jpcjguy]

Down should be super easy with the 2:1 lol. Up should be fine also, far more likely to spin out than go over backwards.

down is always easy!

I am thinking a 2.5 to 3:1 would be fine.

 

[Jim Timber]

So this might seem like a strange question, but why are you intent on putting your garage on the back corner?

Why not stick it up between your house and the neighbors about half-way into the lot from the street and a serviceable distance off the lot line so you can work around it?

I'm going to guess that you're trying to distance the noise? You can build a lot of sound proofing for less than you can build your super long driveway.

Personally, I would stick it in between just so I didn't have to look at the neighbors place out that side of the house.

 

[Jpcjguy]

The plan is a 36x30 with attic trusses. I don't want it to seem as another house and I want the focus to be on the house when you come up the driveway, not the garage. I can plant trees/bushes like leyland cypress to block the neighbors if I want.

 

[Jim Timber]

So set it back 50'.

I have a 24x35' shop behind my garage in suburbia (1/4 acre city lot) and most folks don't even notice it's there from the street.