Trailer decking
 

When the weather gets a little better I need to redeck my trailer. Any issues with using treated wood? I like this idea because it has a 25 year warranty

I have used it in the past with no issues.

just remember treated wodd is heavyer that the wood that the factory put on it.. but it will last longer, i deal in trailers ALOT and i use treated to re do them i just space them out about 1 1/2 in. apart so dirt/mud/water/ will fall thro. the seams, i also use a textured paint called SKID KNOT you can buy it in ANY color at lowe's it costs about $22.00 a gallon and will paint both the top and underside of the boards on a 7x 20ft car trailer,this paint has a sandlike texture but is tough as hurculiner an can be put on with a brush or roller.spacing them WILL cut down on the weight some, and still functions well and looks good too..

just mt 2c worth :beers:

I used treated 2x10s and 12s to redo mine after the factory stuff rotted through.

To get them into the C channels on each end, we tucked one end in, put three guys on the other, then jacked up the middle.

When it was bowed enough, we kicked out the jack. We're really lucky nobody lost a leg.

If I had to do it over, I'd use 2x6s and 8s. They'd flex a lot easier, and supply a lot less death-n-dismemberment potential.

Robert

We are still talking pine, I put a white oak floor in my 4x8 trailer many years ago and the floor is fine. I went to the saw mill and got scrap board for a dollar each and milled the down. All of the lowboy trailers at work that haul the equipment around on also uses white oak.

Wood does add quite a bit of weight to a trailer, I used expanded metal for the floor on my flatbed that I haul my Ranger on.

I go to a saw mill outside of oxford ohio for oak and have had great success! The wood is not as slick as treated pine is. Douglas fur is another nice and strong wood as well.

On all of our trailers we use untreated pine 2x8's. Set them out in the sun on a hot day to let them dry real well, then "paint" them with used motor oil. The first time usually takes three coats. Then we redo them once a year.

On my father's I just cut off a top lip big enough to get an end of one board through, then slid all the other boards over once inserted & then tacked that lip back on. Seemed like the easiest way to get the wood in there. My own trailer has a metal deck.

Yep, that'd be the safer way to do it...

Where were you with the good ideas when we needed em? :D

Robert

Do you have an address for that sawmill????

I will ask my farmer friend this weekend. It is past college corner and state line road in indiana.

are you talking about carter lumber?

No this is a small farm that has a sawmill in a barn operation. Joes lumber.