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Old 03-04-2010, 08:09 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by WrenchMonkey View Post
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
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.
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