[AT] Trailer floors (was) lots of saw mills OOPS

[charliehill]

I'm  sure our uncle would frown on this but good old used motor oil (burnt 
cylinder oil to us southern boys) mixed with kerosene, gasoline or diesel 
and painted onto a trailer deck makes pretty good wood preservative and it 
helps get rid of the old oil.  It soaks in and I've never noticed that it 
made the wood particularly slick either.  Part of my trailer gets a routine 
oiling from leaks in equipment.

I wouldn't park the trailer next to a trash fire for a few hours after 
application. grins.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Trailer floors (was) lots of saw mills OOPS


> Charlie,
> Somebody else with CRS? <g>
>
> I've been following this thread particularly because of two issues I have.
> The first is the need to replace a couple pieces of wood decking on my
> utility trailer.  It was built with PT deck boards as the floor and most
> likely I'll replace with the same.  Relatively cheap and since no
> tracked vehicles <g> should last another 20 years easily.
> The second is a total replacement of the wood deck on an old farm
> trailer.  The running gear is sound although I might need to replace the
> wheel hubs/rims with something more common, the deck is showing the wear
> of 50+ years of use.
> I might have enough rough sawn oak packed back to do the replacement but
> I'm not against other ideas.
>
> David
> NW NC
>
>
>
> charliehill wrote:
>> Looks like you were right about South America.  I've got to learn that I
>> have CRS (grins) and start looking stuff up before I talk.
>>
>> http://www.trailerdecking.com/
>>
>> Charlie
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>>
>>> If I remember correctly, the "exotic" wood was Apitong.
>>> Again, if I remember correctly, it was from South America.
>>> Actually saw some once at an auction in Goldthwaite, TX.
>>> Had sort of an orange tint to it.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
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>>> From: "H. L. Staples" <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com>
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>>> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:31:09 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
>>>
>>> <Snip>
>>> Several years ago there was a discussion here about some exotic wood for
>>> trailer decks that would last forever.
>>>
>>> H. L. Staples
>>> McLoud, Oklahoma
>>> USA
>>>
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