[AT] [External] Re: Trailer Deck

[Spencer Yost]

I agree with Brad. Being a lightweight pop-up camper frame, I suspect you were going to overload the frame and suspension way before you overload poplar boards. As Brad and Cecil also mentioned there are plenty of treatment options to maximize longevity.  I like working with poplar for a lot of different reasons, but rot resistance is not one of them :-)

Spencer

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> On May 18, 2020, at 10:07 AM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
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> When I replaced the floor on my stock trailer, I used rough cut oak, then coated i with aluminum paint and paid special attention to the end cuts.  It has been 10 years and the floor is still good.
> Cecil
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> On 5/18/2020 8:59 AM, Gunnells, Brad R wrote:
>> I consider myself (to use a phrase Farmer coined) frugal. So if you have an abundance of something available to you, I'd consider using it. It may not be as strong as oak, or last as long as chemically treated lumber, but that's not to say it won't "work".
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>> If I recall this was an old pop-up camper frame. I don't recall what you were going to use it for/haul on it. As long as there are enough cross members to support the wood.
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>> My mix of choice for the trailer decking is to take my old motor oil and mix it 50/50 with diesel. That way I can put it through a sprayer. The last time I re-decked my trailer I used common 2x12 lumber. Since the rot always occurs at the end where the boards are in a pocket I stood them on end for a week while in a plastic barrel of oil/diesel mix. That way it would soak well into the ends where I needed it most. Then I sprayed one side  and let it soak in. Then mounted that facing down on the trailer. Then came back and sprayed the topside. It's been about 6-7 years now and the deck is still solid. I spray it down every once in a while and it needs it again. Only downfall is these are finished boards so it will be a bit slick when wet after treatment.
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>> Just another opinion.....
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>> Brad
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>> I subscribe to the ATIS digest so responding to individual messages is a little cumbersome.  Thank you to everyone for the information and advice about which material to use for my trailer deck.  I was curious about plywood because I thought that it might increase the stiffness of the trailer but it seams like individual boards will be the way to go.  To bad nobody recommended poplar.  I have rough-sawed poplar running out my ears!
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