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[szabelski at wildblue.net]

Found this link which appears to cover a lot of wood species:

https://ejmas.com/tin/2009tin/tinart_goldstein_0904.html

It indicates that apitong is roughly only half as hard as white oak and red oak.

Carl


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Here is a link to information on apitong:

https://www.trailerdecking.com/apitong-keruing-hardwood-flooring.html

Seeing how this is an imported wood, cost would probably be expensive.

Wood hardness is rated using the Janka system, which is based on how much pressure it takes to press a steel ball into a sample of wood. Don’t know if there is a website that covers every wood in the world but you can find charts online for various woods from America.

Carl
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From: Phil Auten <pga2 at basicisp.net>
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Sent: Mon, 18 May 2020 13:13:52 -0400 (EDT)
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Several years back there were a couple of folks on this list that were 
extolling the virtues of Apitong wood for trailer decks. Anyone remember 
'ol Lightnin' from Goldthwaite, TX? He had bought a good sized lot of it 
at an auction. I intended to get with him and ask how it worked out for 
him, but he seems to have disappeared from the list and I've lost his 
contact info. Anyone else have any experience with Apitong for trailer 
decks? I need to redeck my 1997 vintage trailer as the treated lumber is 
looking pretty bad and I wouldn't trust it if I had to haul my Farmall M.

Phil in TX


On 5/18/2020 10:09 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> 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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