[AT] [External] Re: Trailer Deck

[Mogrits]

I'd second this. You need a trailer deck and have poplar out your ears? You
need a poplar trailer deck even if it only lasts 10yrs instead of 30. Try
one of the treatment recipes especially the ones treating end cuts. I
suspect the boards will outlast the trailer frame.

Warren

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 9:59 AM Gunnells, Brad R <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
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".
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Just another opinion.....
>
> 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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