Pine floor for trailer

I need to replace 2" planks on my equipment trailer. I have a chance to get some free white pine logs and can get them sawed for $140. thousand. How would they stand up compared to hemlock. Just going to sell trailer. Thanks
 
I did a 1-ton pickup truck flatbed out of pine a number of years back and it held up well. Obviously it's not going to have the durability of hemlock but it was still in decent shape when I sold the truck several years later and it had been used extensively. My reasoning was similar to yours--I could get pine free from a large pile we'd sawed with our Wood-Mizer and rather than spend money on better lumber I used what I had. The only thing I'd be worried about was if it was loaded heavily without much support underneath it--in my case I'd put several intermediate supports under it as I had them setting in the same lumber pile as the rest of the lumber I used and it helped to level the bed up, but you may not have that luxury, depending on how your trailer is made.
 

Original decking lumber is pressure treated pine. Most lumber yards, building centers, etc. have it in stock. You might want to do a price check.
 
Have heard white oak is the best. Good old fasion way of doing things is to soak the day lites out of pine with drain oil. Didn't say legal but works department.
 
TIMV

My trailer has 8" cross channel about 24" apart. It seems that would be ok for holding a heavy load. its a 10 Ton trailer.
Thanks
Steve
 
If strength is a concern and planks not sawed yet, you can always go thicker. I would let them dry/cure for a while as they will shrink quite a bit if green.
 
(quoted from post at 13:42:09 06/06/17) Have heard white oak is the best. Good old fasion way of doing things is to soak the day lites out of pine with drain oil. Didn't say legal but works department.

My trailer is 16 years old. Sets outside ALL the time. I soak the deck with drain oil at least once per year. It still looks brand new.

5 gallon bucket of drain oil and a worn out broom gets the job done.
 
I do the same to my trailer but use a wide paint brush which help work oil into cracks.i usually apply mine when we get several days in the
90s and set it in the sun. I just replaced one of my hay rack beds that was over 40 years old and was always treated with drains and set out
in the weather all the time.
 
(quoted from post at 07:28:29 06/07/17) I do the same to my trailer but use a wide paint brush which help work oil into cracks.i usually apply mine when we get several days in the
90s and set it in the sun. I just replaced one of my hay rack beds that was over 40 years old and was always treated with drains and set out
in the weather all the time.

I just sort of slobber it with the broom, but apply the oil generously enough that it more or less is standing in puddles, which eventually will all soak in. Direct sun and high temperatures works the best.

I once tried applying the oil with a 3 gallon garden sprayer. Didn't work. Oil is to thick.
 
I have a pressurize oil sprayer that will spray oil but gets to much oil in air and puts a lite film of oil on anything setting close.
 

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