Best for trailer flooring

fastfarmall

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Whats the best kind of wood, for a flooring in a trailer, Southern Yellow Pine or Douglas fir, or what do u think, something that wont twist
 
I use white oak if I can get it. But in my experience the cost per year of life is about the same no matter what you buy. The more you spend the longer it pasts. That does not hold true for most of the manufactured planks tho which I've never found to be worth the money. I don't recomend any treated wood for trailers as I've had really bad luck with durability with that. Treated is made for ground contact and a trailer is not in contact with the ground so it tends to dry rot even quicker than untreated. At least for the trailers I've worked with.

Propper care of tne deck will get you the most return for your money in my book. Let what ever you use weather for a year and then treat it with what ever you like. My recomendation is alway used motor oil, but many different things will work.
 
Quoted from earlier post:

"Proper care of the deck will get you the most return for your money in my book. Let what ever you use weather for a year and then treat it with what ever you like. My recommendation is always used motor oil, but many different things will work."

I agree whole heartedly!
Dave
 
I did my last one with rough cut hemlock sawed inch & one half thick, then treated with used crank case oil.
The one before was rough cut red oak also 1.5" and coated with crank case oil. Both are floored lengthwise over 2" x 5" red oak cross ribs atop 3" x 7" red oak stringers also oiled. Forgot to mention that these are hay wagons (kicker racks).
 
doulass fir is far more stable than southern pine for twisting and shrinking---however it will not absorb treatment as well
 
My 24' gooseneck came with decking on it, and its pine.
I have a 16' bumper pull dual axle and I put pressure treated 2x6's down. 4 years later its still in good shape. Its spend most of its hauling life very overloaded.
 
Put apitong in,and it will outlast the trailer.Not cheap,but I've had it in all my lowboys,hard as iron,tough to even drive a nail in it.
 
for a trailer on a pickup if the cross members are on a 12 inch spacing a good 1 inch piece will hold all you will put on it unless you sre going to haul forklifts or something with real concentrated weight loads. Then more would be better. The inch will save on weight.
 

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