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What wood for new floor for firewood spreader?

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Rod in Smiths F

10-23-2005 16:57:55




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I've batted off a couple of friends my idea of making a New Holland 513 into a self-unloading firewood trailer. Both thought it could be done, but the initial strain on the apron when the pto cuts in could be a problem.

The current floor of the spreader is beyond salvage, so what would be the ideal wood for the new floor to reduce friction?

Should it be finished or oiled? I live in a cold climate, and would often have to deal with snow in the bed of the trailer.

I don't work with metal but have a large inventory of lumber and woodworking tools.

Thanks,

Rod

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willyz

10-30-2005 04:30:03




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 Re: What wood for new floor for firewood spreader? in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 10-23-2005 16:57:55  
Here is my email address if you want pics of my trailer.
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willyz

10-30-2005 04:24:53




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 Re: What wood for new floor for firewood spreader? in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 10-23-2005 16:57:55  
I made a firewood trailer out of a New Holland 327 spreader. I took the beaters and the ears the beaters were attached to off. I took the apron control lever and repositioned it at the rear of the trailer. I was going to use Wolmanized tongue and groove for the floor and cover it and the walls with the black poly they use to line dumptruck beds. I also want to extend the walls to 4ft. and make them straight. With the poly the firewood should slide without too much strain on the apron. If you want, I can take some pics.

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BradB

10-24-2005 09:29:35




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 Re: What wood for new floor for firewood spreader? in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 10-23-2005 16:57:55  
I would use white oak close to same thickness as old floor due to apron catching on front edge. I have done a couple rebuilds with the oak and chamfered the front edge besides. We used spar varnish I think. We never had a problem with the apron being able to unload the wood on ours, just had to engage at low RPM. Its a real sweet way to unload the wood. Your gonna like it.



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Rod in Smiths Falls, ON,

10-24-2005 15:37:13




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 Re: What wood for new floor for firewood spreader? in reply to BradB, 10-24-2005 09:29:35  
Thanks for the encouragement. I'll be sure to chamfer the front of the boards before they go in. Should the bolts be countersunk or crowned, I wonder?

One of the cross-members underneath is shot, and this caused the apron to catch, buckling one of its cross-members and jamming the chain in the frame. Can I replace that "s" shaped cross member (in cross-section) with a comparable piece of angle iron, or will it catch on the apron?

Rod

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BradB

10-24-2005 17:40:04




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 Re: What wood for new floor for firewood spreader? in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 10-24-2005 15:37:13  
We used carrage bolts on the last one we did to hold the oak down. Just snuged them and the apron slides right over. I am redoing an IH 540 right now for the wife to use for horses and it had a bad floor with some of the Z cross members shot also. I plan on useing some angle iron to replace them. The Z support was 3-3 1/2" wide,so if The angle iron is say 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" the apron should clear fine. I use a pipe wrench to turn the apron drive to make sure there is nothing that's going to hang up before I put the tractor on it. Then run it with the tractor slow to double check its working OK. Nothing worse than having to pitch out a full spreader.

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Eric Stevens

10-24-2005 02:08:24




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 Re: What wood for new floor for firewood spreader? in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 10-23-2005 16:57:55  
I would use white oak due to it's hard tight grain and then use a gloss finish that they use on floors (exterior gloss). The gloss finish holds up to the weather much better for some reason. Pine or plywood will allow the grain to raise over time and you will be putting on the brakes (more friction). Sand it smooth before you finish it just like you were making a table. Only my opinion.
Eric

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marlowe

10-23-2005 18:10:32




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 Re: What wood for new floor for firewood spreader? in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 10-23-2005 16:57:55  
use a old new idea spreader for this and a load of shi- is a lot heavyer then any load of wood. i used some treated plywood for the floor think it's 5/8 or 3/4



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Tony in LH

10-23-2005 18:34:48




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 Re: What wood for new floor for firewood spreader? in reply to marlowe, 10-23-2005 18:10:32  
Use white oak and paint with used oil. It will last longer then the tires.



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Midwest redneck

10-23-2005 17:12:56




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 Re: What wood for new floor for firewood spreader? in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 10-23-2005 16:57:55  
If it was me (and I am cheap and thrifty) I would buy or use 2x6 rough sawn pine boards, and then use a heavy coat of epoxy slopped on the boards with silica sand spread over the epoxy.



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Midwest redneck

10-23-2005 17:12:35




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 Re: What wood for new floor for firewood spreader? in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 10-23-2005 16:57:55  
If it was me (and I am cheap and thrifty) I would buy or use 2x6 rough sawn pine boards, and then use a heavy coat of epoxy slopped on the boards with silica sand spread over the epoxy.



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