Re: oak or treated pine for trailer deck?

Posted by GPWT on April 06, 2004 at 10:06:15 from (12.33.200.190):

In Reply to: oak or treated pine for trailer deck? posted by LK - Leesburg, VA on April 05, 2004 at 11:26:17:

LK,
The white oak will be decay resistant, but it HAS to be true white oak (Quercus Alba). Red oak, pin oak, etc are not resistant and will fail after a year or two. Ash and hickory are good, strong, tough woods but they too will rot quickly. Preservatives like pentachlorophenol (if you can get it, it is tightly controlled) is great if pressure applied or soaked for a long time, but just painting it on is pretty much useless.

If you can get it, use black locust. It's as strong as white oak, and even more decay resistant. In all cases, untreated wood has to be heart wood since the sap wood of almost all species has very little decay resistance due to the low level of extractives.

If you use pine, make sure it is a good, dense southern yellow pine with at least 0.40 CCA treatment. Look at the growth rings and use boards that have rings 1/8" apart or so.

Hopefully this is not TMI!

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