usrifle wrote:
Old Growth wrote:
Put good heavy duty green Doug Fir on it.
DO NOT use pressure treated wood for decking. It will rust out your trailer.
Green DF or cotton wood make the best trailer decking.
If you use hardware store kiln dried wood it will suck up the mold/mildew and rot.
Most sealers will kill wood also. If it seals water/gunk OUT, then it also seals water/gunk IN.
The wood needs to BREATH to last. Space the boards and OIL it with a PRESERVATIVE, not a SEALER.
Think about the 100 year old barns you see with old board n batt siding = green doug fir.
DO NOT use pressure treated wood for decking. It will rust out your trailer.
Green DF or cotton wood make the best trailer decking.
If you use hardware store kiln dried wood it will suck up the mold/mildew and rot.
Most sealers will kill wood also. If it seals water/gunk OUT, then it also seals water/gunk IN.
The wood needs to BREATH to last. Space the boards and OIL it with a PRESERVATIVE, not a SEALER.
Think about the 100 year old barns you see with old board n batt siding = green doug fir.
Cotton Wood?? For Trailer decking? I'll take your word for it, but i never heard of Cotton Wood being good for much of anything.
I cut a fair amount of it for decking and dumptruck sideboards.
Its not a bad wood. Firewood guys give it a bad name. In lumber form it is pretty strong and lasts much longer outside than people think.
Its real light when dry and strong for decking. Its kinda soft so track machines grip it and then after it rains the dents swell back out of it.
As a side board it will flex further than DF. This is handy when your loader operator is an old guy with no depth perception. He wont hit your boards with the bucket, but he will curl the bucket into them when he dumps the load and flex them sideways.
My buddy calls cottonwood "high mountain ash". "Ya know, cuz it leaves a high mountain of ash in yer stove".
