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I have 20ft Flatbed with 2ft dove tail. Last summer the wood was 3 yrs old and starting to check badly. I made a mix of used motor oil and diesel thin enough to spray out of a cheap 2gal sprayer. The first coat I put on, the wood was dry by the time I got from one end to the other. Over a couple of weeks, I put on approx 3 gal Contrary to belief, the deck is not slick.

Used motor oil, sprayed or rolled. On anything other than new wood, haven't found it to be slick.

Used motor oil or diesel fuel, or a combination of the two.

Farmer I worked for in high school and college had us treating the boards on his semi scale and a few creek bridges with used motor oil at the end of every summer.

Boiled Linseed Oil, allowed to though ally dry well, and if you want sprinkle some sand over the surface for non slip, helping to allow dry!

$16/qt of BLO or 2gal of used motor oil and 1 gal of diesel, $5. It’s a trailer deck not a gunstock.

hyd. oil works good also . I use a roller and do it once year. got 20 yr out of one trailer and still good

Good lord. We go thru 1000’s of gal a year at work. Send it out by the 325gal totes. Never even crossed my mind.

I hauled a small tractor with a broken hydraulic line on it for a neighbor. It leaked all over my flatbed so I went ahead and used it on the entire deck. It still looks good and was about 15 years ago. I have never touched it up but the trailer is stored in the barn so it is seldom outside in the elements.