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I hate doing this, but afraid tractor will fall through. The non treated boards lasted 20 years. If I put treated, keep them soaked with oil, they should take me out. I closed it in with 1/4” plate when I first bought it. I cleaned up and hauled trash from newly built house for 400.00 a pop for Jim Walter homes for about 6 yrs. If I could get two in one day, wasn’t bad money. I’m gonna take spares off top, make place to mount them on side. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/dVBV2X7Q/IMG-6108.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/LXLPpS4k/IMG-3433.png) free picture hosting
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Replaced the boards on my 16’ several years back.
The heavy duty torx metal screws are the ticket…
Soak it good with diesel once a year…
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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Replaced the boards on my 16’ several years back.
The heavy duty torx metal screws are the ticket…
Soak it good with diesel once a year… Exactly what I’m gonna use, did my 16’ a couple of years ago too
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Put up a thread showing you progress as you go by steps. There's always something to learn watching others projects.
Fight fire, save lives, laugh in the face of danger.
Stupid always finds a way.
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Yes, have carriage bolts, but screws are way faster, don’t have to get under it.
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I'm waiting on wood to be milled for two of my trailers. Holes in back where I left the chains laying on the deck as I drove the machinery off the trailer. Whoops. Now that it's 100 degrees I'm really looking forward to working on them both in the hot sun.
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I changed them out on my 16’ utility trailer several years ago. Used pressure treated boards. All you did on it was cut the boards to length, take out the metal lip on the front, lay the boards in place, and reweld the lip in place.
Keep it under a roof and it’ll last in perpetuity.
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Ever oil one side of the boards prior to flip them over and installing and oiling again?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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Ever oil one side of the boards prior to flip them over and installing and oiling again? That’s what I’m gonna do, should outlast me for sure.
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Got the old 2x8’s out, so rotten, came out easy ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/52V6rSgX/IMG-6109.jpg)
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Campfire Ranger
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$400 trailer go all out with trex
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I'm waiting on wood to be milled for two of my trailers. Holes in back where I left the chains laying on the deck as I drove the machinery off the trailer. Whoops. Now that it's 100 degrees I'm really looking forward to working on them both in the hot sun. 98 right now
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Replaced the boards on my 16’ several years back.
The heavy duty torx metal screws are the ticket…
Soak it good with diesel once a year… Exactly what I’m gonna use, did my 16’ a couple of years ago too I soak mine in diesel, and hydraulic oil mix. Slather it on with a mop. I still need to replace wood on one that's about 10 years old.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Treated 2x8’sx 20’ are 26.00 at McCoys in Tomball, need 11 of them. Plus Tax
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I have a 2x6 floor on my utility trailer. They're 16 years old now and in excellent shape. I originally painted them on all sides with a top quality deck paint. The paint's long gone from the top surface but the wood is still in very good shape. It could easily go another 16 years. I might repaint it to add some years.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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When I get old I'm gonna do this crazy thing called not own a tractor.
Or trailer.
Wish me luck.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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When I get old I'm gonna do this crazy thing called not own a tractor.
Or trailer.
Wish me luck. Good luck! No tractor and no trailer. That'll be a pretty bold move.🤣
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When I get old I'm gonna do this crazy thing called not own a tractor.
Or trailer.
Wish me luck. Not too far from being too old to use all the crap I have.
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Well when I get old I want to get a real tractor. Something diesel and over 40HP. Tired of half vast substitutes.
Although the grands sure like getting towed around in the John Deere painted trailer on the back of the JD lawn mower. LOL
Carry what you’re willing to fight with - Mackay Sagebrush
Perfect is the enemy of good enough
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