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Trailer Deck Boards

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  1. Backwoods Savage

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    Many people around here that live on gravel roads even dump oil right on the roads. Others just in their dirt driveways.
     
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    Just tell her that it is an oil based sealer that happens to be made of recycled materials and saved money, manufacturing inputs, and shipping.
     
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    Slobber some crude oil on it...that's all natural, right?! :whistle::whistle::whistle:
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    You guys are just about useless, luv ya'll
     
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    Seriously.
    WTH is wrong with them.
     
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    There are outlets that make environmentally friendly wood deck sealers. Usually the recycled content approaches 98%, mostly from the plastic ring-tops from six packs and old plastic grocery bags. I've heard that it works well if applied correctly, but the mix/ pre-heat is strenuous.

    The baby seal fat must be heated to exactly 327 deg. before mixing, or it's all for naught.

    I said screw that, decked my trailer with 11g. diamond plate, never looked back.
     
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    I never put anything on my trailer bed boards but if I was going to I would probably just get some deck sealer, put it in a pump sprayer and spray it on.
    You could even stain it with some oil based deck stain that is ment for horizontal surfaces, spray it on the same way
     
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    New Dos Equis commercial-

    "I don't always coat my trailer deck boards, but when I do, I use the fake crocodile tears of NFL players on bended knee. Stay thirsty, my friends."

    -The Most Interesting Man In The World. :p:rofl: :lol:
     
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    This.
     
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    OR.....You could have the best smelling trailer deck ever and seal it with BACON GREASE!
     
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    Which would require eating lots of bacon so....................WIN WIN.
     
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    That won't work...My dog would lick the boards until they disintegrated!
     
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    I will get back to you when I have 5 or 6 hours to compose a spreadsheet!!
     
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    Every dog in town would be helping...be like the doggy pied piper when you take the trailer out...:rofl: :lol:
     
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    More than I want to spend, plus with 2 6000 pound axles I am not sure I have seen equipment trailers using metal decks! Maybe the weight of the plate is too much? Thanks for the thought!
     
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    What about the "deck over" stuff at Home Depot/Lowe's? You roll it on, it seals and is somewhat of a sandpaper, grippy texture. It would probably run you less than fifty bucks, all in...
     
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    If you're actually hauling equipment, the plate would weigh too much and be cost prohibitive.
    If it's a wood/atv hauler, you could get by with 14g-11g. diamond plate.
     
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    That's an interesting idea.
     
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    I thought about the deckover stuff, but when pallets get pushed on to the trailer, I think it would get tore uo in a hurry. I usually only haul atvs and pellets, couple other things now and again.

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    The best trailer decking is 8/4 rough sawn white oak.
     
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