LD1
Epic Contributor
Is it a homemade trailer? or an older MFG'd one? Cause I notice the MH axles....
As to the lumber, yea, I prefer white oak. But if you arent hauling anything really heavy or anything that puts lots of load between the cross members, pine is fine. Treated pine will last a long time. And is lots lighter than oak.
But you should have gotten more life out of the oak if it was white oak. I re-decked my trailer. Boards "looked" not so good on the outside, but were still very solid. I re-decked it anyway cause it was done like you did. Combination of 8' and 12' lumber to make the span of 20'. So where two boards meet over a thin 2" cross member didnt leave much meat around the screws/bolts. And the boards were coming loose and warping.
So I got full 20' lengths of white oak. Enough to deck a 20+5 trailer 8' wide for a tad less than PT would have cost me. ~$300
As to the lumber, yea, I prefer white oak. But if you arent hauling anything really heavy or anything that puts lots of load between the cross members, pine is fine. Treated pine will last a long time. And is lots lighter than oak.
But you should have gotten more life out of the oak if it was white oak. I re-decked my trailer. Boards "looked" not so good on the outside, but were still very solid. I re-decked it anyway cause it was done like you did. Combination of 8' and 12' lumber to make the span of 20'. So where two boards meet over a thin 2" cross member didnt leave much meat around the screws/bolts. And the boards were coming loose and warping.
So I got full 20' lengths of white oak. Enough to deck a 20+5 trailer 8' wide for a tad less than PT would have cost me. ~$300