bigballer
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- 2006 Kubota L3400
i just bought a 1979 2 horse trailer and figure it's a good time to replace the boards - start fresh. the existing boards are 2x10 and i am wondering if i should replace with the same size or go with a 2x8 or 2x6 (maybe even 2x4's). There are 3 angle iron cross beams about 3ft apart. What size boards will give the floor the most strength? Also there is a 2x6 peice of metal that runs across the front of the boards at the very front of the trailer. this is starting to show pretty bad rust and there are a couple areas where it's starting crack. I was thinking of using a piece of sheet metal starting up about 10" from the floor, running it down to the floor then across the rusted out section and attaching it the new floorboard overlapping 4-6". (I have mats to cover all of this). Does this sound like a reasonable fix? Are there other options that might be better?
thanks for any input.
cheers,
bigballer
thanks for any input.
cheers,
bigballer