trailer floors

jhburke · 07-15-2002, 11:47 PM

I had a interesting experience saturday. I had finished cleaning up a fence row and I loaded some fair size rocks in the bucket. Loaded the tractor onto the trailer. When I got home and started to unload the tractor there was a loud pop. Stopped started to look around to find out what happened. The front wheel had gone thru the floor of the trailer. Cheap rotten lumber used in manufacturing of the trailer. The trailer isn't that old. I will be replacing the floor to the tune of about 200.00.

RobS · 07-16-2002, 07:53 AM

Bummer Jim, what was the trailer flooring? Mine is treated 2 X 8 pine and seems to be holding up OK. How old is your trailer? Good thing it didn't fail driving down the road [img]/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif[/img]

jhburke · 07-16-2002, 08:39 AM

Trailer is about 2 or 3 years old. My floor is cheap white pine. Will be replaceing it with treated 2 x 8 lumber. Thank goodness for 4wd, I just put it in 4wd and eased up out of the hole and off the trailer.

07-15-2002, 11:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
jhburke Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Vermilion County, IL Posts: 311	trailer floors I had a interesting experience saturday. I had finished cleaning up a fence row and I loaded some fair size rocks in the bucket. Loaded the tractor onto the trailer. When I got home and started to unload the tractor there was a loud pop. Stopped started to look around to find out what happened. The front wheel had gone thru the floor of the trailer. Cheap rotten lumber used in manufacturing of the trailer. The trailer isn't that old. I will be replacing the floor to the tune of about 200.00.

07-16-2002, 07:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
RobS Super Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 5,205	Re: trailer floors Bummer Jim, what was the trailer flooring? Mine is treated 2 X 8 pine and seems to be holding up OK. How old is your trailer? Good thing it didn't fail driving down the road [img]/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif[/img]

07-16-2002, 08:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
jhburke Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Vermilion County, IL Posts: 311	Re: trailer floors Trailer is about 2 or 3 years old. My floor is cheap white pine. Will be replaceing it with treated 2 x 8 lumber. Thank goodness for 4wd, I just put it in 4wd and eased up out of the hole and off the trailer.

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