clemsonfor
Super Member
I work for, well we will say an un named government agency. We recently took delivery of a John Deere Gator as well as a 12 ft trailer to go with it. They forgot a few things to spec on the trailer and well we got the cheapest construction i think you could get. At least they must have spec'ed new tires cause we got those.
Anyway to my point. When i first saw it first thing i noticed was that they had untreated trailer boards. I pointed that out, and they were like "well the new boards (other employee) that are treated are not green like old ones". I said " i know but they still have a stamp on them for the chemical".
Then he pointed out that the boards were nailed to the cross members. :confused2: I said no they usually use screws with a star head and drive them below the board so they are hard to see when the wood is wet/new. I looked at them as he was looking underneath and i said "well they do look like" just at that point as he looking under neath exclaims, "they are nails, see you can see them down here". I was like i have never seen nails used, and how do you replace them, grind them off or pull like ****, as we will have to do as the boards are not treated. Not sure but think it will be kept in a shed?
This thing must have been gone out of the way to put it togeather the way they did? I did not pay attention to the thickness of the crossmembers but the nails were just shot through them, as there would be no way to line the holes up. They looked like really short framing nails, they protruded like 1" underneath the crossmember so they would be something like 2-2.5" nails, clearly shot out of a nail gun.
Anyone seen this before?
Anyway to my point. When i first saw it first thing i noticed was that they had untreated trailer boards. I pointed that out, and they were like "well the new boards (other employee) that are treated are not green like old ones". I said " i know but they still have a stamp on them for the chemical".
Then he pointed out that the boards were nailed to the cross members. :confused2: I said no they usually use screws with a star head and drive them below the board so they are hard to see when the wood is wet/new. I looked at them as he was looking underneath and i said "well they do look like" just at that point as he looking under neath exclaims, "they are nails, see you can see them down here". I was like i have never seen nails used, and how do you replace them, grind them off or pull like ****, as we will have to do as the boards are not treated. Not sure but think it will be kept in a shed?
This thing must have been gone out of the way to put it togeather the way they did? I did not pay attention to the thickness of the crossmembers but the nails were just shot through them, as there would be no way to line the holes up. They looked like really short framing nails, they protruded like 1" underneath the crossmember so they would be something like 2-2.5" nails, clearly shot out of a nail gun.
Anyone seen this before?
