Re-decking Gooseneck Trailer

[Bootstrap]

Deck is 24' long, right? At the 12' mark have welder weld in metal to widen the mounting point to the crossmember, use 12' PT lumber, personally I'd go 2x6 from each side and trim center board to fit. To remove current floor, use a sawzall on cut boards at each crossmember on each side. Use a hammer to break the screw/board left on top of the crossmembers. Go back with 5/16" diameter trailer deck screws, 2 per board on each crossmember, its worth the effort. As far as the, oil/diesel board treatment, waste of time.

 

[arto98607]

Maybe used motor oil/diesel fuel use for trailer decking is waste of time with the weather down TX, but up here on the wet coast in the Pacific Northwest where it reins on and on during the four winter months it works pretty good on a trailer with older decking!

IE. It's almost no cost and delays the inevitable board replacement many years.

Your mileage may differ.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I use used tractor hydraulic fluid mixed with diesel fuel and have had good luck on trailer decks, I re-decked my gooseneck last year because I failed to treat the deck with the diesel mix but as fate would have it I treated it this morning and plan on doing my tilt deck tomorrow , but the best deck protection by far is to keep it under a shelter or barn when not in use.

 

[Redbug]

My 24 foot tilt bed had boards rotting. I needed 2x8x18 foot treated boards. I guess you can order from Lowes but I found a really good lumber yard nearby that had the wood. Not all the boards were bad so I got what I needed.

I unscrewed the T-40 torx screws (used a ratchet), and lifted the bad boards out. Then placed the bad boards on top of the new boards and drilled new holes in them using the old boards as templates. New ones went in and the torx screws went into the original holes. I did not want to drill more holes in the trailer cross members. I also greased the torx screws when putting them back in.

And that's my story.

 

[5030]

When I re-decked my GN, I used Apitong. You don't need to treat it with anything and unlike oak or PT pine planks, it will last the life of the GN. One and done.

Why commercial flat bed trailers all have Apitong floors, simply because they last the life of the trailer.

 

[5030]

Maybe used motor oil/diesel fuel use for trailer decking is waste of time with the weather down TX, but up here on the wet coast in the Pacific Northwest where it reins on and on during the four winter months it works pretty good on a trailer with older decking!

IE. It's almost no cost and delays the inevitable board replacement many years.

Your mileage may differ.

Best mileage Arto is Apitong. One and done for the life of the trailer. It ain't cheap but longevity is never cheap.

 

[Renze]

My dad built a frame for a porch for his trailer in northern WI
but; he never put any boards on top so just the frame and every
time they would go there he painted the frame with drain oil and
and no rotten boards after over 40 years

willy

Thats how i did my manure spreader. Let drip out at the manure pit.

 

[sandman2234]

Second replacement of wood gave way under my M7040 when 100 miles from home so I went a different route.
David from jax

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Second replacement of wood gave way under my M7040 when 100 miles from home so I went a different route.
David from jax

That beats wood decking everytime, probably considerably lighter as well, which is good for trailer capacity.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Second replacement of wood gave way under my M7040 when 100 miles from home so I went a different route.
David from jax

What are we looking at there? Looks like aluminum. But what is it? And is it a readily available product? This is a timely post as I need to redeck my 16'er.