16'/18' Car Hauler decks

[Soundguy]

wood is pretty non skid as it is.. I doubt you need a friction modifier.

if you do and want to go cheap, paint it with the asphalt fence paint.. then grad a bucket of clean sand, and spread onit while wet. once fully cured.. sweep it.

there's yer cheap protective coating and extra friction mod.

soundguy

 

[clemsonfor]

Yea that garage paint is high! Do what sound guy said.

Here in SC we dont have to get plates for trailers unless there a commercial one. Like if you have a lawn business and use a trailer or you pull your trailer for work filled with tools. I have 4 trailers (kindof, one is the inlaws thats residing at my house) two boat trailers, 4x8 utility, and my 16ft car hauler, none are tagged and i have pulled them by many law officers and logged many miles. You dont need a tag to be legal here. Thats not stopping you from getting one, but you dont need one!

As for the durability of treated wood. I have a say 18" hunk of treated 2x4. Its been a wheel chock for a boat i had untill i moved to the new house and it sat under a carport on concrete till i sold it. Anyway i used that same 2x4 (not a ground contact one just the normal deck 2x4) from the summer of 05ish to spring of 08 when i bought my new house. Now its still kicking around outside currently either in the wood shed on the ground or beside the woodshed. Its used to keep things like implements off the ground or keep a hay bail off the ground or a wheel chock or something. The center pithy part of the board has been eaten by termites adn a few other small galleries from the side that was always on the ground. But for being on the ground everyday for over 3 years half of that in a shady moist damp spot on the north side of a shaded gargage. It still, for its length probly as strong as an un chewed 2x4, it by no means will break if you hit something with it and is not crumbling if you squeeze it. This is just to show you how durable just a normal treated board can be, one on a trailer in the air where it can dry(not stay wet against the ground) will last 10x as long easy!

 

[jchealey]

I just used my trailer to haul a friends car that broke down. The dovetail was necessary to get it on the trailer. The trailer has a wood deck that has been treated with something , still slightly sticky. I wonder if that asphalt roof paint will stick on top of that? Very useful trailer, light and when hooked up to my F 350, it can haul almost anything. The other issue to keep in mind is how much weight you can haul. IE: I bought a 10K trailer. The 7K are cheaper but I would be over 7K when my backhoe is on the tractor.

Jerry
L48 with 1050 backhoe.

 

[RollTideRam]

My first car hauler was 18' metal deck with a dovetail and ramps that stored under the dove tail. I never had a problem with the deck being to slick. I would drive my samurai onto it with no ramps and muddy tires. The metal deck was hot, and chains made alot of noise when dragging them around. The dove tail did drag alot, but never hurt anything. This trailer also had 3500# axles. I came close to overloading several times.
I now have a 22' trailer with 6k axles, wood deck and stand up ramps. This trailer has a dove tail, but it does not drop down as low. I like the stand up ramps. They have legs on them that keep the deck from coming up on the front of the trailer when loading. Also with these ramps, I can see the trailer better when backing up unloaded. As for the wood deck, I'm in the process of installing new lumber and the trailer is not five years old yet. It must have not been treated, even coating it three times with the oil and diesel mix, it is rotted.

 

[Soundguy]

The trailer has a wood deck that has been treated with something , still slightly sticky. I wonder if that asphalt roof paint will stick on top of that? .

pain's only as good as what's under it.

if that sticky stuff ain't cured.. don't expect paint to hold.

soundguy