Tee One Eleven siding question

[Pooh_Bear]

When the trailer is not being used it is unhooked.
I put the tounge on a concrete block.
This causes it to be tilted down so that water can run off of it.

Pooh Bear

 

[johnk]

Problem solved.................

 

[Knotbored]

I don't think the trailer floor is the significant use of all that great free material. I think your storage shed is way more important. It sounds like you have enough material (almost) for a couple sheds and lots of shelving. I envy you and would love to make such a find!
Good lock !

 

[Pooh_Bear]

I used one 4x8 sheet of T-111 and then one 10inch x 8feet piece for the floor.
I coated both sides with two coats of sealer. Used 3/4 gallon of sealer.
A neighbor offered me a few gallons of enamel paint to paint it with if I wanted. I may do that too. Cover it with paint real thick.

Made two more trips today. Got about 10 I-Joists and several more sheets of OSB.
Got a bunch of 2x4's and 2x6's of various lengths. Got a couple of 2x16 laminated beams. One is 12 feet long, the other is about 8 feet long.
Also got some pallets made out of treated 2x4's.

Gonna go back in the morning and get a set of steps that I saw.
These steps looked to have a rise of about 8 feet.
Still have to get all those bundles of shingles and a pallet of concrete blocks.
And a lot of short lumber 4 to 8 feet in length.
Still some OSB over there that looks like full sheets that broke in half.
And I saw a 1/2 sheet of plexiglass. Can't wait to see what else is in that pile.

At the back of the lot in some weeds looks to be an old building that has collapsed. It had a tin roof on it that is in good shape so all the lumber underneath is in the dry and in good shape. Lots of 2x4's and 2x6's. It was hid by some weeds and I didn't see it till they pointed it out to me and said I could have it if I removed it. I said sure. Soon as I can.

Supposed to be another real nice day tomorrow so I hope to make more trips. I feel like I won the lottery or something. Can't hardly wait to start using all this stuff.

Pooh Bear

 

[JBX]

Hi Pooh Bear,
On your T-111, find some exterior oil base or latex paint and slather it on the wood. Spray, roller or brush the paint on, just make sure you get lots of paint on the edges and in any cracks or seams on the wood. The more coats the better. The point is that the paint will block water from getting inside the plywood layers where it will start to decompose the wood cell fibers. "Dry rot" is not dry, it should rightfully be called "wet rot".
Note- on any piece of milled lumber, where a cut is made across the grain, as in lumber used for a flat-bed trailer, the ends of the planks will last years longer if paint is applied on the cut end until the wood can't soak it up anymore. That is why the ends of lumber left outside rot first, because that is where the rain or ground water is soaked up first.
Old carpenter wisdom.