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ACinSC 
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024 at 4:46pm |
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Wood on mine looks pretty dry. Just wondering what you fellas use? Thanks
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DonBC
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024 at 5:05pm |
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Probably not environment friendly but I have used old crankcase oil in the past.
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JoeM(GA)
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024 at 5:35pm |
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Old motor oil out of the diesels, cut with a bit of diesel fuel. Do this in the sun, it will soak in and dry in a few days, I try to do mine every other year or so, white oak is coming up about 18 years old soon.
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ACinSC
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024 at 5:39pm |
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Thanks Don and Joe!!
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024 at 5:50pm |
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I also use hydraulic oil or trans fluid.. What ever i got that is drained and dirty... If it has not been done for years, you will find out that it soaks in in about 10 minutes... I bought a trailer that had DRY WOOOD on it and soaked it 4 times in an hour.. Then let it dry in the sun.. Dont take long.
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thendrix
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024 at 5:59pm |
Get a tractor with a Perkins and haul it around a little. Deck will be well oiled 
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024 at 4:07pm |
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X2 on what Joe said. The diesel helps the oil soak in. The factory pressure treated on my trailer has lasted over 12 years, due for another treatment as soon as the weather gets hot and dry. Just replaced the floor in my 5x8 home built trailer yesterday with cull PT 2x's from the local lumber yard. The old floor had lasted over 30 years.
Tyler, my Hindu Ford marks a spot every time I load it on the trailer. I think it has an Escorts engine.
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ACinSC
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024 at 4:16pm |
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Thanks guys!!
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sparky
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024 at 4:16pm |
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I coat mine every couple of years with used oil. I get what used to be a $2 rag mop and go at it and let it sit in the gravel driveway in the hot sun.
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ACinSC
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024 at 5:39pm |
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Cheap rag mop sounds good to me. Thanks
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DMiller
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024 at 5:49pm |
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On those that I had and wanted real longevity I applied Boiled Linseed oil annually. Used to use ONLY Cottonwood or Cypress lumber where so long as not in Earth Contact and Kept Clean as well Oiled lasted until I sold those trailers or Flatbed trucks off. Sawyers around here will no longer cut Cottonwood, takes special attention as Swells during the cuts and burns up blading, both Circular or Band saws. Friend tried his Alaskan Chain Saw fixture to cut a Cottonwood log, cooked the bar and chain. Cypress is become Too Exotic for many stores to carry or sell.
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ACinSC
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024 at 8:15pm |
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Thanks Dave, always heard boiled linseed oil was good for shovel handles,etc . Should be good for trailer deck.
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 25 Apr 2024 at 8:18am |
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Use to get Elm wood from small local saw mill for deck , cut a full 2" thickness , then used oil as treatment .
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