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    Quote Originally Posted by mudtoy67 View Post
    Put a new floor on my trailer last weekend. The floor looked ok, but most of the boards had cracks. Water had been collecting in the cracks and caused the boards to rot from the inside out.

    CDR's pawpaw wanted to help with the project, so I stripped the old floor and we brought it out to San Antonio.


    Ended up going with regular #2 pine for the new floor. I looked into other species popular with trailer builders such as white oak and apitong. I couldn't find any white oak that wasn't big money furniture grade. Apitong is used pretty often on big rig trailers and supposed to be really durable. It was still pretty pricey at $4+ a board foot. At that cost I'd have to replace the #2 pine almost 8 times before I met the price of apitong. With proper water treatment the wood should keep plenty of years.

    I wanted to add anchor points in similar positions as most steel deck car haulers. What I came up with is to span two crossmembers front and rear with channel steel. I used C6x10.5. The 6" width worked well with the floor layout. I was able to space things out so all full length boards were 2x8 and where the anchor channels were would use 2x6. The 10.5# weight gives the channel a little over a 1/4" web for strength. The legs of the channel are just over 2" tall, so I had to notch them to 1.5" where they rest on the crossmembers to make the top even with the deck. I'll pick up some recessed d-rings typically used on car haulers and weld them to the channels this week. http://www.macscustomtiedowns.com/product/48/DRings

    Front anchor point. Added a piece of angle to support the end of the board.


    Rear anchor point on the dovetail.


    Christy's pawpaw putting the final screws in the dovetail. I used floor screws the same as I had pulled out of the old floor. The screws have a T30 torx socket head, and the thread is self tapping.


    And the finished deck. Still need to treat it and weld on the new d-rings.

    BDR, where do you find the socket head torx floor screws? Just Home Depot? And do you have to pre-drill the board?

    I ended up buying the gooseneck. It needs a little work, but nothing major.

    Deck, redo the rigging on the ramps, 7way plug, and drive over fenders
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    There's a specialty screw company across the street from my office. They had them in stock. I think I asked for trailer floor screws and they knew what I wanted. The screws are self tapping, but you do have to pre-drill. If you get me a quantity I can get you a quote/pick them up.

    http://www.northwestfastener.com/
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    Thanks. I will get a count tonight.
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    Gooseneck has em. I'm sure any trailer dealer that has a parts dept will stock them
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    This is the trailer I bought a couple weeks back. It is 25' with no dove.

    It needed some wiring repairs and I did enough to make it to Clayton. I still need to wire back the breakaway and unrig some other brake related stuff. Changed it to a 7 blade also

    It needs a new deck and some repairs To the ramp setup, but should be good after that.

    Has 2 7000lb axles with brakes on both and 4 new tires. Came with 2 chains, binders, and 2 extra strAps....but no title just yet. Still working in that

    Guy says it weighs 3200 empty
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    This the Frick's Dads old 6x10 tilt Jeremiah and I bought for the Ranger. Primed and painted the whole thing, all new wiring and lights, new 2x8s, weather sealed, moved the spare and a few other things. Plan to get the wheels mounted this week. I need to weld some d rings on and I would also like to find some mesh or something to put on the sides
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    Quote Originally Posted by BroncoJo View Post
    How are you going about getting the title?
    The guy's boss owns the trailer and the title is in his name and he apparently has lost it. I called him when i left the tax office and he seemed like he would take care of it. We'll see. Not going to start on it until I get that resolved
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    My dodge is really starting to get worn out being my work truck now. Friday the AC stopped blowing out the vents. I took it in to dodge to check it out and it has atleast 3 of the 5 actuators broken and the condenser is dirty with a likely leak. You have to tear the whole dash and center consul apart to fix it. The bid the job with 8.4 hours labor will be ~2200. Guess I'm gonna roll with the windows down until I come up with a better bid. This truck is starting to be a headache. Keeps having problems.

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