Now your thinking! I have a storage barn with the windows broken out and it has a plywood floor that I have put different kinds of used oil on over the years and it has yet to rot or fall through! Every time it rains that floor gets wet, but even after 30 years it is still holding up. I have several friends who use that same concoction in a backpack sprayer on their wooden horse pasture fences. Looks really good as it ages and weathers with moss build-up and such. Lots of good uses for burnt oil around the barnyard!
We use good old creosote mixed with whatever old engine oil we have around on our fences, every couple of years. The one we've done both sides of is still good and strong after 25 years. The other fence the neighbour planted Ivy, just let it run wild, and never put any treatment on, that started rotting away from their side over 5 years ago, and rather than get together to replace it, they just upped and moved out!
Great video that’s a great idea on the motor oil. They use to do that to the wood floors in the cotton mills around here. Looks good and seals it too. Thanks for the video
in 1980 my dad built a single axle farm trailer to pull behind his tractor, the only steel in it was the axle and the tongue, the rest was wood, he built it out of yellow locust and red oak, locust beams and oak flooring, he then soaked it in used motor oil and diesel mixture, that trailer is still being used to this day by a friend of mine i sold it to after my dad passed away, with all the original wood still as solid as the day it was built
Back In The Mid 80's I was Living in Atl. Ga. Building House's and we sided all of them with Cedar and then sprayed them with Diesel Fuel with a Hudson Sprayer , Last visit down there Those Homes still Look Great !!!
I have 5/4 decking boards on one of my HD Gooseneck trailers. Hauled 15,000 lb tractors 22 round rolls of hay. And lots of stuff on it. That flooring is going on 20 years old. Still good as new, and People laughed when I decked it with Pine decking boards. But then again it has a brace ever 12" on a I-beam that's 3X the size it needed.
We use deck boards for all our small trailers, we also use oil thinned down to apply to the underside with a sprayer. No rot, No rust ! Excellent video, thanks !
My grandpa use to follow the oil spraying trucks with his old truck and a six pack twice a year when they use to put down oil on the gravel road never had much rust on that old truck, best part was being with him and drinking beer, he thought me a lot in the 50s.
We did the same thing to my 2 story home sub floorings when we built it in 1980. Dad said it was Termite control!! If the house ever catches fire it'll probably burn like a roman candle. 🤔
cotontop3 yes sir. We have had it a few years now. Has the 62 hp cat diesel on it. Dad does some sawing for money but stays too busy to do it fulltime. Only bad ive seen is parts aint cheap lol. Guess thats with anything nowdays.
I apologize in advance for this possibly dumb question but... I’m getting ready to replace my goose neck deck with PT lumber. About how long would I have to let the wood dry out before I could treat it like this? Thanks for the great videos. I’m learning lots from you.
I am seeing several people use this blend of oil and diesel to treat trailer decks. I am going to have to give it a try. I have a 55gallon drum of burnt oil in the shop and this seems to be a good use for it. Thanks for sharing
more than a few rustic cabins out in the yonder been painted with motor oil or transmission oil or whatever combination to enhance the cedar siding color and help keep it from drying out in the sun...
Great video man. I’m currently coating my trailer floors like this. But I’m curious. Do u just have to coat the floors one time or does it need to be done every few years?
I just bought a 77x16 trailer and wanted to treat it. Someone mentioned your video on some forums and found it. My question is does it have to be used motor oil? I don't think it would be but I have a few generic bottles of oil but no used oil. Just wanted to make sure it didn't make a difference. Thanks for your video. Also some searching said the diesel is to add some color or darkness to the wood but you don't half to but can do a 50/50 mix
Be careful with loading stuff on that trailer. I helped my grandfather coat his trailer with burnt engine oil and when he went to load his backhoe quite a few days after it dried it almost through him off the trailer. He caught it just right before the front wheel went off the edge. Granted it is a 2wd case with the heavy ductile iron boom on that back. Now we coat only the center boards ( won't be driven on) with burnt oil and the outside boards with diesel and haven't had a problem with that.
I'm not far enough into the video to where you might say what it is. I have an idea. And when my little trailer needs re-flooring what your doing is exactly what I'm going to do.
I never heard of using used motor oil and diesel fuel for treating car and equipment trailers. Learned something new today. If I ever have a car or equipment trailer, I will use that mix. I honestly thought that you was using something like Minwax or Thompson's. The color of the stain does look like the polyurethane that you would get from a home improvement store like Lowe's or Home Depot. Great video.
My dad did that to my trailer. 8 years and needed replaced. On top of that, anything you put on the trailer got black on it, including your clothes, hands, etc. Not knocking your theory, just didnt work for me and made a mess. It was slick as snot also. I will say your boards look better afterwards. Mine were slap black, same exact color as the trailer itself.
cotontop3 i think dad thinned his with kerosene and used a nylon bristle broom. That may be the difference. What kind of ratio did you use in the mix? I like the idea, i just hated moving furniture or anything i didnt want oil on. I still havent treated my new boards, but need to.
cotontop3 oh ok. I was thinking it might be interesting watching the next time you load something if it did. Glad it doesn't though. Don't want your next video to be a thumbnail of an upside down tractor with the title " So I tried to load the tractor. " That would suck. Keep the great videos coming and bless you and your family.
I carry a gallon bucket of play sand in the tongue box and sow some over the deck before loading when it's rained/raining. Course, I live in Arizona, it don't rain much, but never had a loading mishap doing this quick prep. Not sure if this would work if there was a coating of ice, or frost.
Now your thinking! I have a storage barn with the windows broken out and it has a plywood floor that I have put different kinds of used oil on over the years and it has yet to rot or fall through! Every time it rains that floor gets wet, but even after 30 years it is still holding up. I have several friends who use that same concoction in a backpack sprayer on their wooden horse pasture fences. Looks really good as it ages and weathers with moss build-up and such. Lots of good uses for burnt oil around the barnyard!
We use good old creosote mixed with whatever old engine oil we have around on our fences, every couple of years. The one we've done both sides of is still good and strong after 25 years. The other fence the neighbour planted Ivy, just let it run wild, and never put any treatment on, that started rotting away from their side over 5 years ago, and rather than get together to replace it, they just upped and moved out!
Great video that’s a great idea on the motor oil. They use to do that to the wood floors in the cotton mills around here. Looks good and seals it too. Thanks for the video
I use that mixture too environmentalists might not like it but it works 😀 Good for rustproofing too 👍
You are never boring Tim I swear..Have a great day..
that works good on regular sawmill lumber and a whole lot cheaper and lasts longer , great video !
in 1980 my dad built a single axle farm trailer to pull behind his tractor, the only steel in it was the axle and the tongue, the rest was wood, he built it out of yellow locust and red oak, locust beams and oak flooring, he then soaked it in used motor oil and diesel mixture, that trailer is still being used to this day by a friend of mine i sold it to after my dad passed away, with all the original wood still as solid as the day it was built
Back In The Mid 80's I was Living in Atl. Ga. Building House's and we sided all of them with Cedar and then sprayed them with Diesel Fuel with a Hudson Sprayer , Last visit down there Those Homes still Look Great !!!
I have 5/4 decking boards on one of my HD Gooseneck trailers. Hauled 15,000 lb tractors 22 round rolls of hay. And lots of stuff on it. That flooring is going on 20 years old. Still good as new, and People laughed when I decked it with Pine decking boards. But then again it has a brace ever 12" on a I-beam that's 3X the size it needed.
We use deck boards for all our small trailers, we also use oil thinned down to apply to the underside with a sprayer. No rot, No rust ! Excellent video, thanks !
My grandpa use to follow the oil spraying trucks with his old truck and a six pack twice a year when they use to put down oil on the gravel road never had much rust on that old truck, best part was being with him and drinking beer, he thought me a lot in the 50s.
We did the same thing to my 2 story home sub floorings when we built it in 1980. Dad said it was Termite control!! If the house ever catches fire it'll probably burn like a roman candle. 🤔
Actually, once dried it's no more flammable than the wood itself.
my dad built a a trailer 30 years ago and it still looks good
I have used the same stuff on a a lot of trailer does work very well your looks really good
Used motor oil ! We treated every wood wagon box and floor on the farm the same way Tim !
Burnt motor oil and diesel fuel is what we used on our cattle trailer floor. My dad has a woodmizer lt70 we used to make the flooring.
That’s a good saw
cotontop3 yes sir. We have had it a few years now. Has the 62 hp cat diesel on it. Dad does some sawing for money but stays too busy to do it fulltime. Only bad ive seen is parts aint cheap lol. Guess thats with anything nowdays.
I've done that to my semi flatbed trailers it Preserves the decking really well after you leave set on
At 4;40 You said exactly what I thought you would. I run Dello too in my Dodge
Thanks for the video ✌️😊
Glad you’ve had the good weather to “cook” the decking.
Steve Spell
Now that's old school my grandfather did that to fence post and the board's around the bottom of barn LOL
Great video Tim thanks for sharing have a great day
I apologize in advance for this possibly dumb question but... I’m getting ready to replace my goose neck deck with PT lumber. About how long would I have to let the wood dry out before I could treat it like this? Thanks for the great videos. I’m learning lots from you.
Good stuff, we have used it on stakes in the past also, nice song Tim:)
I am seeing several people use this blend of oil and diesel to treat trailer decks. I am going to have to give it a try. I have a 55gallon drum of burnt oil in the shop and this seems to be a good use for it. Thanks for sharing
more than a few rustic cabins out in the yonder been painted with motor oil or transmission oil or whatever combination to enhance the cedar siding color and help keep it from drying out in the sun...
This is how I treat my trailers and other wooden items and it works great!
Great video feller
Yeah I would say you had a real good supply of that wood treatment. I bet Chevron never advertised it for that 😁😎
Treatment of treated floors with used oil is a first for me. One way to save money. Looks like would make the surface slick. Thanks
I don't think I've ever seen someone use a mop to apply a coat but it seems to work very well
Best floor treatment I've used. All recycled products.
Great video man. I’m currently coating my trailer floors like this. But I’m curious. Do u just have to coat the floors one time or does it need to be done every few years?
I’m gonna do mine every year or so.
cotontop3 ok. Thanks. I’ll be sure to keep mine coated. Great videos. Keep them coming!!!
I just bought a 77x16 trailer and wanted to treat it. Someone mentioned your video on some forums and found it. My question is does it have to be used motor oil? I don't think it would be but I have a few generic bottles of oil but no used oil. Just wanted to make sure it didn't make a difference. Thanks for your video. Also some searching said the diesel is to add some color or darkness to the wood but you don't half to but can do a 50/50 mix
Any oil with diesel mix will work but old burnt oil will give you the best results. Just mix it where it takes the thickness out of the oil.
@@cotontop3 ok thank you
good tip on sealing trailer wood. now you better hope your wife see th8s video and you used her good mop to seal your trailer lol
doesn't see this video
Can’t wait to see you do the underneath 😂😂👍
That deck will never have to be replaced again! Did you do the underside of the deck also?🧐
I painted the underside of my trailer with used motor oil using a paint brush. Then threw all of those clothes away, including underwear.
Good info. I like that idea. Does the diesel fuel thin it down a little? Later
Yes
Enjoying the new style videos with backing music👍
Thank you
Like the video Tim .
You are a workaholic ! People wondering how u get all the things u have. People he works.
Be careful with loading stuff on that trailer. I helped my grandfather coat his trailer with burnt engine oil and when he went to load his backhoe quite a few days after it dried it almost through him off the trailer. He caught it just right before the front wheel went off the edge. Granted it is a 2wd case with the heavy ductile iron boom on that back. Now we coat only the center boards ( won't be driven on) with burnt oil and the outside boards with diesel and haven't had a problem with that.
Good stuff!!
My grandpa would use old motor oil to treat the deck boards on his trailer
I do the same thing to my gooseneck trailer floor once a year
glad to see you didn't paint yourself into a corner....LOL
works good n garden sprayer for wood fence.
How do you get a Hold of used oil thou, can you call the people that go,around to oil change shops and buy oil
What is the diesel to oil mix ratio , I’ve got a bunch of used oil I need to use up now I know what I can do with it
It doesn’t have to be exact but I mix about 2 gallons oil and gallon of diesel. U want it to very runny.
the pine you use , Is it also called Norfolk Pine?
nice job ,,,good vidja
I'm guessing it's used motor oil and hydraulic fluid and a trailer build would be cool to see
Good video tim
Look at this guy throwing used motor oil on his trailer...lol he admits it IS used oil, impressed
I'm not far enough into the video to where you might say what it is. I have an idea. And when my little trailer needs re-flooring what your doing is exactly what I'm going to do.
Holy cow it got green down there fast! Snowed again here yesterday lol
Snow now would suck bad
I like the misc
Curious if it makes it slick when it’s wet?
I never heard of using used motor oil and diesel fuel for treating car and equipment trailers. Learned something new today. If I ever have a car or equipment trailer, I will use that mix. I honestly thought that you was using something like Minwax or Thompson's. The color of the stain does look like the polyurethane that you would get from a home improvement store like Lowe's or Home Depot. Great video.
I ve heard people use it for log cabins too
Does it not make the floor slippery when it rains?
No worse than regular wood seal
Is there a certain ratio of engine oil to diesel that you use?
A good starting point would be about 75% used oil and the rest diesel. Makes it soak in a little better than just straight oil.
Missed a spot. 😁
Could treat with diesel and motor oil
Hope Jill doesn't see how you handle that mop she will have you doing floors at home.
I just hope Jill doesn't see her mop covered in oil. Heads will roll.
What is the ratio of oil to diesel?
I put about 2 gallons of oil to a gallon of diesel.
Can I use used car motor oil, and mix diesel fuel
Tim you should really rest some, you stay on the go doing something ALL THE TIME. LATER TATER.
As an employee of Koppers. Are you using creosote to treat you trailer bed?
It’s oil and diesel
You probably got hay wagons with that on don't ya ?
My dad did that to my trailer. 8 years and needed replaced. On top of that, anything you put on the trailer got black on it, including your clothes, hands, etc. Not knocking your theory, just didnt work for me and made a mess. It was slick as snot also. I will say your boards look better afterwards. Mine were slap black, same exact color as the trailer itself.
I did it last week and was all over the trailer, got nothing on me and dried out just fine.
cotontop3 i think dad thinned his with kerosene and used a nylon bristle broom. That may be the difference. What kind of ratio did you use in the mix? I like the idea, i just hated moving furniture or anything i didnt want oil on. I still havent treated my new boards, but need to.
2 gallons oil and about a gallon diesel
Diesel fuel and burnt oil works better and alot cheaper than Thompsons waterseal
You are right 👍🏻
Won't that make the floor slick?
No not at all once sun hits it.
cotontop3 oh ok. I was thinking it might be interesting watching the next time you load something if it did. Glad it doesn't though. Don't want your next video to be a thumbnail of an upside down tractor with the title " So I tried to load the tractor. " That would suck. Keep the great videos coming and bless you and your family.
Watch my video I just posted about loading the backhoe, I had just put the oil on it a couple days before. Make sure u put some diesel in the oil.
cotontop3 how much diesel would you recommend adding per gallon? Or is it a trial and error thing
I carry a gallon bucket of play sand in the tongue box and sow some over the deck before loading when it's rained/raining. Course, I live in Arizona, it don't rain much, but never had a loading mishap doing this quick prep. Not sure if this would work if there was a coating of ice, or frost.