I get it. But it’s not gonna rot up for a few years. Pressure treated lumber will actually cause a reaction with untreated steel. So pick your battles here.
@AbramsExcavating yes, the copper and steel cause electrolysis, and degrade. But, absent being wet all the time, I would have picked the PT after seeing what was taken off...
The old decking was pressure treated. Pressure treated lumber is generally southern yellow pine. A VERY soft pine because it’s easy to treat. I personally only Use it when dealing with direct ground contact. I normally deck trailers with white oak. This trailer was not going to be staying around so I did not want to Invest the extra money and time to deck it with white oak.
Nope, it’s softer wood, costs more, and will rot un coated steel. This lumber will last an easy 4-5 years especially coated with oil/diesel. Yea the bottom may not be coated but that’s generally not exposed to the elements unless you consistently tow in salt/rain/snow
Is that over run brakes or connected brakes here in the U,K any thing over 3 +1/2 ton's has to have coneted brakes, but that's on agricultural tractor,s and trailer's. Because most plant heavier than 1.8 ton's is supposed to be moved with a truck.
So these brakes are electric controlled off the truck/tow vehicle. You have to have a special “brake controller” which is energized off the same switch that runs your brake lights. This sends power that is adjusted by inertial and user input to the braking magnets which apply the brakes So from what I understand with how your brakes work, connected means they are run off a hydraulic braking port on a tractor? And on a truck they are air powered like our larger trailers here are?
@AbramsExcavating On an agricultural tractor's with 50 k,p,h trans it's a legal requirement to have air over Hyundai mainly because of increased combined weight of tractor/trailer of about 32 ton I'm referring to a 25 max loaded trailer. I remember 25 year's ago going over a way bridge in a Volvo F7 3 Axel ridged truck with a 26 ton limit with an empty weight just under 10 ton.
Interesting, I feel like that’s much more Reliable way of trailer braking. A lot of times as you see in this video these brakes get neglected and no longer work.
Thanks! Yup! I have plenty of heavy trailers (35 ton lowboy , 20ton tilt tag trailer) but I don’t have any heavy enough for behind my pickup trucks. Hopefully going to pick one up tomorrow!
You’re a good friend to let your buddies just keep stuff on your property!
Doesn’t bother me at all!
You had me till the non pressure treated lumber....
At least put something on them before installing!
It’s fine it’ll hold up for longer than you’d expect
I get it. But it’s not gonna rot up for a few years. Pressure treated lumber will actually cause a reaction with untreated steel. So pick your battles here.
@AbramsExcavating yes, the copper and steel cause electrolysis, and degrade. But, absent being wet all the time, I would have picked the PT after seeing what was taken off...
The old decking was pressure treated. Pressure treated lumber is generally southern yellow pine. A VERY soft pine because it’s easy to treat. I personally only Use it when dealing with direct ground contact.
I normally deck trailers with white oak. This trailer was not going to be staying around so I did not want to
Invest the extra money and time to deck it with white oak.
No pressure treated?
Nope, it’s softer wood, costs more, and will rot un coated steel.
This lumber will last an easy 4-5 years especially coated with oil/diesel. Yea the bottom may not be coated but that’s generally not exposed to the elements unless you consistently tow in salt/rain/snow
Is that over run brakes or connected brakes here in the U,K any thing over 3 +1/2 ton's has to have coneted brakes, but that's on agricultural tractor,s and trailer's. Because most plant heavier than 1.8 ton's is supposed to be moved with a truck.
So these brakes are electric controlled off the truck/tow vehicle. You have to have a special “brake controller” which is energized off the same switch that runs your brake lights. This sends power that is adjusted by inertial and user input to the braking magnets which apply the brakes
So from what I understand with how your brakes work, connected means they are run off a hydraulic braking port on a tractor? And on a truck they are air powered like our larger trailers here are?
@AbramsExcavating On an agricultural tractor's with 50 k,p,h trans it's a legal requirement to have air over Hyundai mainly because of increased combined weight of tractor/trailer of about 32 ton I'm referring to a 25 max loaded trailer. I remember 25 year's ago going over a way bridge in a Volvo F7 3 Axel ridged truck with a 26 ton limit with an empty weight just under 10 ton.
Interesting, I feel like that’s much more
Reliable way of trailer braking. A lot of times as you see in this video these brakes get neglected and no longer work.
`nice trailer now you have it sold you can get a heavier one for hauling track hoes . Thanks
Thanks! Yup! I have plenty of heavy trailers (35 ton lowboy , 20ton tilt tag trailer) but I don’t have any heavy enough for behind my pickup trucks. Hopefully going to pick one up tomorrow!