Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #209
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 03:24 PM 8/7/00 -0400, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On the subject of trailer flooring, does anyone know of a reason why pressure treated 2 by planks wouldn't work well? I'm not sure how it compares in price to oak, but it should be easily available everywhere. It would probably be ok as long as the supports under it are close enough for the load that it put on it. Oak is a long harder/stronger wood than they use for the pressure treated stuff. Also if you are going to use pressure treated I would make sure that there are rubber mats of some sort over the wood. I am not sure if the treatment on the wood is toxic or not but I sure wouldn't want to take a chance with it. === Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry Mike May, Registrar Voice 716-872-4114 FAX 716-787-0497 http://www.nfhr.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #209
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On the subject of trailer flooring, does anyone know > of a reason > why pressure treated 2 by planks wouldn't work well? When we replaced the floor in our old four-horse trailer a few years ago, we used pressure treated 2x6 planks(Sunwood, I believe). The old flooring was 2x6 tongue and groove planks, but we were unable to get tongue and groove. The resulting floor was ok, but the planks did tend to 'give' quite a bit if a Fjord stood with both front or both hind feet on the same plank. We deduced that this was because the planks were not 'connected' to each other, as tongue and groove planks would have been. We solved the problem by running several lines of metal strapping down the boards to bind them together and then covering the whole floor with thin plywood. Makes a fairly heavy floor, so we used quarter-inch - or maybe eighth inch?- plywood. On top of the whole floor we put down the original 1" thick floormats that came with the trailer. This floor is still sound five years later, so far as I know. While we had the floor out we checked all of the metal cross beams and welds and painted them with Rustoleum. After the new floor was in - before putting down the mats - we had the whole trailer sandblasted and repainted. We could do this because it was a steel stock trailer, not an aluminum horse trailer. Steel trailers ARE heavy - and a bit hard to find these days - but it is nice to be able to have them 'blasted and painted when they get faded and begin to rust a bit. This old trailer will probably be still going strong when our 'new' horse trailer is a pile of rust! Mary = Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #209
This message is from: "linda hickam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
My husband,the big construction superintendent,says absolutely you can use
it..just make sure it's #2 and better Douglas Fir..{don't I
sound smart?}..linda in burning up Idaho
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>Subject: Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #209
>Date: Mon, Aug 7, 2000, 3:24 PM
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>On the subject of trailer flooring, does anyone know of a reason
>why pressure treated 2 by planks wouldn't work well? I'm not sure
>how it compares in price to oak, but it should be easily available
>everywhere.
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Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #209
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On the subject of trailer flooring, does anyone know of a reason why pressure treated 2 by planks wouldn't work well? I'm not sure how it compares in price to oak, but it should be easily available everywhere.
