DutchVDub
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Milliken, CO
I replaced the deck on my trailer after I bought it and helped my buddy do it a few years later after he'd bought it from me. Its ready for a new deck again. I wouldn't exactly call it cheap to do and its a pain in the ass. Maybe if he'd used Thompson's or something he wouldn't have had to replace it so soon and it also wouldn't be ready to replace again. The wood decks too me aren't worth the hassle for the supposed extra traction, and I've about busted my arse plenty of times on our wood deck trailers at work when chaining down in the winter.
Conversely I will say the wood decks on our gooseneck has only been replaced once, and that was after 9 years. I don't think we've ever had to replace the deck on either our of our trailers from the Freightliner and we've had those for 15+ years. One is a step deck and the other is a low boy. We do put linseed oil on them every few months though. Its $80-$100 for a 5 gallon bucket of the stuff. We go through one each time we do it, but that's for all 3 trailers.
Conversely I will say the wood decks on our gooseneck has only been replaced once, and that was after 9 years. I don't think we've ever had to replace the deck on either our of our trailers from the Freightliner and we've had those for 15+ years. One is a step deck and the other is a low boy. We do put linseed oil on them every few months though. Its $80-$100 for a 5 gallon bucket of the stuff. We go through one each time we do it, but that's for all 3 trailers.