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Originally Posted by GMAN
Pine is soft. I would not want to use pine on a step deck if I planned on driving anything on it. You could use some 1" plywood. I have seen some drivers use that before and it seems to work for them. They just put it down on top of the old floor. If you just need the ramps you may be able to only get some of the apitong to do what you absolutely have to do for the time being. I am going to need to refloor my step deck this year and I really don't look forward to spending the money. I can get the 1 piece full length boards for about $2,200. I think the mixed length boards were about $1,400 or so. If you only want to do the ramp part of your deck, you could cut a 4' x 8' piece of plywood and nail it to the deck. Throw some paint on it and it may last until you can do something different. It would not be my first choice, but might get you by until money becomes more plentiful. I would need to find the quote on my trailer, but I believe the boards ran about $2.29/lf.
Thanks for the input. I'm a little skeptical about using 1" plywood. I need to re-deck the entire trailer. There is absolutely no wood on there that can be saved. I will also be sandblasting and painting the trailer myself. I will be posting a few pictures on here soon, to show before and after I guess. Back to the flooring, I was thinking of using 1 1/2 -2 inch treated pine. I think my cross members are 12" apart, so hopefully the pine holds for about a year. I don't know what other wood to use that is in the price range on the treated pine.