Replacing Trailer Boards

[BrandonA]

Replace the boards with aluminum bleacher planks and you will never again have to replace your trailer deck!

Bisch

Where do you get them at?

[Chew]

Replace the boards with aluminum bleacher planks and you will never again have to replace your trailer deck!

Bisch

Say what????????? I like the way you talk, mister.

[BrandonH]

Replace the boards with aluminum bleacher planks and you will never again have to replace your trailer deck!

Bisch

That would be awesome if I knew where to find some.

[cj7zrcool]

Grind the welds out then bolt back in 3 to 4 bolts through the iron and boards for easy access if you ever need to do it again.

This is the way to do it.

That would be awesome if I knew where to find some.

There's bleachers @ every middle & high school in the country.

[Bisch]

That would be awesome if I knew where to find some.

I found mine on Craigslist at a junk yard in Sinton. I was looking for the bleacher planks to build a bowfishing deck on my boat. While I was loading it I noticed my boards were getting pretty rotten, so I bought enough to do the boat deck and the trailer. They had a whole stadium tore down. Don't know if the guy still has any. He said if it did not sell soon, he was going to chop it up.

Bisch

[Swampa]

You can get enough bend in the boards to replace the last few that way. That's how I did mine

Just did this on a 16'. Those wet boards bend a ton

[apolloreed]

You can get enough bend in the boards to replace the last few that way. That's how I did mine

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[Blane]

I'll second the aluminum planks. Just be careful if loading a mower or buggie when wet or with muddy tires. Gets a little rodeoish.

[DaveC]

Can you bend a 12' like vid shows bending a 16'?

One of my boards in the middle of the deck is rotted out but the rest look fine.

[Thumper]

Just did this on a 16'. Those wet boards bend a ton

They also shrink a bunch, 1/2" or more. I set them out in the sun for a couple weeks to shrink them first.

[Peta-hata]

C purlin is another option.

[bboswell]

I bet if you look at the front that is a piece of flat bar welded every 4-6" to hold down the boards, this is the piece you want to grind out because it is not structural like angle in the back.

[BrandonH]

They also shrink a bunch, 1/2" or more. I set them out in the sun for a couple weeks to shrink them first.

I wish I had the time to let them dry, because I hate having significant sized gaps between boards.

[EarleyBird]

You're right...the front is tacked 3-4" every foot or so.

This guy is determined.


Since I don't have easy access to a welder what about cutting a portion of the front channel just wide enough to insert a board. I should then be able to insert the board in the same location and work them out toward the edges. I could then bolt down the board where I cut the metal. Sound doable?

I've built a few and own a few. This is just standard. I don't know what all these other guys are talking about! What you just said is exactly how it's supposed to work.

[Thumper]

I wish I had the time to let them dry, because I hate having significant sized gaps between boards.

Might just put them in place without screwing them down to let them shrink then tighten them up and add a spacer along one edge.