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| | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 32 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 32 | Got a 1952 3/4 ton with a dump bed and the wood supports underneath need replacing. Can someone please recommend what type of wood is best to use? Thanks! see photo at http://www.seethepics.com/dump-bed-support.jpg | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 | The usual support wood was white oak or hickory. Use something very tough and durable, certainly NOT pine, or some other type of softwood lumber.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 502 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 502 | I can agree with oak. Are there any oak trees where you are in Il.
When I pass through that state I see a lot of corn.
The only thing I see in oak is the price, now if you were here in Mo. I'd cut you down an oak tree and give it to you cause I cut them down for firewood.
I'd consider treated wood unless you need stronger wood. I guess it would depend on how you intend on using the truck.
I burn up hickory trees to.
Dan
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 32 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 32 | As a matter of fact, my dad's got oak trees coming out the wazoo and also cuts them for firewood. There is always a fallen tree on his property somewhere. Cherry and hickory too, though not as much. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 | If you can find a log with enough diameter to get a few rough-cut pieces the size you need, clear of sapwood and heartwood, take it to a local sawmill and get it cut a little larger in all measurements than you expect to need for the final dimensions. Allow at least a year for the rough-sawed wood to air-dry, then get it planed to final size. The best pieces will come from a "clear" section, with no knots or serious checks or cracks. I floored a 16 foot utility trailer with 3" thick rough-cut hickory almost 20 years ago, and it lasted until last year before it needed replacing. I don't pamper my equipment, so it saw about 18 years of hard use.
Jerry
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Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | I think it would be great to use your own oak if possible. Oak is certainly, as a hard wood, more durable than pine. There are several woods however more durable than oak or hickory or other hard woods, one is teak another is red wood. While a soft wood cedar is also long lasting. The most durable is cypress from a 70+ year old tree. I still like to local oak choice.
I may use cedar from the billions of cedar trees we have been cutting for 20 years down in the hill country of Texas.
~Jim
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