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 09-11-2017, 17:41 Post: 87416
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  Floor board treatments

If you can get it, Red Oak is a much better choice. It is stronger and stands up better.

As for treatment, saturate them in Thompson's water Seal or similar, it's just basically parafin wax in solution, no nasty chemicals.

The most important thing you can do to extend the life of the floor is the maintenance, keep it clean, lift out or stand up the mats whenever possible to let it breathe and dry. Also, park the trailer on a hard dry surface, gravel, asphalt or concrete not grass that will hold moisture near the wood.

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 09-12-2017, 23:07 Post: 87523
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There is no doubt that Hemlock is a good, strong, durable wood.

The problem with using it for an application like floor decking in a horse trailer is it's not strong enough. Unlike the floor of a transport trailer where the loads are spread over a larger area, a horse puts all of their wait on four small areas, their hoofs.

Even a small horse weighs about 1,000 pounds, and it stands on 4 relatively small hoofs, the span between frame rails is fairly wide and both the 2 front and 2 rear hoofs end up on the same span. This is doubled when you load 2 horses. A pair of good sized horses can exert 1,500 pounds on two smallish areas of flooring.

For that kind of load you need something pretty substantial underneath or you will end up with 'Flinstone brakes' on that trailer.

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 09-13-2017, 18:45 Post: 87613
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All of are trailer floors are Red Oak, but then our horses are Belgians (draft horses) and the corks in their shoes would shred a softwood floor in no time flat if it wasn't as tough as nails.

Maybe light horses aren't as tough on floors as their bigger cousins.

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