What is apitong trailer decking?
Apitong is the most popular exotic hardwood species that you can find in South East Asia. It is widely known as Keruing the high-density decking wood, with less moisture content. This finest quality hardwood available at ABS Wood varies from light to dark red-brown or brown to dark brown, sometimes with a purple tint.
How do you preserve wood on a trailer?
Just like your deck, fence or other outdoor wood surfaces, your trailer deck requires a sealant to keep out moisture. Look for a quality sealant designed for heavy-traffic wood and apply it every year. An annual coat of sealant maintains your deck and keeps each board dry, solid and ready for any load.
Is apitong wood durable?
Apitong, whether Indonesian, Malaysian, or Brazilian, is hard, durable and will not rot out like softwood. If you’ve got a flatbed trailer with a softwood deck, you will need to replace it at some point. Choose one of the naturally durable hardwoods and you won’t need to replace your deck again for a long time.
Can you use plywood for trailer decking?
All pressure treated plywood will be exterior grade, which means water resistant glue, but not all sub floor material will be exterior grade. You could ask the local lumber yard if their PT plywood is CCA treated, or ACQ. You could use strips of rubber or vinyl as separators between the wood and aluminum.
How is rubberwood made?
It is produced just like any other wood type, but some specific qualities about rubberwood make the job of professional woodworkers a little bit difficult. This tree type starts to degrade immediately after it is felled. It quickly succumbs to blue stains. So, it is important to cut and manufacture its wood at once.
What is Blackwood rubber used for?
The industrial grade rubber in Blackwood is also used in other extreme wear, high impact applications like absorbing bullets at indoor gun ranges. The rubber helps absorb heavy impacts that might crack or damage typical lumber. This ultra-durable material also can handle twisting and torque of equipment like skid steers without issue.
Can you burn rubberwood?
Naturally, rubber wood is resistant to burning. Even if someone smokes and the heat source is a cigarette you will get less burn damage compared to other solid wood furniture. Even if it start burning you don’t need to worry about fumes because the wood is non-toxic. See at how many degrees rubberwood burns by reading this article!
Why is rubberwood so expensive?
If we compare rubberwood with other timber from wood species that have a high raw material cost this makes it very costly competitive. Additionally is has an Eco friendly aspect because they have to be removed after the latex has been extracted.