We bought direct from a local sawmill when we needed to redo a trailer.
They commonly mill true 2" thick oak or ash for trailer decking. I think it
was around $700 to do a 25x8.5 trailer.  Appropriate thickness will be
determined by the equipment and the crossmember spacing on the trailer.

On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 8:58 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:

> Need to redeck the wood on my lowboy trailer.
> My HDD almost fell through it last night.
>
> Was thinking of using pressure treated soft wood.
>
> Love to find some oak.  But I see that there is a wood called apitong that
> many swear by.
>
> Soft wood might be too weak.  Not sure what was there originally, perhaps
> oak.
> Have not found 3” oak planks anywhere.  I have found 3” apitong.
>
> Any comments would be appreciated.
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