Think I messed up getting in a hurry

[Red x21]

I read that when you re do your trailer not to use treated boards bc in the solution that treats the board is corrosive. So I went to the lumber yard and told them I needed some 2x4's untreated. Well I cut to length and wrapped them in carpet and read the little tag that I pulled off and they are pine. My old boards wouldn't have made it to toledo this weekend so I put them on anyway.if y'all don't mind don't flame me to bad, but about how long will they last? And what to use next time?

[xpress spanky]

That's probably the same as what the factory used. They will probably last a good long time, and it's what I've always used.

[Red x21]

Good deal!! So you use "untreated pine" also? If that's the case I didn't mess up, my boats an 02 if it last that long again or maybe half that long I'll be alright.

[xpress spanky]

The only thing I do different is if I have some Thompson's water seal laying around in the shop, I soak the boards with that. My X18 trailer boards didn't get any because I didn't have any at the time.

[Kevin R.]

I need to redo my boards, I wonder if ceader would be better to use?

[Oncebitten]

I used cedar on my trailer. When I pulled the cedar bunks off six years later to re-carpet them, they looked good as new.

[Ranger391v]

I'm a forester by trade, and not a wood products manager, but I can tell you this ..... you'll be fine with 'SYP'. SYP stands for 'southern yellow pine' and it encompasses all the major pine species, which will predominately be Loblolly and then a equal mix of a of slash, shortleaf and longleaf (but not nearly as much).

Eastern red cedar can be very expensive, especially in a 2x4 or 2x6 size. Thus I think by the time you weigh out the cost of a SYP 2x4 from Lowe's vs cedar, and factor in the life of carpet, I think you're probably better off just buying new SYP boards and put fresh carpet on it every time the carpet wears thin. Not to mention that stapling into pine is a lot easier than cedar.

Same can be said for hardwood lumber as well.

[wwc3]

I would use cypress ,but what do I know ?