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Well my little old trailer need the bunks replaced. I have just plain old wore the old ones out, from loading and unloading it so much
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lizzy go to home depot. they have a plastic 2x4's they are twice as long lasting as regular presure treated 2x4's. add out door carpet the excat same way as if it was a regular pressure treated 2x4..
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Hey Lizards, you are probably giving this too much thought! Pressure treated 2x4s will be fine, given normal use you should get 10 years out of them. I get my carpet for bunks off the street, shag seems to do real well. I also use stables and I have used roofing nails, I think liquid nails would work but its a little more messy than the staples. Now, in order to cut the 2x4s you need a special tool, its called a saw....
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just repalced mind. the man at the boat repair place told me a little trick. when you wrap the carpet around the 2x4s leave a little gap on the under side. he said this lets the water drain better and the wood and carpet will not rot as quick. i just used treated 2x4 bunk carpet i got at the boat shop and staples.
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I finished them yesterday.
NOBASS Wish I would have read your post before finishing them off. OH well they should last quite awhile. It was acutally quite simple, and inexspensive. Total cost in parts was about $20 and it took me about 3 hours total to do it. Just took my time, and made sure it was done right. Got treated wood, and outdoor carpet. Used tons of staples, and cut everything very well to fit. The biggest problem was I had to jack up my boat off of the trailer in the garage. I should have just done it with the boat unloaded at the lake, if you have access to power that is. Anyway thanks for the tips, it was easy, and now I can do it quicker the next time. Lizards
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Last time I had to replace mine, on a Tracker I used to have, I just got treated 2x4's and added the Teflon pads intead of carpet. I figured the wood would last longer much longer if it didn't have the wet carpet on it all the time.
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