Redecking without screws?
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by drew724, Aug 13, 2019.
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I like those deck clips. I had to special order thick fender washers for about the same price.
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I fabricated a 16-foot trailer and when it came time to put the deck down on it I wanted to do it without going out of my mind putting screws everywhere.
So what I did was I got a quarter inch flat and went across the trailer with that. I cut pieces of round and welded them on both sides of the trailer so that I could Bolt the flat down.
I took the flat and I cut the heads off of bolts and welded them to the flat and drill the holes accordingly Through the Wood. On the beam beneath I welded pieces of round in so that the stud would go through the wood and through the round and I could bolt them in that way.
If I need to take the wood off of that trailer it would take me about 10 minutes or so.
I don't see why you could not do something similar to that on a larger trailer.drew724 Thanks this. -
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This sounds interesting but I can't quite visualize it..If it wouldn't be too much trouble sometime when you're by your trailer, would you mind snapping a couple pics and posting them here?
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The front has a regular bulkhead to stop the wood from moving forward and has a quarter inch strap over it.
The backend I used angle with pieces of round cut to hold the boards down.
If you zoom in on the picture in the garage you can see that I used pieces of round and a bolt to pull it tight left to right.
In three spots across I welded a stud to the quarter inch flat and and put it through a piece of round welded to the crossmember.
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