I'm looking at getting an open trailer with the treated wood slats.

How do they hold up in the weather?

How ofter do I need to paint the steel as not to have it begin rusting (I'm in the East - (PA, NJ area)?

Not much snow in the past 5 years or so but some snow which equals road salt. I would need to store it outside all season as I don't have the space to put it inside.

 

My trailer is 10 years old. I store it outdoors and the wood is holding up great. The steel has rust spots and needs a touch up every couple of years.

 

Check this out...

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/mcy/1086230782.html

 

The steel zieman in my gallery has some rock chips and spots of rust. I just go around it with a can of spray paint...

In the salt/rust belt, though, you would probably be better off going aluminum, or you would probably want to tip the trailer over to paint the underside when it needs it.

 

I have a 16 ft with wood florrs thats 20 plus years old, replaced the wood one time. I wait for a nice warm day and pour my used motor oil on the floor and let it soak in, acts as a perserative very well. Its stored outside year round, about every 10 years I scrape or have the steel sandblasted and prime and paint to match my current truck color or whatever color I have on hand. I ussually treat the flor every 5 yrs or so. Hope this helps

 

Aluminum will turn white here in the " rust belt" takes alot of polishing to keep them up. Up here there are trailers that are steel sprayed with line-x. I have one its held up well.

 

You can use a quality wood preservative on the wood slats, and if the trailer is aluminum it will not rust. Here is the 18' tilt bed H&H trailer I use to trailer the ATVs, motorcycles, muscle car, and Jeep. Its only a year old, but so far it looks as good as it did right after I applied the Penafin wood preservative, which in this case was Brazilian Rose Wood Oil, specifically for pressure treated wood.

 

That's a damn nice trailer!


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