couple bed questions
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couple bed questions
Got a good response from my first question...thanks, trying again.
1955 F350:
1) Anyone had any bad experience using hickory for a bed? Or any tips on wood to look for?
2) I'm "somewhat" interested in finding a lid or shell to enclose the bed. Anyone have any leads for me?
Thanks again in advance...
-Steve
1955 F350:
1) Anyone had any bad experience using hickory for a bed? Or any tips on wood to look for?
2) I'm "somewhat" interested in finding a lid or shell to enclose the bed. Anyone have any leads for me?
Thanks again in advance...
-Steve
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Steve; Hickory, I wish I had some to use! It is even a more dense than oak and a very hard and durable wood. With very tight knots and grain.It can be cut and milled with normal woodworking tools. I do not know if you intend to have a dailey driver or trailer queen.If you intend to use the truck as a truck,hickory will hold up real well. If you finish with varnish or laquer,the color will be a light (honey). Just be sure that the stock you pick out has been stickered (air dried) for at least a year.This will bring the moisture content down and keep the boards from warping,cupping,spliting later on.it also will shrink, and become more stable in that time. Then you can mill into whatever boards you need. White or Red Oak was the wood of choice in the past,however why not use what you have or want now.I used Mohogany and Teak myself. Jim VA.
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Rey; Black Walnut,Cherry, Locust,and Pecan are also real nice! If you can afford it. Over here on the East Coast after ( Isabel) went by, a lot of them went down. You can get all the wood you need if you cut it up and can cart it away. It is a shame that is is going to the chipper now.But it will take a year to season if you can wait that long and have a local mill that will cut it into (quarter-sawn) planks. Jim VA.
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